... Inter-Celtic Festival will be celebrating the Year of Scotland this month, with the prospect of more than seven hundred and fifty ... has a number of both historical and cultural links with Scotland. Although the ten day festival programme will showcase a whole ...
Valerie Caine - Aug 4 2017 - 10:52am
... Shetland is an island group that lies to the north-east of Scotland. The islands are some 50 miles (80 km) to the northeast of Orkney and ... and the North Sea to the east. In Lerwick, the capital of Scotland's Shetland Islands, a fire festival named Up Helly Aa is held every ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 30 2018 - 7:53pm
... bird life globally and in particular the dramatic decline in Scotland around Orkney and Shetland and on St Kilda in the Western Isles. The ... seabird populations," said Laura Bambini, the RSPB Scotland's seabird recovery officer.’ ...
Alastair Kneale - Dec 12 2017 - 5:55pm
... Creative Commons Licence. Celtic nation: Scotland Itinerary: Scotland Orkney Islands Place type: Natural ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 6 2021 - 1:03pm
... Douglas MacQueen's blog Ancient rocks from Scotland's Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Siar) have been used by a team of scientists from Scotland, Canada and US in research to indicate the potential for the planet ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 16 2016 - 11:01am - 0 comments
... Gaelic: Pàislig) situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art under William Armour, David ... work. He is now widely acclaimed as having been one of Scotland’s finest figurative painters. Amongst his considerable body of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 31 2021 - 5:02pm
... on 14 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on only 6 per cent. Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon remains the most popular leader in Scotland, with an approval rating of +16. Overall, just over half of Scots ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 22 2016 - 3:56pm - 0 comments
... Shetland Islands lie some 104 miles (168 km) northeast of Scotland. They form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west ... under Norwegian influences until Shetland become part of Scotland in the 15th century. Shetland is rich in mythology, ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 12 2019 - 6:36pm
... Record’ today says that hard pressed staff employed in Scotland by prominent private security conglomerate G4S have been falling ... giant. Ironically G4S were given the contract in Scotland because of problems with an earlier private security provider, ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jun 15 2015 - 2:02pm - 0 comments
... out her response to the Brexit result and indicating that Scotland will very likely seek to hold a further independence referendum albeit ... will be measured(link); http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-366210… However it is clear that as well as ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 25 2016 - 12:20am - 0 comments