1 February 2004

The hot 100: sexy Scotland

Scotland has been called many things — cold, beautiful, historical — but sexy? Surely any country which has been known to employ 'a wee kiss and cuddle' as an expression for the act of love could never be truly erotic? In fact, Scotland has more than its fair share of romance and sex appeal and, ahead of St Valentine's Day, the Sunday Herald unveils — in no particular order — our 100 sexiest people, places and things from Gordon Brown to wee Maggie Broon (yes, that's her in the Emma Peel get up). Kinky Caledonia? Jings, crivvens, help ma boab!

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3. Rachael Stirling Daughter of Bond girl? Check. Dabbled in sapphic shenanigans on famed TV bodice-ripper Tipping The Velvet? Check. Expert show jumper? Check. Rachael Stirling adds up the country's hottest jodhpur-wearing young starlet. And the daughter of Diana Rigg also has an art history degree from the University of Edinburgh and speaks Russian. Wa-hey!