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In a quiet corner of a French field lies the remains of over 400 World War 1 Soldiers, stripped of their identity tags these mass graves are evidence of a very little documented slaughter. The soldier’s deeds gone, forgotten, they fell in their thousands – now nine decades after the First World War the bodies […]
There’s a very old, very little known tale connected with the Thompson Clan. Four brothers and five sisters lived on a beautiful bay in the island of Arran at Machrie. The sisters do not feature in this tale as they all lived very long lives. The bay at Machrie was famous for it’s beauty, and […]
The recession has bitten again, this time causing Stirling’s annual Highland Games to be cancelled. Organisers blamed “economic uncertainties created by the credit crunch” and successive changes of venue. This popular annual event was due to take place at Kings Park on 12 July. Each year the games attract thousands of visitors to the city, […]
A missionary from Dunscore near Dumfries has been described as “Scotland’s Schindler” after she sacrificed her life at Auschwitz-Birkenau is to finally be honoured by the Prime Minister. Jane Haining was a Presbyterian teacher who was deported to Budapest after refusing to sew the Star of David on her pupils. In wearing the star Nazis […]
Academic David Starkey is now facing the wrath of the Celtic Fringe after last Thursday’s appearance on BBC’s Question Time. The Tudor lover dropped more than a few insults, dismissing the nations of Scotland Ireland and Wales as “feeble” little countries. The outspoken historian, is promoting his Channel 4 series on Henry VIII is now […]
Today an article was published in The Edinburgh Evening News which looked at ever growing phenomenon of Twitter. Rodger from www.scotclans.com was interviewed to give his views on how ScotClans uses Twitter. (but unfortunately didn’t leave a lasting impression as he gets called Robert Moffet in this article). The aricle is written by Victoria Raimes. […]
This is the third year ScotClans has attended the tradeshow at Aviemore. Unlike the Scottish tradeshow in Glasgow here each exhibitor has to guarantee that at least 90% of their goods are designed and made here in Scotland. Because we try to sell only Scottish made products at http://www.scotclans.com it’s refreshing to not have to […]
Fresh on the heels of YouTube’s singing sensation Susan Boyle Scotland has just found yet another video star in the shape of Danny MacAskill. This young tearaway from Skye, now living in Edinburgh could easily be the type of person that would have the neighbours running to the phone to call the ‘polis’ because he’s […]
Sea Eagles are the largest European bird of prey, they had sadly become wiped out in Britain because of Egg collectors. A few years ago Sea Eagle chicks were brought over from Norway in an attempt to try and establish a breeding population of these magnificent birds. The ScotClans familly has just been on holiday […]
There’s a superstition in Applecross/Torridon area of Scotland that relates to the Annat skull in which water sipped from the skull of a female suicide is a supposed cure for epilepsy. The poor woman (C. M. Robertson) is thought to have been the daughter in law of the Garve Wizzard who is said to have […]
