Groundskeeper Willie’s views on the referendum
Today’s light relief from Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons.
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…the buggers are out to get us!
Image Credit: Amelia Troubridge Today’s light relief comes courtesy of Tatler which published a feature on the views of scotland’s aristocrats on the prospects of Scottish independence. The article was published in July but only went online yesterday and features
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Today’s referendum light relief is this a musical celebration of Scottish independence at the Òran Mór (gaelic for ‘great melody of life’ or ‘big song’) organised by Bella Caledonia. This is for all who came on the night and those
Continue readingA Thousand Huts
The socio-ecological NGO, Reforesting Scotland launched a campaign in May 2011 to promote the protection and expansion of hutting in Scotland. The Thousand Huts campaign has achieved a considerable amount in a short space of time. Last week the new Scottish
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Image reproduced with kind permission of Jill Calder. From Robert the Bruce: an illustrated history by James Robertson & Jill Calder published by Birlinn, 2014. Guest Blog Poem by Martin Stepek 1314 ah remember 1314 it was nothin like they
Continue readingThe Scottish Government and the Danish Anthropologist
Guest Blog by Morten Nielsen, Aarhus University, Denmark (1) Associate professor Morten Nielsen is a Danish anthropologist currently in the Department of Culture and Society at Aarhus University. Based on empirical research carried out in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and
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Guest Blog by Jess Smith, Scottish author, musician and story-teller from Perthshire’s Travelling People The Tinker’s Heart is a small arrangement of white quartz stones embedded in the ground at the junction between the road to Strachar (A815) and Hell’s
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