This week sees the return of the historically significant Glenfinnan Stone to Scotland. It is a round, weatherworn stone, about 12 inches in diameter, with a hole carved out at its centre, supposedly for the purpose of supporting the standard carried by Bonnie Prince Charlie when he arived at the shores of Loch Shiel. This […]
Two Scottish companies have now been asked to supply textiles for the redecoration of the White House. Biggar company, Calzeat Ltd were commissioned in January by Los Angeles designer Michael Smith to provide fabric for curtains which will hang in the First Family’s private apartments. Another company, Perth-based MacNaughton Holdings, have now received an order […]
Scotclans was at the Edinburgh Twitter Festival (Twestival)last night. We saw quite a few nice kilts, met some intersting people and raised lots of money for the charity ‘Water’. We failed however, to win the raffle! We have our own twitter page where we’ve been trying to make some Clan connections – feel free to […]
The Scottish Conservative Party has invited Barack Obama to mark his inauguration as US president by creating his own tartan. Apparently the new president’s roots can be traced back to William the Lion, who ruled from 1165 to 1214, through Mr Obama’s maternal ancestor, Edward FitzRandolph, who is said to have emigrated to America during […]
There is a fantastic new site: scotlandsimages.com which is an archive of Scotland’s national collections: The National Archives; The National Library; the National Museums; the National Trust for Scotland; and the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments. I have personally been very interested in the St Kilda images. Here are my pictures from when […]
Earlier this month we were sad to see one of our long established manufacturers run into trouble. It’s the first of 2009 but probably not the last. The oncoming recession is going to hit Scottish businesses hard but who will be the worst effected? The last time this country faced a recession many people found […]
‘Scotland’s Birth Certificate’ describes the earliest surviving record of the country’s existence. This ancient document which is 1,000 years old is being held in the national library of France, where it has been since the 17th century. A campaign has been launched top return this unique piece of Scotland’s past returned to Scotland. MSP Margo […]
Yes we know its only October but this latest offering from ScotClans list of ‘homespun’ products has arrived just in time. We teamed up with our very good friends at Edinblythe, who have been making fantastic cards for some time to come up with something special. After a little trial and error we finally came […]
Bob Dylan’s music has inspired generations of music lovers. He has now named his own personal inspiration as our favorite Scots poet Robert Burns. When asked which lyric or verse had the largest impact on his life he chose the 1794 song A Red, Red Rose, which is mostly known as poem, it was originally […]
No-one is absolutely sure if these gruesome villains existed, or if they were just English propaganda to blacken the Scottish name after the Jacobite rising, but if you had been traveling in Galloway a few hundred years ago, you probably wouldn’t have wanted to test the truth yourself! Sawney Bean and his wife were loving […]
