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 […]
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 […]
Scotland’s been responsible for so many inventions that one wonders just where we would be today without them. We all know the main ones – golf, the television, the telephone, the bicycle, the steam engine (okay, we don’t still use that one but it sure was important) – but here are 7 equally interesting/important ones […]
Hobbie Noble of the Crew in Bewcastle, Cumberland was disowned by his own folk but found favour across the English Scottish Border in Liddesdale with the mighty Armstrongs of Mangerton. He would be betrayed back to the English by an unlikely source, the Armstrongs of the Mains.
