PETER JACKSON

ON A sharp New Year morning at his farm in the Borders, John Jeffrey switched off the engine of his tractor in honour of a fellow Scot, the only one whose life inspired an Oscar-winning film.
Eric Liddell, immortalised as a central figure in Chariots of Fire, had just been inducted into the Hall of Fame at Murrayfield in a ceremony to mark the centenary of his debut for Scotland. Why had it taken them so long to recognise one of the truly great Christian sports people?
“Absolutely,’’ said Jeffrey, chairman of Scottish Rugby. “We have broadened ...