The only car rental firm I have used here is Enterprise and I can recommend them. They have a few depots around Edinburgh - www. enterprise.co.uk - you can check their rates and they have a place at...

You really need to go to Fife where Anstruther is pronounced Ainster, Buckhaven is Buckven, St Monans is St Minnans, and Kilconquhar is Kinnucker.

The general rule with Scottish name pronunciation is that the emphasis is on the last syllable. So Arbroath is R- Broath with the emphasis on Broath. In America I was intrigued by the pronunciation...

Not to mention the profusion of charity shops which must deprive shops of much business. I also wonder how much internet shopping affects High Street shops who cannot compete on price. Even...

From today's "Hootsmon" - http://www.scotsman.com/news/on-this-day-highland-clearances-began-1-3341224 .

Something that might interest prospective visitors -...

Pride of Scotland is just one of the names they trade under. They have another on Princes Street and used to have a very annoying one on Hanover Street playing constant, repetitive loud music.

As a local resident I can't remember the last time I ventured onto the Royal Mile. It really is just a destination for tourists as there is nothing there for locals. I crossed it on Saturday on the...

CharlesII tried to impose a system of religion upon Scotland where he was the supreme head of the church controlled through an episcopacy (bishops). The Scottish covenanters believed that no-one...

I am not a customer of Gold Bros and probably never will be but what you cannot deny is that they have a successful business strategy, more successful than Geoffrey Tailor obviously.
Whether anyone...

If you ever have the chance to visit Greyfriars churchyard in Edinburgh, never mind Disney's Greyfriars Bobby, there is much history of the Covenanters there. Here is the memorial stone -...

Here are the pictures from Google images -
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/philipmccavity/covenant1_zps07167158.jpg - this one painted in 1903 and this one in 1838 -...

It was a later imagining, painted c. 1838. If you look at the Google images link I posted earlier you will see it there. The ancient in question looks very much like he has worn the knees out of his...

This link to Google images gives some representations of the dress of the time which may be helpful -...

A very insightful post, as was your previous one. Coming from a background as you describe you obviously appreciate only too well how a smaller culture becomes subsumed into a larger, more dominant...

As you rightly say, the Covenanting movement came about as a protest by presbyterian Scots against the attempt by Charles I to impose an episcopacy on them. Their dress would have been very much as...

I think that neloon as one of the last 4 active Scots to participate in this forum was trying to enunciate the feelings of many Scots about the attempts by others, who have no knowledge, belief or...

I am intrigued by your last post, Steve, and, in particular what you say about the underlying reason many have for wishing to wear a kilt. Are you really saying, however, that the likes of myself and...

Am I unique or is it a fact that the longer you are a contributor here and the more posts you make then the more likely it is that you will finish up in the doghouse over some misdemeanour or other?...

No, the Tudors was a historical drama; this is a narrated factual programme.

Sushi made a very telling contribution in the other thread about war crimes, pretty well telling us all that we either restrict ourselves to endless talk about kilts or take ourselves off elsewhere....

Anyone interested in history should enjoy this series about the Stuart dynasty (provided they can get i-player that is -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=The%20Stuarts...

You are quite right, Nathan. Sincere apologies :oops:

I would agree with you there, Rex. I mean who would want to come to Edinburgh when the festival is on? Far too many shows and other entertainment going on. :)
But please don't shoot the messenger...

It's not doing a great job then if this quote from the article is true - "MSPs have already been warned the event is unlikely to attract the 17,000 US visitors who came to Scotland for the 2009...