Celtic Recipes

All's well that ends well that ends well. This was the case for Charlie the teddy bear. Charlie Bear, was discovered after fans departed the Electric Fields music festival, which was held in the grounds of Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfires and Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) in southwest Scotland at the weekend. Next to the bear was a book "The Wonderful Adventures of Charlie Bear - My Story." The organisers posted an appeal on social media and shortly afterwards the parent of the child who lost the bear and the book had contacted them.

The Welsh language is under assualt from the effects of English speaking immigrants into the Welsh language heartlands.  Over the past several years attempts have been made to counter the pernicious effect of Engish speakers taking up residence in Welsh speaking areas. The focus of these efforts has been the use of planning permision to deny approval to property development which is seen to damage Welsh.

I had always understood that the British Army destroyed almost 800 pet dogs on the Chagos Islands AFTER the Islanders had been deported. However this eyewitness reports that the events unfolded before their eyes and to use her words the Islanders thought “they are doing this to the dogs next they will do it to our children”.

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable and rare historical artefact from Dunyvaig Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Naomhaig) in Scotland. The seal of Sir John Campbell of Cawdor (c. 1576-1642), who had taken ownership of Islay in 1615, was discovered by an undergraduate working on an excavation on the site. The seal would have once been used to sign and seal charters and legal documents. It had lain hidden within the castle for more than 400 years, buried under rubble from the collapsed defensive wall.