10th February 23, 09:55 AM
He was required to go to St. Andrews because it was reckoned that general security and avoidance of paparazzi would be much easier than at Oxford or Cambridge. Obviously at a Scottish University he...
10th February 23, 03:25 AM
"Asked one of the docents at on the Castle parade ground"
Just for information, "docent" is a US term unknown in the UK. I'm guessing the UK term might be "tourist guide".
I suspect the slag...
10th February 23, 03:11 AM
i.e. not a kiltie at all. Diana loathed Scotland :( and all its symbols so her son continues in that furrow. What Scotland will think of him when he becomes King remains to be seen.
Alan
6th September 22, 07:56 AM
HM the Queen wearing Balmoral tartan as she appoints her new Prime Minister at Balmoral Castle.
https://c.ndtvimg.com/2022-09/urv7t3ko_lizz-truss-queen-afp_625x300_06_September_22.jpg
Alan
20th February 22, 11:40 AM
Presumably Eve will now be rewarded with a higher order than her MBE.:p
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Muirhead#Personal_life
And 17 years old Kirsty Muir from here in Aberdeen came fifth in the...
20th February 22, 05:35 AM
So, GB managed eventually to get a Gold and a Silver at the Olympics in the curling but did you know that
- all 10 GB competitors are Scots (but we're not allowed to have a Scottish team :( )
- Eve...
16th February 22, 08:49 AM
I find this commentary personally interesting because my great grandfather was born in 1812 about the middle of the time period covered. He lived in a village rather than a wee glen but many of...
15th February 22, 03:55 AM
I think most people find accounts by English tourists like Burt to be very dubious attempts to confirm the savagery of the Highlands.
Bishop Leslie, a very reputable source writing in 1578, tells...
14th February 22, 03:27 PM
The official specification was "RACD Pattern 8538/1915, “Drawers, short, Highlanders"
A pattern for officers' tartan undertrews can be found in "The Great War: Styles & Patterns of the 1910s" but...
14th February 22, 09:02 AM
Incidentally, the term "true Scotsman" came to be used as a kind of joke because the answer is always "Yes". You are either a "true" Scotsman or a "trews" Scotsman. :lol:
Alan
14th February 22, 07:38 AM
The ant-gas bloomers were a War Office invention in the late 1930s but , unsurprisingly(!), they were never issued. In any case the kilt on active service disappeared early in WW2.
"Highlanders...
14th February 22, 01:30 AM
The practice definitely existed during WW1 when my father was in the trenches with the Gordons and the reason was simply to minimise laundry when on active service. BUT
1. The "rule" did not...
5th February 22, 08:11 AM
Many from outside Scotland tend to think of "the Highlands" as being in the north and west of the country which is to ignore the rich history and fine landscape of the Northeast. This detailed...
1st February 22, 07:58 AM
I might be able to help with Doric.
Just to whet your appetite, here is a well-known poem to which I have appended a littoral translation.
BENNYGOAK [The Hill of the Cuckoo]
(Flora Garry)
It...
31st December 21, 08:13 AM
Note that, in Scotland, it is considered very bad luck to wish anyone a "Happy New Year" before the new year has arrived. Same with hanging up the new calendar. Worldwide variation in time zones...