Oldest People In The World

The Wright Brothers had yet to achieve lift-off and the nation was still mourning Queen Victoria when Janet Roberts was born in a schoolmaster’s house in a remote bit of north-eastern Scotland called the Cabrach in the summer of 1901.

So her family have not been the only ones celebrating over the past few days as Scotland’s oldest woman has been marking her 110th birthday.

Because Janet is not merely a fine advertisement for the bracing qualities of Scottish air. She is also a monument to the country’s most famous industry.