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Nadine Lee
Scottish Battlefield Sites Protected
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The Battle of Bannockburn by Brian Palmer The British architect Graeme Shankland once said: “A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent, and a city without old buildings is l...
Topics: Bannockburn, Battle Sites, Culloden, historic scotland, Killiecrankie, Scottish Historic Environmental Policy
Nadine Lee
Scotland the Place to Be in 2013
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Buachaille Etive Mor, featured in Skyfall Around Edinburgh at the moment signs of the post-festive season are evident, and life is slowly returning to normal. Discarded, tired Christmas trees lie o...
Topics: 2013, Scottish National Trail, Skyfall, Year of Natural Scotland
Nadine Lee
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
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The Twinlaw Cairns, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still...
Topics: Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Nadine Lee
Scottish Register of Tartans Criticised
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Peter Rabbit's Tartan, created to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. The Scottish Register of Tartans has been criticised for...
Topics: Disney, Peter Rabbit, Scottish Government, Tartan
Nadine Lee
MacNeil Land Claims on Barra and Vatersay Islands
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MacNeil of Barra - Buaidhi no bas (To conquer or die) A land ownership storm is brewing on the islands of Barra and Vatersay in the Outer Hebrides. The late Ian MacNeil, 46th Chief of Clan MacNeil, ...
Topics: barra, land buyouts, MacNeil, MacNeil of Barra, Scottish Government, Vatersay
Nadine Lee
Chanel's Scottish Inspiration
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French fashion powerhouse Chanel recently hosted it's annualMetiers d'Arts show at Linlithgow Palace just outside of Edinburgh, showcasing a contemporary interpretation of traditional Scottish crafts...
Topics: Chanel, Fashion, Tartan, tweed
Nadine Lee
From Norway with Love
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The Nidelva River, with Nidaros Cathedral in the background. Trondheim, Norway. When asked to give the name of his nearest mainline rail station on a Parliamentary expenses questionnaire, former lib...
Topics: Gunn, Ian Rankin, MacDonald, MacLeod, MacLeod of Lewis, Norse, North Sea, Norway, Trondheim, Vikings
Nadine Lee
Chief of Clan Macnab Dies
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Clan Macnab - Timor Omnis Abesto (Let fear be far from all) We are very saddened to hear news that James Charles Macnab, 23rd Chief of Clan Macnab, died on January 11 aged 86. Macnab served as a mem...
Topics: Death, Killin, MacGregor, Macnab, Scottish Clans
Nadine Lee
Terrorising Owl at Large in Inverness
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Feathered Foe Remains on the Loose Here's a strange case of life imitating art from Inverness, with news just in that rivals Hitchcock's 1963 horror The Birds: A giant Eagle Owl is to blame for at...
Topics: Eagle Owl, Inverness, Kilt Shop, Pub
Nadine Lee
Scotland's Greatest Gift - Penicillin
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Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng)6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955 On a sunny morning in September 1928, Scottish biologist Sir Alexander Fleming accidentally made one of the most important me...
Topics: Ayrshire, Davel, Health, Penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming, World War I, World War II
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Nadine Lee
Highland Clearances Influence Composer
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Robert Aitken's new soundtrack 'Kildonan' A new soundtrack by a Scottish composer has been influenced by the infamous Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Kildonan, the latest work by...
Topics: App, Emigration to Canada, Highland Clearances, Kildonan, Sutherland
Nadine Lee
The Massacre of Glencoe
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Today marks the 321st anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe, in which 38 MacDonald of Glencoe clansmen were murdered on direct orders from the crown. The death warrant signed by King William III prov...
Topics: Campbell, glencoe, Jacobite, MacDonald, Massacre of Glencoe, Scottish Socialist Republican Movement, William III
Nadine Lee
MSP Calls for Macbeth Review
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Imagined 19th Century Portrait of Macbeth Prompted by historical revisions to Richard III's reign upon discovery of his remains, Scottish MSP Alex Johnstone has called for a motion in parliament to ...
Topics: Alex Johnstone, MacBeth, Richard III, Shakespeare
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Nadine Lee
Susan Boyle Set to Launch Tartan Range
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Donny Osmond proudly wears the tartan of Susan Boyle Scottish classical singer Susan Boyle has announced that she is releasing her own range of Tartan. In a statement released on her website, the Bl...
Topics: scottish register of tartans, susan boyle, Tartan
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Amanda Moffet
The Wizard laird of Skene's dance with the devil
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Skene Loch is an eerie and forbidding place, particularly on cold evenings in the dead of winter - when the waters on the loch can freeze over. If you were to brave the icy conditions and venture do...
Topics: Skene
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