"I am delighted that at the heart of the Scottish team that will deliver The Friendship Oratorio in 2014 is master storyteller Alexander McCall Smith, " she said.

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Campbell-Smith has served as a Special Master with the United States Court of Federal Claims since 2005 and as Chief Special Master since 2011.

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Like (and indeed inspired by) nineteenth-century men of letters, Smith is a jack of all artistic trades, and, unusually, a master of most.

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It was designed by Sir Isaac Newton as Master of the Mint, managed by the Bank of England, and rhapsodized about by Adam Smith.

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The Smith collection started when Mr. Ziegler, a 60-year-old retired Air Force master sergeant, read about a collector of thousands of business cards.

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