The Kilt. Just saying that conjures up images of HIghlanders walking through the Scottish Glens. it is one of the most recognisable national dress seen in the Western World. All over there are women, and men, swooning at the thought of a man in a kilt, c’mon readers I know you’re all thinking it and […]
Many of you will not of heard of this, what the government called the Scottish insurrection of 1820. Though if you are from or been to Edinburgh you certainly will have heard of the Radical road around Arthur’s Seat. The actual Radical War only lasted a few days but despite it almost being written out […]
Most of us roughly know the story of Macbeth. Well, we think we do. But, how many of us actually know the Shakespeare version and have never actually thought about the historical figure of Macbeth. Be honest now. Shakespeare tells us of a Scottish general named Macbeth meeting up with 3 witches on a scary moor……. […]
So, you’ve now bought yourself a traditionally hand sewn kilt and you love it. But now what, how do you wear it? ‘What do you mean, isn’t it obvious’ I hear you say? Well no, its a bit trickier than you think. Its time to learn how to wear the kilt correctly. A traditional kilt is […]
Now there’s a thought, King of America Charles Edward Stewart. Actually it was more than a thought du du dahhhhhhhhhh In November 1782 4 gentlemen from America arrived at San Clemente Palazzo in Florence to put this offer to the exiled King Charles Edward Stewart, who we all know as the Bonnie Prince Charlie. When establishing […]
A new team of scientists have started a search of the murky depths of Loch Ness to investigate the mystery of Nessie. Only this time they are looking at the DNA in the Loch. The group is led by Professor Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago, New Zealand. This examination will involve sampling the […]
On Sunday 4th June a local piper was cuffed by the police in front of shocked tourists after playing his bagpipes too loudly, yes I’m serious, bagpipes too loud * head in hands* John McDonald was arrested on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile. He had been given a warning as part of a Edinburgh City […]
From the fancy dress import kilts that you see on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, which are now also starting to appear around the International Scottish highland games. To the kilts redesigned for genuine reasons and also the modern takes on the kilt that still show great respect to the original garment. Scottish Kilts made by […]
Oh deary me, where on earth do I start. There is a story stating that, it was, in fact an Englishman who invented the small kilt, the forerunner of the kilt we wear today. This comes from a letter that was published in a popular pamphlet of the time ‘The Edinburgh Magazine’ in 1785 Now, […]
Is it really? Its just a kilt! well no its not ‘just a kilt’ its a piece of art that will last more than one lifetime. A kilt is made from 8 yards of either 14oz – 18oz woollen tartan, woven right here in Scotland. The process the cloth goes through before it even gets […]
