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Last chance for Glasgow 2014
Last chance to get tickets for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games! More than 100,000 tickets across all 17 sports will go on sale on a first come, first served basis from 10am on Monday 12th May. Find out more here. On your marks, get set,...
New link to St Kilda from Skye
A historic link to the remote island archipelago of St Kilda has been restored with the launch of a new boat service from Uig in the Isle of Skye. Visitors will now be able to sail from Uig to St Kilda with a journey time...
Edinburgh
Edinburgh has been Scotland’s capital city since the 15th century. The city centre comprises the Old Town (which dates from medieval times) and the neighbouring 18th century New Town, which makes for a fascinating...
Congrats to Perth!
Congratulations to Perth! It’s to become Scotland’s 7th city after winning a UK wide competition to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Perth was a town of great importance in olden times. At Scone, just 2 miles from present day Perth, the early kings and queens...
2012: The Year of Creative Scotland
2012 is the Year of Creative Scotland! A year long celebration of our culture, music, and arts with truly world class events taking place throughout the country. Poetry, jazz, bagpiping, traditional music, comedy, literature, architecture, design, film, crafts, textiles…you name it, there is a wealth...
Tailor Made Robert Burns Tours
Then catch the moments as they fly, And use them as ye ought, Man! Believe me, Happiness is shy, And comes not ay when sought, Man! “A bottle and a friend”, 1787 Perhaps those words of Burns best sum up what our vacations in...
The Only True International Poet
Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard and often described as the only true International Poet, was born in the village of Alloway, just outside Ayr, on 25th January 1759. In his short life of 37 years, he wrote and collected a vast amount of poetry and...
Scottish Highland Trails is at Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles, Skye.
I was surprised to read this in the news this morning - the Clan Donald Lands Trust has decided to put its estate on the Isle of Skye up for sale. The 20,000 acre estate includes Armadale Castle and the historic lands of the Clan MacDonald of Sleat. The Trust
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As some of you might know I volunteer with the amazing Protests & Suffragettes and we are helping with a student led campaign to name a new high school in Fife, Scotland after inspirational working class activist and Suffragette Janet McCallum 🙌 Everyone is eligible to vote so if you
