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Move Over Breaking Bad, Here Comes Bannan

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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Battlefield to Become ‘Park and Ride’ Interchange

by Nadine Lee

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

'Tossing the Caber' Too Easy

by Nadine Lee

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

The Friendly Falls

by Nadine Lee

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

Home to Hume

by Nadine Lee

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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