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Nadine Lee
Sold! Clan Feud Auction Update
Just a quick update on a story we reported on earlier in the week - the MacGregor/Campbell feud document has sold at auction to an unnamed MacGregor bidder. The persecution of the Clan Gregor manuscr...
Nadine Lee
Burns Night Prep - All Things Haggis
This coming Saturday is perhaps the biggest day of the year for Scottish cooking - Burns Night is the day in which the Scots skill for bashing turnips and squeezing minced sheep offal into an animal'...
Nadine Lee
Clan MacNicol Land Appeal
The cliffs of Ben Chracaig looking north over the Sound of Raasay Donors are currently being sought to help preserve ancestral land home to Clan MacNicol/MacNeacail for at least 800 years. The Clan...
Nadine Lee
PM Cites Clan Cameron Heritage in Referendum Speech
David Cameron answers questions from the media in East London after his speech on the importance of Scotland to the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has referenced his clan heritage in an appeal...
Nadine Lee
Glencoe Plaque Found in Edinburgh Antique Shop
The Glencoe Massacre Site Plaque - Image courtesy Deadline News A plaque commemorating the victims of the Glencoe Massacre has been discovered in an Edinburgh antique shop, 40 years after it went m...
Nadine Lee
Clan Event Fund Recipients Announced
Recipients of the Scottish Government's Clan Event Fund were announced today, with over £26,000 in funding awarded to clan events as part of 2014 Homecoming Scotland celebrations. Enterprise and Tour...
Nadine Lee
Hunt On For Highland Strongman
Scotland's original strongman, Donald Dinnie (1837–1916). Organisers of the Aboyne Highland Games have issued a plea for help tracking down an elusive Highland Games competitor. The strongman is on...
Nadine Lee
St Patrick's Scottish Heritage
It's the most Irish day of the year, so what better time to brush up on the history of Ireland's well-known patron saint. As Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated today by Irish communities in all corne...
Nadine Lee
This Week in History: Isabel MacDuff and Robert the Bru...
Bruce is crowned for the second time in two days by Isabel MacDuff, Countess of Buchan. Colour litho by Williams, Morris Meredith (1881-1973). With attention focused on the approaching 700th annive...
Nadine Lee
Airline Reveals Tartan-Clad Plane
Cabin crew sport tartan scarves in front of easyJet's new tartan-clad plane. A distinctive orange and black tartan-clad aircraft has been unveiled to mark a new early morning flight from Inverness ...