Sheena Wellington

Sheena Wellington is a traditional Scottish singer. She famously sang the Robert Burns song Is There for Honest Poverty at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, and sang at the 40th birthday parties of both Jack McConnell, the First Minister, and his wife, Bridget.

In 1997, Wellington was presented with the Heritage Society award, only the second time the annual honour had gone to a woman.

In 2004, she joined Scotland's Cultural Commission and quickly became a leading member, as well as an outspoken critic of plans to amalgate the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen into a super-quango called "Culture Scotland", which eventually happened with the creation of Creative Scotland.