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Nadine Lee
How the Clans Inspired Game of Thrones
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If you still haven’t seen Episode 9 ‘The Rains of Castamere‘ in the latest season of Game of Thrones, you should probably stop reading this post right about now. It’s a well-known and begrudgingly a...
Topics: Alexander Livingston, Campbell, Clan Crest, Clan Motto, Crichton, Douglas, Edinburgh Castle, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Glencoe Massacre, House Lannister, House Stark, King James II, MacDonald, MacGregor, royal mile, Seat, The Black Dinner, The Red Wedding
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Nadine Lee
Clan Campbell Mausoleum Restoration Begins
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The dome topped mausoleum in front of Kilmun Parish Church Work has begun on restoring the final resting place of twenty generations of Campbell chiefs. Built in 1798, the current mausoleum is on th...
Topics: Argyll, Argyll Mausoleum Ltd, Campbell, Holy Loch, Kilmun, Sir Duncan Campbell
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Nadine Lee
Learn to Speak Norn For Only £120
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A dictionary of an extinct language spoken only in the remote Scottish Highlands has been uncovered in an English charity shop. The two-volume Norn Dictionary was anonymously donated to the Willow Bu...
Topics: language, norn, Norse, northern isles, Orkney, Shetland
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Nadine Lee
The Sonny Sonny Banks of Loch Lomond
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In the little community of Marchmont in Edinburgh, one of the interesting characters you’ll see about the streets is Sonny Fascia, otherwise known as DJ Sonny. I first met Sonny at the cosy pub in th...
Topics: 1745 rebellion, Andrew Lang, Bonnie Prince Charlie, edinburgh, Flora Macdonald, hip-hop, Jacobite Rising, Loch Lomond, Marchmont, Maxine Sullivan, show trials, the low road, turntablism
Nadine Lee
The Storehouse of Foulis
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Sitting on the banks of the Cromarty Firth between Evanton and Dingwall, the Storehouse of Foulis is a fully restored 18th Century building that once housed the rent paid in kind from the Munro esta...
Topics: Cromarty Firth, Dingwall, Evanton, Foulis, Munro, North Highlands, Oatmeal Riot, Prince Charles, Sir Hugh Munro
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