July - August 2023

Scotland Magazine

Celebrating Scotland across the world

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Scotland Magazine
Sally Coffey Henrietta Easton Clare White Catherine Chapman Daisy Welch Melissa Arancio James Dobson Simon Temlett Vicki Gavin simon.temlett@chelseamagazines.com ■
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Editor’s Letter
This issue, with festival fever in the air, we’ve decided to zone in on our capital city with not one but three special articles on Edinburgh. In Enlighten Yourself (p16), I’ve rounded up some of my favourite places to visit in the city, which you co
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Clan Courier
Three of Scotland’s most iconic heritage attractions can be visited this summer using a special discount ticket. The Treasure Ticket gives holders 10% off visits to historic Blair Castle, Scone Palace, and Glamis Castle – all of which are within an h
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Best-selling Hebridean Baker
A Scottish baker is celebrating huge international success after his book, My Scottish Island Kitchen, hit the best-selling list in Canada in its first week of release there, while his promotional tour of North America has won him legions of new fans
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Roman Fortlet Is Found
The buried remains of a Roman fortlet, one of up to 40 that are believed to have once lined the Antonine Wall have been uncovered by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The fort was found in a field near Carleith Primary School in West Dunbartonshir
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Tugging At The Musical Strings
A film that celebrates the legacy of the Ulster-Scots or Scotch Irish (Scots Irish) in the US is looking for funding to bring it to screen. AMERICA’S OTHER IRISH—A MUSICAL JOURNEY documents the arrival of the first Irish immigrants in great numbers i
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Going For Gold
Hamilton & Inches, which has been making jewellery in the heart of Edinburgh since 1866, has launched a timeless collection of 18ct Scottish Gold fine jewellery made up of two diffusion lines: Fleur-de-lys and Star Fleur-de-lys. Using gold extracted
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Editor’s Diary
This year, Blair Castle, the ancestral home of the Stewarts and Murrays of Atholl and a beautiful example of a lived-in castle, continues its Castle Couture exhibition, which is displaying historic garments from the castle’s attics. Three new exhibit
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Notes From The Isles
So - miracles do happen. As I write this, sunlight glitters on the gold bangle my beloved Douglas gave me for a wedding present, 64 years ago, which, as I’ve mentioned before, I lost before Christmas. It was restored to me nearly four months later, o
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We’ve Got Mail
In 1912 John W R Tennant and a younger sister emigrated from Edinburgh in search of a better life. They booked passage on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, but changed their plans, I’m happy to say, or you wouldn’t be reading this. Instead, they took
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Far From Fair Isle
You cannot imagine my astonishment when I read the article on Fair Isle knitting, Woven with Love, Issue 127 (March/April 23, May 23) as it featured my acquaintance, Marie Bruhat. The chances of knowing someone on that tiny island and seeing an artic
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ENLIGHTEN Yourself
Festival season is on the horizon and soon Scotland’s capital will take on a new persona – one of being the greatest host in the world. The city’s many wynds and lanes, cobbled streets and gardens, and well-groomed squares, playhouses and concert hal
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The Greatest Show In Scotland
Against the backdrop of Edinburgh’s historic castle, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is one of the most popular events in the city’s already impressive calendar. Celebrating the skills and talents of military bands and display teams from across t
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Olympic Grade
The tradition of curling in Scotland goes back centuries, with the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum holding the world’s oldest curling stone, which dates from 1511. Though today it’s usually played inside, the sport was originally played outdoors
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When BRITANNIA Ruled The Waves
This year marks two major milestones for the iconic Royal Yacht Britannia, the Royal Family’s former yacht, aboard which they would cruise the Western Isles of Scotland each summer. Celebrating both 70 years of service and 25 years as a multi-award-w
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The House Of Dunkeld
With the death of Malcolm II in AD1034, the reign of the House of Alpin came to an end. Malcolm had died without any living sons, so the kingship passed through his daughter Bethóc, who had married Crínán, the hereditary abbot of Dunkeld, and had giv
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Living In The Great Garden
An island just 10 miles long and one-mile wide with a population of only 160 people may sound like something from Robinson Crusoe. However, the name of another novel, Treasure Island, may more easily be applied here and interestingly, the author of t
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Travels With Tom
The last chief of the Macfies stood fast with his trusty hound in his final redoubt: a cave above the beautiful beach at Killoran. Finally, his enemies dug through from the top and slew him, ending his clan’s long hold on the Isle of Colonsay. Or did
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Win A Luxury Stay In St Andrews
One lucky winner and their guest will win a two-night stay at Rufflets St Andrews, including dinner in the restaurant one evening, where they can experience the wonders of Scottish produce, and breakfast on both mornings. Set within 10 acres of award
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Lockhart
The Lockhart family started out as Locards. They had been in Scotland since David I, Prince of Cumbria, brought several Anglo-Norman knights and nobles with him on his return to take the Scottish throne in 1124. Locards held lands near Penrith in Cum
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A Stirling Stay
There are any number of lovely places to stay when visiting the Trossachs, the celebrated district of Scotland made famous by the writings of Sir Walter Scott: it could be Callander, Aberfoyle, or Doune. But, for me, the most magical location without
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Wind, Earth, And Fire
Scapa Flow, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, has a history that runs deeper than its waters. Heavily used by the Vikings, its name comes from the Norse ‘Skalpaflói’, meaning ‘bay of the short isthmus’, which refers to the wedge of la
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The Mighty Frontier
The history of the Roman invasion of Scotland is a fascinating and turbulent story filled with sweeping action, bloody conflict, and larger than life characters – figures who, during the first four centuries after the birth of Christ, personally led
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Highland Flings
This new exhibition celebrates the global story of tartan, and its complex, rich, and sometimes painful history. vam.ac.uk/dundee/exhibitions/tartan A huge event in the north of Scotland, these spectacular games attract the country’s best competitors
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The Story Behind…
My new album Kōterana (the Māori word for Scotland) is based on the remarkable true story of 800 Scottish Highlanders who followed Scottish clergyman Reverend Norman McLeod on a life-changing journey of no return in the 19th century. At a time when m

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