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From New Zealand to Scotland
by Nadine Lee
New Zealand is a rather funny wee place. One of its defining features is the mishmash of cultures from all around the world that have gathered together on a few tiny islands far away in the depths of ...
- December 19, 2012 12:17 pm
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Scottish Battlefield Sites Protected
by Nadine Lee
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...
Scotland the Place to Be in 2013
by Nadine Lee
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...
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...
Topics:
Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Scottish Register of Tartans Criticised
by Nadine Lee
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