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Comment on Lord Strathcona’s Glencoe Estate bought back by MacDonald’s of Glencoe descendance by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:15:49 +0000

In May 2011 Glencoe House was sold by NHS Highland to Roger Niemeyer for about £450,000 after the South Lochaber Community Group failed to raise the funds during 2010. The house is currently being restored.

Comment on An Enigmatic Pianist – and two Opera Stars! by Iain McEwan

Iain McEwan — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:24:33 +0000

Hello Jason -

Thank you for your kind words and for your interest in our website. Although I don’t play golf myself, the game has a special place in the hearts of many Scots. (Have you read our post on this, ‘First Days of Golf’?)

Marie-Agnès, Janice and Jean-Claude will confirm to you that I have a weakness for jokes and funny stories! Now, just as all of the energy a player may give to a stroke in golf does not necessarily reach the ball – generally because his ‘swing’ is incorrect – in the same way, there were moments during the more ‘titanic’ passages of Beethoven when Lamond (and the great Master himself) struggled to get as much sound from the piano as he would have wished! No matter how hard the keys were hit, there was an absolute limit to the loudness produced.

I’d guess that the best modern concert instruments are now greatly improved in this respect; how does their ‘dynamic range’ compare with that of older pianos, I wonder? Perhaps one of our readers would be good enough to post a Comment on this?

All best wishes from the team at Scotiana!
Iain.

Comment on An Enigmatic Pianist – and two Opera Stars! by Jason

Jason — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:25:33 +0000

This was great watching the videos and I was familiar with Frederic Lamond a great pianist from Scotland who was the primary authority on Beethoven’s music.
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Comment on Scottish Traditional Tales: Wilson’s Tales of The Borders and of Scotland by Jim Keith

Jim Keith — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:57:27 +0000

I have Volume 1 Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland and would like to know how to find out the value of the book and if anyone would be interested in purchasing same.
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Comment on Monstrous Conspiracy That Condemned The Innocent Oscar Slater (1909) .. by Alfred Holliday

Alfred Holliday — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:51:31 +0000

If possible I would like to contact Ian (son of Nancy Stark) grandson of John Thomson Trench who would be a fourth cousin.
Thanks,
Alf Holliday

Comment on Playing Golf in One of the Remotest Places of Scotland by golfboydave golf grip tips

golfboydave golf grip tips — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:25:34 +0000

What breathtaking scenery. I’ve never been up to the outer hebrides before but I have always wanted to visit and this just gave me one of those, gotta go up there next moments for my next holiday. I love golf and have not heard about this course before either, it looks absolutely breathtaking. Think I may leave it until next year as by the time I can get time off work it will be in the middle of winter.

Cheers
Dave
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Comment on A Sense of Place in Scottish Fiction and in Scotland by Sura Mehio

Sura Mehio — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:26:19 +0000

Hi, I have not read any of Sue Walkers books yet but will try to get one from our library. I really like stories from other countries especially Alexander McCall Smith’s stories.
I love the Rebus character in Ian Rankin’s novels and love the movies they have made – we get some good BBC programing here in Canada and have watched everything broadcast.

Comment on What does the Canadian Pacific Railway and Scottish Glencoe Lochan Trail have in common? by Patience | Second Hand Shopper

Patience | Second Hand Shopper — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:42:46 +0000

[...] Rannoch Moor, Glencoe and the Glencoe Lochan [...]

Comment on A Sense of Place in Scottish Fiction and in Scotland by Maksimiliano

Maksimiliano — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:44:08 +0000

This fine collection of evocative essays and stories ranges widely across Scotland from Assynt in the far North to the Solway Firth in the Border country, from the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee to the small villages and farms of Scotland’s rural regions. The writing is diverse, sometimes lyrical, often factual and perceptive, occasionally humorous. What comes through is a veritable kaleidoscope of views on “a sense of place” in Scotland at the beginning of the new millenium. ( A Sense of Place – A collection of new Scottish writing – 2005 – Foreword by Tom Devine)

Comment on The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club by Maksimiliano

Maksimiliano — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:41:03 +0000

A lady President whose memory the Club particularly treasures was Dame Jean Maxwell-Scott, chatelaine of Abbotsford and gt.gt.gt grand-daughter of Sir Walter. Dame Jean delighted in the creation of the Sir Walter Scott Way, a 92-mile walkway across Border country from Moffat to Cockburnspath, which connected various places which inspired his poems and novels – and which she formally opened in 2003. Dame Jean was also lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, herself a daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch.