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Nadine Lee
Francis Alexander Mackinnon, 35th Chief — A Hat-Trick V...
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Francis Alexander Mackinnon, born April 9, 1848, was the 35th chieftain of the Mackinnon Clan and a Test cricketer for England. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the life and career of the man who was the s...
Topics: Caisteal Maol, Clan MacKinnon, Cricket, Francis Alexander MacKinnon, Guest Blog, Kent, Kent County Club, Sport
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
Calling all Murrays
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Blair Castle, one of Scotland’s biggest tourist destinations and the ancestral home of the Murray Clan, is marking Scotland’s Year of Homecoming with an open invitation to all Murrays across the glo...
Topics: Blair Castle, Clan Murray, Earl of Atholl
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Nadine Lee
Tartan Day Celebrated Around the World
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Celebrated annually around the world, April 6 is recognised as an international celebration of Scottish heritage and ancestry. Known as Tartan Day, the celebration marks the anniversary of the 1320 si...
Topics: April 6, Columbia, Decleration of Arbroath, Minneapolis, New York City, New York Tartan Day Parade, Robert the Bruce, Tartan Day, Washington
Nadine Lee
Kelburn Castle Set to Reopen
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The seat of Clan Boyle, also known as the 'graffiti castle', is set to reopen after a five year £500,000 renovation. Kelburn Castle near Largs, North Ayrshire was closed in 2009 following a fire in ...
Topics: Boyle, Castles, Scottish Clans, Scottish History, Scottish News
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