Scottish Entertainment
‘Outlander’ Set For The Small Screen
by Nadine Lee
With over 20 million copies sold, Diana Gabaldon’s hugely successful series of novels set in the Highlands has been greenlit for televison. Outlander centres around a love story between an 18th Cent...
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1745 rebellion, Castle Leod, Claire Randall, Diana Gabaldon, Dr Who, Earl of Cromartie, Historical Fiction, Jacobite, Jacobite Rising, Jamie Fraser, John Mackenzie, Outlander, Starz, Television, Fraser, Mackenzie
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Romancing the Stone: Curling's Scottish Heritage
by Nadine Lee
On Thin Ice - Team GB at Sochi Olympic Games 2014
Who could have thought that a sport whose humble beginnings can be traced back five centuries to a frozen Scottish lake, would become one of the bi...
Tartan Day Celebrated Around the World
by Nadine Lee
Celebrated annually around the world, April 6 is recognised as an international celebration of Scottish heritage and ancestry. Known as Tartan Day, the celebration marks the anniversary of the 1320 si...
Edinburgh Tattoo Delights Thousands
by Nadine Lee
Fireworks over Edinburgh Castle
Throughout the month of August in Edinburgh, look up to the sky above Edinburgh Castle at approximately 10:30pm and you'll be greeted with a spectacular firework dis...
Topics:
bagpipes, Edinburgh, Marching, Military Bands, Pipers, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2013, Scottish Regiments, The Lone Piper
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‘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...
First Look: Outlander Trailer
by Nadine Lee
The first trailer for the highly anticipated clan television drama Outlander was released to rapturous response over the weekend. The trailer largely focuses on the heroine of the story, Claire Randal...
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Susan Boyle Set to Launch Tartan Range
by Nadine Lee
Donny Osmond proudly wears the tartan of Susan Boyle
Scottish classical singer Susan Boyle has announced that she is releasing her own range of Tartan. In a statement released on her website, the Bl...
Topics:
scottish register of tartans, susan boyle, Tartan
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Sam Heughan is Outlander's Jamie Fraser
by Nadine Lee
It's official - Scottish actor Sam Heughan has been cast in the upcoming television adaptation of Outlander. In a statement released yesterday, American cable network Starz confirmed the casting aft...
Topics:
Claire Randall, Diana Gabaldon, Historical Fiction, Jamie Fraser, Outlander, Sam Heughan, Starz, Television
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Move Over Breaking Bad, Here Comes Bannan
by Nadine Lee
Scotland's Gaelic TV channel BBC Alba is hoping Bannan will appeal to a wider audience.
Here's some great news for my fellow small-screen junkies - a new Scottish series will soon be hitting our sc...
Topics:
2011 Scottish Census, Bannan, BBC, Breaking Bad, Chris Young, Gaelic, River City, Scots, Tony Kearney, TV Drama
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Life of Pi poster shows Scottish Shipwreck
Left is The Life of Pi poster, and on the right the wreck of The Sovereign
A Scottish Shipwreck makes a cameo appearance in The Ang Lee Blockbuster - Life of Pi.
Surprised locals recognised the wre...
Edinburgh Fringe best joke announced
by Donald
Tim Vine has one the award for the funniest joke at Edinburgh's Festival Fringe.
His one liner, "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." was deemed the bes...
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
Henderson Sisters in final of Glenfiddich Piping and Fi...
The siblings Fiona and Faye Henderson from Kirriemuir practise at Blair Castle ahead of this weekend's Glenfiddich Piping and Fiddle Championships. Fiona and Faye are finalists in the events, th...
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bagpipes, Blair Castle, Henderson, Murray of Atholl
Alan Cumming looking great in his Kilt Outfit
Alan Cumming wore this in November 2009 to Buckingham Palace for a medal presentation.
The tartan is Cumming Hunting Weathered....
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Cumming