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North Berwick Scottish flags © 2007 Scotiana Dear readers, It has escaped nobody that a strong wind of change is blowing in Scotland these days, a wind murmuring echoes of the old Scottish dream of independence, a dream which is not shared by all, far from it. In a very few […]
Culloden battlefield Scottish side © 2012 Scotiana
They used to call it Drumossie Moor – a bleak stretch of boggy, heather-clad upland moor above Culloden House, south-east of Inverness, overlooking the broad waters of the Moray Firth. This was where the last pitched battle on British soil was fought, on 16 […]
http://youtu.be/PSH0eRKq1lE Dear readers, 11 november 2013… A number of celebrations have taken place yesterday and all day long today in many parts of the world in memory of the soldiers who gave their life to preserve ours and, here, in France, the very moving ‘sonnerie aux morts’ still echoes in the night… […]
Brownsbank MacDiarmid cottage near Biggar © 2013 Scotiana The rose of all the world is not for me I want for my part Only the little white rose of Scotland That smells sharp and sweet And breaks the heart (Hugh McDiarmid) MacDiarmid The little white rose […] The-Prestonpans-Tapestry-panel-25-raising-the-standard-©-2013-Scotiana
Hi Mairiuna! Upon reading your great article about the magnificient Prestonpans Tapestry: the Prince’s journey up to Glenfinnan… I wondered if postage stamps were issued to commemorate this milestone in Scottish history? I surfed the web and .. by golly … found one! 🙂 It was issued […] |
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