Scottish News
Braveheart Impersonator Charged With Firearms Offences
by Nadine Lee
Adam Watters – Braveheart Impersonator. Photo courtesy of Deadline News
A Braveheart impersonator has been charged with firearms offences after police received a complaint about “a man with a blue fac...
Topics:
braveheart, edinburgh, Jacobite, Police, William Wallace
- March 29, 2013 5:27 pm
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Clan Television Series Axed
by Nadine Lee
1263 Battle of Largs
American television network ABC has scrapped plans to create a sweeping TV drama set in the Highlands. Described as a ‘tartan Game of Thrones‘, the series was to be set in mediev...
Topics:
Battle of Largs, Charlize Theron, Clan Battles, Vikings
Falkirk's Kelpies Hit The Big Apple
by Nadine Lee
Scaled models of Falkirk's Kelpies at their temporary home in NYC.
Scaled models of Falkirk's impressive Kelpie statues have embarked on their first overseas tour, just in time for upcoming Scottis...
Topics:
Falkirk, Horse, New York City, Tartan Day, The Kelpies
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Culloden Moor Housing Development and our Ancestral Her...
As dusk fell over Culloden Moor on the 16th April 1746 the last major land battle to be fought on British soil had drawn to a conclusion. With close to 2,000 dead and wounded Jacobites the campaign...
Fears of Overseas Criticism if Bannockburn Event is Sca...
By: Rodger Moffet - ScotClans
There are concerns that the already beleaguered Bannockburn Live event scheduled for the end of June this year may suffer even more set backs with one of the event day...
Topics:
Bannockburn, Gathering Clans
Preservation Award for Medieval Western Isles Church
The Teampull na Trionaid a ruined church on Uist in the Western Isles has been given a grant of £200,000 in order to make it safe for visitors. The building was founded in 1200 as a college for Prie...
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Morag of Loch Morar Sightings Discovered
by Nadine Lee
Loch Morar, Lochaber.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered accounts dating back more than one hundred years of Morag of Loch Morar. The descriptions paint a conflicting view of ...
Topics:
Morag, Loch Morar, Loch Ness Monster
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Holyrood Perplexities - A Beginners Guide to Scottish P...
by Nadine Lee
It's an exciting time to be able to vote in Scotland – in September 2014 the country will go to the polls to decide on the Scottish Independence Referendum. This morning I received a delightful lette...
Topics:
Independece, politics, westminster, holyrood, parliament
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University Brings Mary, Queen of Scots Back to Life
by Nadine Lee
3D Facial Reconstruction of Mary, Queen of Scots
A renowned team of experts at the University of Dundee have revealed a 3D virtual image of Mary, Queen of Scots as she would have looked at the time...
Clan Currie Commander Receives Honorary Doctorate
by Nadine Lee
Robert Currie, Commander of Clan Currie
Robert Currie, Commander of Clan Currie, received an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University on Thursday. The doctorate of arts was awarded for h...
A Commitment to Kisimul – Statement from Macneil of Bar...
by Nadine Lee
Below you'll find a statement from The Macniel - current chief of Clan Macniel of Barra - regarding today's announcement of the major conservation , archaelogical and interpretation work at the seat o...
‘Awe Things Outlander
by Nadine Lee
With Outlander fever erupting all over social media, here's a quick roundup of what's been happening over the last few weeks in the world of one of the most highly anticipated television series of 201...
Thousands of Scottish Records Released
by Nadine Lee
Family history website ScotlandsPeople has uploaded a tranche of birth, marriage and death records from across the country, dating from 1913, 1938 and 1963 respectively. The records are available to ...
Bannockburn Visitor Centre Ready for Battle
by Nadine Lee
A 3D Robert the Bruce visits his troops at the new Bannockburn Visitor Centre
We're just back from a quick trip up the road to just outside Stirling to check out the new Bannockburn Visitor Centre,...
Airline Reveals Tartan-Clad Plane
by Nadine Lee
Cabin crew sport tartan scarves in front of easyJet's new tartan-clad plane.
A distinctive orange and black tartan-clad aircraft has been unveiled to mark a new early morning flight from Inverness ...
Topics:
EasyJet, highland, Inverness, Kilts!, London Gatwick, Plane, scottish register of tartans, Tartan
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