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Falkirk's Kelpies Hit The Big Apple
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by Nadine Lee
Scaled models of Falkirk's Kelpies at their temporary home in NYC.
Scaled models of Falkirk's impressive Kelpie statues have embarked on their first overseas tour, just in time for upcoming Scottis...
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Falkirk, Horse, New York City, Tartan Day, The Kelpies
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Kelburn Castle Set to Reopen
by Nadine Lee
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 ...
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Boyle, Castles, Scottish Clans, Scottish History, Scottish News
Calling all Murrays
by Nadine Lee
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...
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Blair Castle, Clan Murray, Earl of Atholl
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
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by Nadine Lee
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...
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Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Scotland's Greatest Gift - Penicillin
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by Nadine Lee
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...
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Ayrshire, Davel, Health, Penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming, World War I, World War II
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MSP Calls for Macbeth Review
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by Nadine Lee
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 ...
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Alex Johnstone, MacBeth, Richard III, Shakespeare
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Susan Boyle Set to Launch Tartan Range
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by Nadine Lee
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...
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scottish register of tartans, susan boyle, Tartan
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Morag of Loch Morar Sightings Discovered
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by Nadine Lee
Loch Morar, Lochaber.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered accounts dating back more than one hundred years of Morag of Loch Morar. The descriptions paint a conflicting view of ...
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Morag, Loch Morar, Loch Ness Monster
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Braveheart Impersonator Charged With Firearms Offences
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by Nadine Lee
Adam Watters – Braveheart Impersonator. Photo courtesy of Deadline News
A Braveheart impersonator has been charged with firearms offences after police received a complaint about “a man with a blue fac...
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braveheart, edinburgh, Jacobite, Police, William Wallace
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Map Reveals Scots Modern-Day Surnames
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by Nadine Lee
A map of Great Britain’s most popular surnames shows the dominance that clan areas still hold in Scotland, while other areas show the effects of modern-day immigration. Created by experts from three...
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edinburgh, glasgow, Highlands, Inverness, orkeny, Shetland, surnames, uncertainty of identity, western isles, Fraser, MacDonald, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLeod, Ross, Sinclair, Sutherland
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