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Nadine Lee
An Ode to Scotland - Meeting a Modern-Day Scots Poet
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Intertwined and impenetrably linked to Scottish culture, poetry has a long and distinguished history in Scotland. And it's a history that's continuing to this day – Edinburgh was recently named the wo...
Topics: edinburgh, Harry Giles, Hugh MacDiarmid, Norse, Orkney, Poetry, Scots, Scots Renaissance, Scottish identity, Vikings
Nadine Lee
Vikings Force Closure of Shetland Fire Station
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A Shetland fire station has been forced to close its doors as the result of a viking fire festival. Two fire fighters from the station on the Island of Bressay have refused to shave their beards ahe...
Topics: Vikings, Shetland, Up Helly Aa
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Nadine Lee
Clan Television Series Axed
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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
Nadine Lee
From Norway with Love
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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
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Travel guide warns Vikings of hostile Scottish natives
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An Icelandic 'travel guide' from the 13th century gave warning to any Viking thinking of heading to 'Skotland' to do a bit of plundering that they should be wary of the aggressive natives with their i...
Topics: Iceland, Malcolm II, travel, Vikings