Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders
An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
The Scots who migrated to Bath.
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The mineral-rich hot springs of Bath, Somerset, England still bubble away, as they did in Roman times. As they did in 1687 when Mary of Mod...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
General Hugh Mercer: Jacobite, Doctor, Symbol of the American Revolution
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General Hugh Mercer was a Jacobite who fought at the Battle of Culloden (1746) as a 20 year old surgeon and died as a general in George Was...
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Clashing Cultures
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I watched episode nine of the Outlander TV series last night... where Jamie takes his belt to Claire for her disobedience: "You've ...
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Sunday, July 12, 2015
Gallipoli 1915 and Culloden 1746
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My adopted town of Hawick remembers its dead. In May I visited the Gallipoli peninsular, scene of a disastrous campaign in 1915, where there...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Scotland says 'No'. But now that you're listening...
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So what should those outside these shores make of our Independence Referendum? In short, the 'No' vote won but we are now in a muc...
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