Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham

Friday, March 25, 2011

The Clans - violence, honour and obligation

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I was listening yesterday to a programme about Easter Island in the South Pacific; the commentator referred to 'rival clans'. Around...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

Happy Tenth Birthday... to Us!

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It was ten years ago that Scottish Clans and Castles Ltd emerged from a mixed bag of other tourism projects. And I'm delighted to have...
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

"A daimen icker in a thrave"

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A family group has just asked me to schedule a visit to Robert Burns birthplace. By coincidence I was there, at the new  Burns Museum , last...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

A Witch's Cursing Bone

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It was a familiar voice on the car radio. But until he started talking about ancestry I hadn't recognised Bruce Durie, genealogist, bro...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

David Hume and Thomas Aikenhead

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A man in a toga, 1.5 times life size, sits at the junction of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and George IV Bridge, more interested in his tablet...
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