Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards
2012
Table:
Category

Winner

Remarks

Other
Nominees

Top Scot

Michael Forbes

Farmer at Balmedie, refused to sell his land for Donald Trump's golf course

Art

Robert McDowell

Owner of Edinburgh arts venue Summerhall

John Bellany
Katrina Brown
Callum Innes[12]

Business

Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne

Cookery writer and founder of gluten-free food company Genius Foods

Bill Dobbie
Ali Smeaton, Fraser Smeaton, Gregor Lawson
Jamie Smith[13]

Environment

Alan Watson Featherstone

Founder of conservation charity Trees for Life

Polly Higgins
Ian Maxwell
Chris Townsend[14]

Food

Gustavo Pardo

Founder of Edinburgh coffee shop Artisan Roast

Claire Macdonald
Mhairi Taylor
Peter Jackson, Dirk Douglas, Patricia Stephen[15]

Music

Julie Fowlis

Gaelic singer, featured in the soundtrack of Brave

Nicola Benedetti
Johnny Lynch
Emeli Sandé[16]

Screen

Kelly Macdonald

Actress, provided the voice for Merida in Brave

Ewen Bremner
Chris Fujiwara
Paul Laverty[17]

Sport

Scottish Olympic and Paralympic Gold Medallists:
Tim Baillie (canoeing), Scott Brash (equestrian), Neil Fachie (cycling), Katherine Grainger (rowing), Sir Chris Hoy (cycling), Craig MacLean (cycling), Andy Murray (tennis), David Smith (rowing), Heather Stanning (rowing)

Instead of drawing up a shortlist of four nominees for voting, the award was given to all of the Scottish Olympic and Paralympic gold medal winners[18]

Writing

Ewan Morrison

Author

Janice Galloway
Kirsty Gunn
Ali Smith[19]

Based on the accompanying table and the context snippets listed below.

Provide an answer to this question: A resident of a large village in Aberdeenshire received what Spirit of Scotland award for refusing to sell Donald Trump his land ? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Use only the information given.

