Duncan Campbell and the Ghost of his Brother
by Donald
Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe was fatally wounded at the Battle of Carillon in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. The night before the battle Campbell had a ghostly encounter with his dead foster...
Topics:
Campbell, Ghost, Seven Years' War
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'The Scottish Clans' e-book now available from ScotClan...
by Donald
Do you have a kindle? Because ScotClans can now proudly present an e-book version of their extensive clan histories.
'The Scottish Clans' features brief histories of over 300 Clans and Armigerous fam...
The best jokes at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival
by Donald
English comedian Nick Helm won the best joke award at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the worlds largest arts festival. His one liner from his show "Dare To Dream" - "I needed a password eigh...
The Death March to Durham
by Donald
The aftermath of the 1650 Battle of Dunbar saw the grave mistreatment of 5,000 Scottish prisoners-of-war at the hands of the English Parliamentarian army. These battle-weary prisoners were starved o...
Topics:
Covenanter, Cromwell, David Leslie, Death March, Doon Hill, Dunbar, King Charles
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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