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Nadine Lee
Move Over Breaking Bad, Here Comes Bannan
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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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Nadine Lee
Battlefield to Become ‘Park and Ride’ Interchange
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Pitreavie Battlefield, next to Rosyth Train Station Fife Council have been given the green light to build a transport hub on the site of one of Scotland's decisive battlefields. The Battle of Pitre...
Topics: Battle of Pitreavie, Battlefields, Cromwell, development, Fife, Firth of Forth, Rosyth, War of the Three Kingdoms
Nadine Lee
'Tossing the Caber' Too Easy
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Organisers at this years Pitlochry Highland Games were forced to replace the caber with a heavier pole when complaints were received after last years event. Traditionally only top heavyweight athlete...
Topics: Highland Games, Pitlochry, Tossing the Caber
Nadine Lee
The Friendly Falls
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The Falls of Dochart I recently came across a book called My Favourite Place, where various writers discuss their most-loved places in Scotland. The book was available free from libraries throughou...
Topics: Innis Bhuidhe, Killin, Macnab, Michael Palin, Monty Python, The Falls of Dochart
Nadine Lee
Home to Hume
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Clan Hume Gathering at Hume Castle, 08/09/2013 Earlier in September Amanda and I traveled to the Scottish Borders to spend an afternoon at Hume Castle, where part of this years Clan Hume/Home gathe...
Topics: Battle of Flodden, Borders, Canada, Clan Associations, David Douglas-Home CVO CBE, David Hume, diaspora, Duke of Roxburghe, Earl of Home, Floors Caste, Home, Hume, Hume Castle, Isla St Clair, King James II of Scotland, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, United States
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Nadine Lee
A Cannonball, a Sheepskin and a Loch Village
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From a cannonball found lodged in the wall of a castle, to a Bronze Age body wrapped in a sheepskin - it's been a thrilling week in the field of archaeology. Here's the lowdown on the latest uncovered...
Topics: archaeology, Bronze Age, Cannonball, Clan Campbell, clan donald, crannog, Excavation, Iron Age, Loch VIllage, Lochaber, Mingary Castle, sheepskin
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Nadine Lee
Billy Connolly's Highland Retreat For Sale
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The Dining Room at Candacraig With a price tag of almost £3 million pounds, Scottish comedian Billy Connolly's Highland baronial home in Aberdeenshire has been listed on the market. The 12-bedroom ...
Topics: Aberdeenshire, Billy Connolly, Candacraig, Clan Anderson, Corgarff, Glenbuchat, Kildrummy, Macnab, Real Estate
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Nadine Lee
Flodden Battlefield Grave Search Begins
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A memorial to the fallen at Flodden Archaeologists and volunteers are set to begin the search for body pits from Scotland's worst ever battlefield defeat. Beginning work in early September, archaeo...
Topics: Battle of Flodden, Excavation, Flodden, Home, Hume, Northumberland, War Graves
Nadine Lee
Edinburgh Named Redheaded Capital of the UK
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Researchers from Britain's DNA have produced the first ever map of redheaded nations and cities, with Edinburgh coming out on top in full ginger bloom. The study found that 40% of the Scottish capita...
Topics: Red Hair, Edinburgh
Nadine Lee
Nessie Strikes Again!
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An amateur photographer has captured pictures and video footage of a 'large, black object' moving beneath the waters of Loch Ness, sparking fresh debate about the existence of the famous monster. The...
Topics: Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster
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