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Nadine Lee
Scots Christmas Fare
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Perhaps my favourite part of Christmas (after opening presents, of course), are the days spent feasting and picking at leftovers until you can't possibly eat anymore. Here's a compile of traditional...
Topics: Baking, Christmas, Clootie DUmpling, Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Cooking, Mary Queen of Scots, Roastit Bubbly-Jock, Shortbread, Theodora Fitzgibbon, Traditional Scottish Cookery, Traditional Scottish Food, Turkey
Nadine Lee
Griogal Cridhe - Beloved Gregor
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On a Wednesday evening in Edinburgh, direct your ears upwards while wandering up Victoria Street from the Grassmarket and you might just hear a bit of Gaelic tune floating out onto the street below....
Topics: Balloch Castle, breadalbane, Clan Campbell, edinburgh, Edinburgh Gaelic Choir, Execution, Gaelic Clan MacGregor, Gregor Ruadh Red MacGregor of Glenstrae, Grey Colin, Griogal Cridhe, Lament, Marion Campbell, Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Colin Campbell, Taymouth Castle
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Nadine Lee
Mary, Queen of Scots Returns to Edinburgh
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Chambers Street, Edinburgh In August 1561 Mary, Queen of Scots returned to Edinburgh from France as a Catholic queen in a newly reformed Protestant Scotland. Initially greeted with crowds curious t...
Topics: Blairs Memorial Portrait, Earl of Moray, Elizabeth Curle, Elizabeth I, james vi, John Knox, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, National Museum of Scotland, Penicuik Jewels, Reformation, Stewart
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Nadine Lee
University Brings Mary, Queen of Scots Back to Life
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3D Facial Reconstruction of Mary, Queen of Scots A renowned team of experts at the University of Dundee have revealed a 3D virtual image of Mary, Queen of Scots as she would have looked at the time...
Topics: 3D reconstruction, Mary Queen of Scots, National Museum of Scotland, Stewart, Stuart, University of Dundee
Nadine Lee
Queen Marks Anniversary in Scottish Style
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Beside a bubbling brook in a remote part of the highlands isn’t usually where you would expect to come across a modern-day monarch. But a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II has done just that – pictu...
Topics: Balmoral, Crown Jewels, Elizabeth I, Gelder Burn, Macnab, Mary Queen of Scots, order of the thistle, Queen Elizabeth II, River Dee, Sir Henry Raeburn, Victoria
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Nadine Lee
Clan Douglas and The Battle of Ancrum Moor
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Archibald Douglas In 1545 the aptly titled War of Rough Wooing was in full, ruthless swing. In order to gain Scotland’s allegiance to England, King Henry VIII employed the curious tactic of scorching...
Topics: Archibald Douglas 6th Earl of Angus, Borders, Douglas, Earl of Hertford, edinburgh, James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Arran, Jedburgh, King Henry VIII, Lady Lilliard, Leith, Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Ralph Eure, War of Rough Wooing
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The Last Letter of Mary Queen of Scots
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This is the last letter of Mary Queen of Scots - it makes very interesting reading. This is the translation: To the most Christian king, my brother and old ally Royal brother, having by God's wil...
Topics: Mary Queen of Scots
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The Tragedy of Mary Hamilton
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The well known ballad "Mary Hamilton", or "The Fower Maries" is a sixteenth century song about Mary Hamilton awaiting execution and telling the story of her downfall. Mary was a lady-in-waiting to a Q...
Topics: Carmichael, Fleming, Hamilton, James V, Livingstone, Mary Hamilton, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, Murder, Russia, Seton
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The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots
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On the 8th of February, 1587 Mary I of Scotland was executed for treason at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire. She was found guilty of conspiring against her cousin Elizabeth I of England, an...
Topics: Mary Queen of Scots