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Amanda Moffet
'Scotland's Schindler' to be Honoured for Sacrifice
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A missionary from Dunscore near Dumfries has been described as "Scotland's Schindler" after she sacrificed her life at Auschwitz-Birkenauis to finally be honoured by the Prime Minister. Jane Hainin...
Topics: Haining, Scotland, World War II
Amanda Moffet
Credit crunch hits Highland Games
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The recession has bitten again, this time causing Stirling's annual Highland Games to be cancelled. Organisers blamed "economic uncertainties created by the credit crunch" and successive changes of...
Topics: Highland Games, Scotland
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Argentina Has Highest Population of Scottish Descent Ou...
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I just found out that outside of the English speaking world, Argentina has the largest number of people of Scottish descent, which I thought was pretty interesting. The Argentine-Scot population curre...
Topics: Argentina, Grierson, Hutton, Scotland, Scottish, Watson
Amanda Moffet
Scotland The What?
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The story behind Scotland The What? This is the definitive account of the Scotland the What? performers who spawned a new breed of Doric comics is published....
Topics: Saltire, Scotland
Nadine Lee
Worldwide Call for 24 Hour Ceilidh
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People from across the world have been invited to join in a global ceilidh held over 24 hours next summer, as part of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games celebrations. The Royal Scottish Country Dance...
Topics: 2014, Ceilidh, Commonwealth Games 2014, diaspora, glasgow, Scotland
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