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St Andrew's Day
by Donald
The 30th of November is celebrated by Christians across the world as Saint Andrew's day; remembering the day that Andrew, one of the Jesus' twelve apostles, was martyred by crucifixion on an X-shape...
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Picture of Skye Wins Landscape Photographer of Year 200...
by Donald
Emmanuel Coupe's picture of sunrise over the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye was picked as the best out of thousands of entries in the Take a View - Landscape Photographer of the Year Award 20...
Topics:
Aberdeen, Buachaille Etive Mòr, Isle of Skye, Old Man of Storr
Boycott on Scotland after al-Megrahi's Release
by Donald
Scotland's worst terrorist incident occurred on the evening of Dec. 21, 1988 when a bomb exploded on board a PanAm Boeing 747 air liner on course from Frankfurt to New York. It crashed on the villag...
Highland Clearances Influence Composer
by Nadine Lee
Robert Aitken's new soundtrack 'Kildonan'
A new soundtrack by a Scottish composer has been influenced by the infamous Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Kildonan, the latest work by...
Topics:
App, Emigration to Canada, Highland Clearances, Kildonan, Sutherland
Scotland's Greatest Gift - Penicillin
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by Nadine Lee
Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng)6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955
On a sunny morning in September 1928, Scottish biologist Sir Alexander Fleming accidentally made one of the most important me...
Topics:
Ayrshire, Davel, Health, Penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming, World War I, World War II
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Terrorising Owl at Large in Inverness
by Nadine Lee
Feathered Foe Remains on the Loose
Here's a strange case of life imitating art from Inverness, with news just in that rivals Hitchcock's 1963 horror The Birds:
A giant Eagle Owl is to blame for at...
Chief of Clan Macnab Dies
by Nadine Lee
Clan Macnab - Timor Omnis Abesto (Let fear be far from all)
We are very saddened to hear news that James Charles Macnab, 23rd Chief of Clan Macnab, died on January 11 aged 86. Macnab served as a mem...
Topics:
Death, Killin, MacGregor, Macnab, Scottish Clans
From Norway with Love
by Nadine Lee
The Nidelva River, with Nidaros Cathedral in the background. Trondheim, Norway.
When asked to give the name of his nearest mainline rail station on a Parliamentary expenses questionnaire, former lib...
Topics:
Gunn, Ian Rankin, MacDonald, MacLeod, MacLeod of Lewis, Norse, North Sea, Norway, Trondheim, Vikings
Chanel's Scottish Inspiration
by Nadine Lee
French fashion powerhouse Chanel recently hosted it's annualMetiers d'Arts show at Linlithgow Palace just outside of Edinburgh, showcasing a contemporary interpretation of traditional Scottish crafts...
MacNeil Land Claims on Barra and Vatersay Islands
by Nadine Lee
MacNeil of Barra - Buaidhi no bas (To conquer or die)
A land ownership storm is brewing on the islands of Barra and Vatersay in the Outer Hebrides. The late Ian MacNeil, 46th Chief of Clan MacNeil, ...
Topics:
barra, land buyouts, MacNeil, MacNeil of Barra, Scottish Government, Vatersay
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
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by Nadine Lee
The Twinlaw Cairns, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian
This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still...
Topics:
Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Scotland the Place to Be in 2013
by Nadine Lee
Buachaille Etive Mor, featured in Skyfall
Around Edinburgh at the moment signs of the post-festive season are evident, and life is slowly returning to normal. Discarded, tired Christmas trees lie o...
Scottish Battlefield Sites Protected
by Nadine Lee
The Battle of Bannockburn by Brian Palmer
The British architect Graeme Shankland once said:
“A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent, and a city without old buildings is l...
From New Zealand to Scotland
by Nadine Lee
New Zealand is a rather funny wee place. One of its defining features is the mishmash of cultures from all around the world that have gathered together on a few tiny islands far away in the depths of ...
The Massacre of Glencoe
by Nadine Lee
Today marks the 321st anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe, in which 38 MacDonald of Glencoe clansmen were murdered on direct orders from the crown. The death warrant signed by King William III prov...
Topics:
Campbell, glencoe, Jacobite, MacDonald, Massacre of Glencoe, Scottish Socialist Republican Movement, William III
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