Michael Forbes ( born circa 1952 ) is a farmer , part-time salmon fisherman and quarry worker from near Balmedie in Aberdeenshire , Scotland , who became known after his refusal to sell his land to billionaire Donald Trump , who was planning to build an extensive luxury golf course complex in the area with assistance from the governing SNP Alex Salmond . Forbes 's farm , which is said by Trump to be in a state of disrepair , has the words NO GOLF COURSE painted on a shed . He attracted media attention in the United States for standing up to Trump . Forbes has insisted that he will never sell his land to Trump despite being offered a payment of £450,000 in addition to a salary of £50,000 per year for an unspecified job . The plans to build the golf complex were rejected in late November 2007 by Aberdeenshire Council but were later called in by the Scottish Government , who gave approval in November 2008 . He has been compared to the beachcomber character in the film Local Hero . In August 2011 , contractors hired by Trump fenced off a piece of land belonging to Forbes despite Forbes having the title deeds . The Trump Organization at one point threatened to try to use a compulsory purchase order to forcibly remove him and his family from their land . Trump claimed that Forbes ' property was a slum that would spoil the view from his new hotel . Forbes retorted that Trump can take his money and shove it up his arse . The Tripping Up Trump Campaign was formed to challenge the Trump organization on the issue . Hundreds of people bought small interests in Forbes ' property and became co-owners , with the intention of making it more difficult to transfer the title to the land .
Balmedie ( Scottish Gaelic : Baile Mheadhain ) is a large village in Aberdeenshire in Scotland . It lies north of the city of Aberdeen , in the civil parish of Belhelvie . The long and wide beach is bordered by an extensive dune system that stretches 14 miles ( 23 km ) from Aberdeen to just north of the Ythan Estuary at Newburgh . The dynamic dunes has marram grass as the principal vegetation . They support a large array of wildlife . Two watercourses make their way to the sea within the area creating ribbons of wetland vegetation along their course . The area lies within the Sands of Forvie Site of Special Scientific Interest , the fifth largest sand dune system in Britain .
John Bellany CBE RA ( 18 June 1942 - 28 August 2013 ) was a Scottish painter .
Callum Innes ( born 1962 ) is a Scottish abstract painter , a former Turner Prize nominee and winner of the Jerwood Painting Prize . He lives and works in Edinburgh , Scotland .
Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne FRSE is a Scottish chef and writer who specialises in cookery and food allergies .
Alan Watson Featherstone ( born 10 , Feb. 1954 ) is an ecologist , natural history photographer , inspirational speaker and the founder of the award-winning conservation charity Trees for Life .
Trees for Life is a registered charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest and its unique wildlife to the Scottish Highlands . The Caledonian Forest once covered a large area of the Highlands of Scotland as extensive stands of majestic Scots pine , interspersed with birch , rowan , juniper and aspen trees , but is now reduced to about 2% of its former extent . Through planting native species of trees , removing non-native species and fencing seedlings to protect them from overgrazing by deer and sheep , Trees for Life aim to help the natural regeneration of the forest . Their long-term goal is to create a fully restored , healthy ecosystem , which will include the reintroduction of missing species of wildlife , such as the European beaver , wild boar , Eurasian lynx and Eurasian wolf . The vast majority of their work is carried out by volunteers . By engaging people from diverse backgrounds , they aim to achieve a powerful and educational experience that will promote the work of restoration to wider audiences and lead to increased support for the return of the forest and its species .
Chris Townsend ( born 1949 ) is a passionate hillwalker and author of over 20 books . He is also currently Hillwalking Ambassador for the British Mountaineering Council Although Craig Caldwell was the first person to climb all of the Munros and Tops in one continuous journey , Townsend was the first to do so entirely on foot covering 1,700 miles ( 2,700 km ) and 575,000 feet ( 170,000 m ) of ascent over all 517 of the 3,000 ft ( 914 m ) Scottish summits listed in Munro 's Tables . He was also the first person to walk the length of the Canadian Rockies , a distance of 1,600 miles ( 2,500 km ) . Chris Townsend has also hiked the 2,600 mile ( 4200 km ) Pacific Crest Trail , the 3,100 mile ( 5,000 km ) Continental Divide Trail , from Land 's End to John o ' Groats in the UK ( 1,250 miles , 2,000 km ) , south-north through the Scandinavian mountains ( 1,300 miles , 2100 km ) , 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) south-north through the Yukon Territory , the 800 mile ( 1,300 km ) Arizona Trail , the 1,200 mile Pacific Northwest Trail and the 700 mile Scottish Watershed . Townsend has been a long-term contributor to The Great Outdoors magazine , for whom he is currently the Gear Editor . His book The Backpacker 's Handbook won the Outdoor Writer 's Guild Award for Excellence in 1993 . He is the co-author , with Annie Aggens , of the Encyclopedia of Outdoor & Wilderness Skills : The Ultimate A-Z Guide for The Adventurous .
Julie Fowlis ( born 20 June 1978 ) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic .
Brave is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It was directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman and co-directed by Steve Purcell . The story is by Chapman , with the screenplay by Andrews , Purcell , Chapman and Irene Mecchi . The film was produced by Katherine Sarafian , with John Lasseter , Andrew Stanton , and Pete Docter as executive producers . The film 's voice cast features Kelly Macdonald , Billy Connolly , Emma Thompson , Julie Walters , Robbie Coltrane , Kevin McKidd , and Craig Ferguson . Set in the Scottish Highlands , the film tells the story of a princess named Merida who defies an age-old custom , causing chaos in the kingdom by expressing the desire not to be betrothed . Merida is the first , and currently , only Disney princess created by Pixar . The film is also dedicated to Steve Jobs , who died before the film 's release . Chapman drew inspiration for the film 's story from her relationship with her own daughter . Co-directing with Mark Andrews , Chapman became Pixar 's first female director of a feature-length film . To create the most complex visuals possible , Pixar completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years . Brave is the first film to use the Dolby Atmos sound format .
Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti CBE ( born 20 July 1987 ) is a Scottish classical violinist .
Johnny Lynch ( born 28 September 1981 , Edinburgh ) is a Scottish musician who performs under the pseudonym The Pictish Trail . After graduation from the University of St Andrews , Lynch ran Fence Records from 2003 until 2013 and has since been running Lost Map Records . Lynch has attended and played every Green Man Festival since its inception in 2003 . He 's also played as band member with other musicians , including James Yorkston and Malcolm Middleton . In 2010 he released an album and toured with Adem Ilhan under the name Silver Columns .
Adele Emily Sandé , MBE ( /ˈsændeɪ/ SAN-day ; born 10 March 1987 ) , known professionally as Emeli Sandé , is a British singer and songwriter . Born in Sunderland , Tyne and Wear and raised in Alford , Aberdeenshire by an English mother and Zambian father , Sande rose to prominence after being a featured artist on the 2009 Chipmunk track Diamond Rings . It was their first top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart . In 2010 , she was featured on Never Be Your Woman by the rapper Wiley , which was another top ten hit . In 2012 , she received the Brit Awards ' Critics ' Choice Award . Sandé released her first solo single Heaven in August 2011 . She has two number-one singles across the UK and Ireland with Read All About It with Professor Green and Beneath Your Beautiful , a collaboration with Labrinth . Her album Our Version of Events spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one and became the best-selling album of 2012 in the UK , with over 1 million sales . In 2012 , she performed in both the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympics . In 2013 , at the Brit Awards 2013 ceremony , she won two awards : Best British Female Solo Artist , and British Album of the Year . In 2016 , she released her second studio album Long Live the Angels , which debuted at number 2 on the UK album chart . In 2017 , she won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist , becoming her fourth win in total .
Kelly Macdonald ( born 23 February 1976 ) is a Scottish actress best known for her roles in Trainspotting ( 1996 ) , Gosford Park ( 2001 ) , Intermission ( 2003 ) , Nanny McPhee ( 2005 ) , Boardwalk Empire ( 2010-2014 ) , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ( 2011 ) , Brave ( 2012 ) , and the Black Mirror episode Hated in the Nation ( 2016 ) . For the 2005 TV film The Girl in the Cafe , she was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie . In 2003 , she appeared in the acclaimed BBC miniseries : State of Play as journalist Della Smith . For her role in the 2007 film No Country for Old Men , she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role . She went on to star for five seasons in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire ( 2010-2014 ) as Margaret Thompson , for which she received a 2011 Emmy Award nomination .
Ewen Bremner is a Scottish character actor . His roles have included Julien in Julien Donkey-Boy , Daniel Spud Murphy in Trainspotting and its 2017 sequel T2 Trainspotting , SPC Shawn Nelson in Black Hawk Down , expert marksman Charlie in Wonder Woman and Lt. Red Winkle in Pearl Harbor .
Paul Laverty ( born 1957 ) is a screenwriter and lawyer best known for his screenplays for films directed by Ken Loach .
Timothy Mark Baillie MBE ( born 11 May 1979 in Aberdeen ) is a Scottish slalom canoeist who represented Britain . From Westhill in Aberdeenshire , he started competing at the international level in 1996 , initially in the K1 category , but switching to C2 in 2003 . He retired from the sport in 2013 . He is the Olympic Champion in the C2 event from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London .
Scott Brash MBE ( born 23 November 1985 ) is a Scottish showjumper . He began riding the horse Hello Sanctos in early 2012 . They competed as part of the British Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the team jumping event . In 2015 he became the first rider to win show jumping 's Rolex Grand Slam , all three of the sport 's most prestigious events in a single year , earning the sport 's biggest individual prize of 1m Euros ( £735,000 ) .
Neil Fachie MBE ( born 12 March 1984 ) is a British Paralympic multiple sports athlete competing in events for individuals with a visual impairment . Fachie has entered two Paralympics , as a sprinter in the 2008 Games in Beijing and as a tandem cyclist in London 2012 . In London he won the gold medal in the Men 's individual 1 km time trial and silver in the individual sprint , both with Barney Storey as his sighted pilot .
Dame Katherine Jane Grainger DBE ( born 12 November 1975 ) is a British former rower and current chair of UK Sport . With five Olympic medals she is Great Britain 's most decorated female Olympian . She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist , four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion . Since 2015 she has been chancellor of Oxford Brookes University . Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the woman 's quadruple sculls . In Athens in 2004 , she won silver in the coxless pairs . In Beijing 2008 she won her third silver , again in the quadruple sculls . At the London Olympics 2012 , Anna Watkins and Grainger broke the Olympic record as they qualified for the double sculls final , before winning the gold medal . Grainger won a silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 with Victoria Thornley , after a two-year break from the sport . Grainger has won eight medals at the World Championship between 1997 and 2011 .
Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy , MBE ( born 23 March 1976 ) is a British racing driver and former track cyclist who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games . Hoy is eleven-times a world champion and six-times an Olympic champion . With a total of seven Olympic medals , six gold and one silver , Hoy is the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time . With his three gold medals in 2008 Summer Olympics , Hoy became Scotland 's most successful Olympian , the first British athlete to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908 , and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time . After winning a further two gold medals ( in the keirin and team sprint ) at the 2012 Summer Olympics , Hoy has won more Olympic gold medals ( six ) than any other British athlete along with Jason Kenny , and more total medals ( seven ) than any except fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins .
Craig MacLean MBE ( born 31 July 1971 ) is a Scottish track cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , winning a Silver Medal in the Team Sprint at the 2000 Olympics . As a sighted guide , McLean returned to the sport in its Paralympic form , piloting Neil Fachie to two gold medals in the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships , and Anthony Kappes to a gold medal in the 2012 Paralympic Games . MacLean is only the second athlete , after Hungarian fencer Pál Szekeres , ever to win medals at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games . MacLean has also won medals in five UCI Track World Championships in the team Sprint , Silver in 1999 , Silver in 2000 , Bronze in 2001 , Gold in 2002 , Bronze in 2003 and Bronze in 2004 . MacLean also won a Bronze Medal for Scotland in the Team sprint at the 2002 Commonwealth Games , followed by a Gold Medal in the event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia . Having returned to the Paralympic form of the sport as a guide to Neil Fachie , he won a further two golds at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in , and for , his native Scotland ; in the Commonwealth Games , certain para-cycling events are integrated as full medal events into the programme . He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire ( MBE ) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling . Craig lives in Cheshire with his partner , Emily , a Headteacher , and their two children .
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE ( born 15 May 1987 ) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland . Murray represents Great Britain in his sporting activities and is a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner , two-time Olympic champion , Davis Cup champion , winner of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals , and former world No . 1 . Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2012 US Open final , becoming the first British player since 1977 , and the first British man since 1936 , to win a Grand Slam singles tournament . Murray is also the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon singles titles since Fred Perry in 1936 , winning the tournament in 2013 and 2016 . Murray is the men 's singles 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist , making him the only tennis player , male or female , to have won two Olympic singles titles . He featured in Great Britain 's Davis Cup-winning team in 2015 , going 11-0 in his matches ( 8 singles and 3 doubles ) as they secured their first Davis Cup title since 1936 .
David Smith MBE ( born 21 April 1978 ) is a British adaptive rower who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics .
Heather Mary Stanning OBE ( born 26 January 1985 ) is a retired British professional rower , a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team , and Royal Artillery officer . Ranked number 1 female rower in the world since 2016 , she is a double Olympic champion , double World champion , quadruple World Cup champion and double European champion . As of May 2015 she and her partner Helen Glover are the World , Olympic , World Cup and European record holders , plus the reigning Olympic , World , and European champions in the women 's coxless pairs . She has also been a British champion in both women 's fours and quad sculls . She is a British Army officer and currently holds the rank of Major , in the Royal Artillery but had been given dispensation from the army to pursue an Olympic career with the British team at both the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics . Paired with Helen Glover in 2012 she won an Olympic gold medal , the first for their country of the 2012 Olympiad and the first ever British Olympic gold medal in women 's rowing . She set the world record time in partnership with Helen Glover at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam , and they retained their World title at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette , France . In 2016 they retained their European title at Brandenburg an der Havel , and set the World Rowing Cup record time at Poznan . She announced her retirement from rowing in November 2016 . In September 2016 , Stanning was awarded the freedom of the Scottish region of Moray .
Ewan Morrison is a Scottish author and screenwriter , described as the most fluent and intelligent writer of his generation here in Scotland by Booker judge Stuart Kelly .
Janice Galloway ( born 1955 in Saltcoats , Scotland ) is a writer of novels , short stories , prose-poetry , non-fiction and libretti .
Kirsty Gunn ( born 1960 , New Zealand ) is a novelist and writer of short stories . Her stories include Rain , which led to the 2001 film of the same name , directed by Christine Jeffs and also the 2001 ballet by the Rosas Company , set to Music for Eighteen Musicians a 1976 score by Steve Reich . Her novel The Boy and the Sea won the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year award in 2007 . Her 2012 novel The Big Music won the Book of the Year in the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards . The novel took seven years to write , and was inspired by pibroch , the classical music of the Great Highland Bagpipe . She is professor of writing practice at the University of Dundee .
Ali Smith CBE FRSL ( born 24 August 1962 ) is a Scottish author , playwright , academic and journalist . Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as Scotland 's Nobel laureate-in-waiting .