I came across this article in an old copy of Celtic monthly : a magazine for Highlanders (1893). An article by J. G. MACKAY, Portree looks at the physical differences between the average Scot and Englishman. Thought I’d share it: “It is long since I noticed in the course of business that the sizes of […]
The capture and rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong brought together three of the most colourful characters in the history of the Border Reivers. The impasse that existed between Sir Walter Scott, probably the most notable person to live on the sixteenth century Border, and Thomas Lord Scrope, English West March Warden, is a story of a clash of personalities of awesome proportions. Kinmont Willie? He was lost in the diplomatic wrangling. His capture changed nothing. He went on to reive until his death in about 1603.
After a £500,000 facelift, taking two years to complete, the National Trust for Scotland has announced that Craigievar Castle is to completely reopen to the public in May. The 17th century castle, which is near Alford in central Aberdeenshire, has had extensive work done to get it back to looking how it originally did back […]
A new series of stamps by the Royal Mail have been issued, depicting the Stewart monarchs who ruled Scotland between 1406 and 1603, the year of the Union of the Crowns. The series starts with James I (1406-1437) and stops at James VI (1567-1603) who went on the become the king of England, uniting to […]
Sir James Whyte Black, inventor of beta-blocker drugs has died at the age of 85. His family made the announcement yesterday that he passed away after a long illness. Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, in 1924, Black was the fourth son of five of a Baptist family. He was raised and educated in Fife, first attending […]
Kay Ure was stranded for 30 days, kept away from her husband John and her home due to the severe winter snow and storms, and now a Hollywood movie company, Furst Films, has offered the Sutherland couple £40,000 for the rights to their story. On the 19th of December Kay Ure left her home in […]
The world record for the most kilted skiers and snowboarders to go down a piste has been set by more than 200 people on CairnGorm Mountain near Aviemore. All involved, a total of 235, skied down in a line from the Ptarmigan Top Station on the mountain, with two pipers and a drummer leading the […]
On the 4th of March, two of the ScotClans team (Amanda and Donald) went on a resource finding trip down and around the south west of Scotland. We took in a number of castles and places of interest along the way, as well as enjoying some beautiful scenery. When we set off from Edinburgh it […]
To say the Harris Tweed Industry has taken it’s fair few knocks in recent years is probably an understatement. In an attempt to bring new blood into the aging workforce twelve people are to be trained as weavers of Harris Tweed. This course was created after concerns were made by the Members of the Harris […]
