Scotiana

Bonjour! Hello again from Scotland, Marie-Agnès, Janice and Jean-Claude!
We both wish you – and all of Scotiana’s readers – bon courage and many happy times in the year ahead, which promises to be quite a difficult one.
As we write, the garden snowdrops are in full bloom, yet winter is not over. There’s a [...]

 
Hi everybody,
I’m always looking forward to receiving The Scots Magazine. Its covers are generally gorgeous and its wee size allows me to take it with me in the tram. Indeed, so deeply immersed I often get in my reading that I soon forget where I’m going to… last time I missed two stations
What [...]

Just stumbled upon this article about the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Award and being a photography lover, I’m very excited to share it with you.
Especially that it reports that the overall winner is Scottish Photographer Richard Shucksmith, who lives on the beautiful Shetland Islands!
 
The winners in twelve categories of the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards [...]

 
 
Pourquoi les dessinateurs dessinent-ils des chats ? Parce qu’ils les aiment.
(Le Monde 2012-01-10)
Hi everybody !
A few days ago, Iain and Margaret sent us this message from Scotland :
You probably know that the cartoonist Ronald Searle (whose death was announced today) is believed to have found the inspiration for his dreadful St. Trinian’s schoolgirls – wise [...]

 
Hi everybody,
BONNE ANNEE A TOUS !!!
We’re just coming back from Sologne where we spent the New Year holidays not far from Aubigny-sur-Nère and a few kilometers from two of the most famous châteaux de la Loire: Chambord and Cheverny.
 
Cheverny is the castle which served as a model to the Belgian comic book creator Hergé for [...]