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The Best of R.B. Cunninghame Graham’s “Scottish Sketches”

Scotiana Posted on November 30, 2025 by MAJAApril 14, 2026
The Best of R.B. Cunninghame Graham’s “Scottish Sketches”

Explore the best of R.B. Cunninghame Graham’s Scottish Sketches, a vivid body of work that captures Scotland’s landscapes, people, traditions, and social life in rich literary detail.

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Posted in Gabriela Cunninghame Graham, R.B. Cunninghame Graham | Tagged an island on the Lake of Menteith, Edinburgh University Press 2025 ; Lachlan Munro & W.R.B. Cunninghame Graham, Inchmahome, Scotland ; Inchmahome 13 th Augustinian priory ; R.B. Cunninghame Graham ; Gabriela Cunninghame Graham writer ; « The Complete Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham », Stirlingshire | Leave a reply

From a mysterious ring to a Pictish Stone in Cromarty…

Scotiana Posted on May 31, 2025 by MAJAApril 14, 2026
Keltia Cover Magazine Pictish Stone Scotiana

Uncover the intrigue of a mysterious ring discovery leading to Cromarty’s ancient Pictish stone, blending Pictish symbolism, local legends, and Highland history in the Black Isle region.

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Posted in Hugh Miller, Pictish Stones | Tagged class II Pictish cross-slab, class II Pictish cross-slab The Highland Pictish Trail, Eliza Miller, Eliza’s grave in St Regulus graveyard, Harriet Miller, Hugh Miller’s Cottage and Museum in Cromarty ; Cromarty on the Black Isle in Scotland, Hugh Miller’s mourning ring, Lydia wife of Hugh Miller, Nigg Stone photogrammetric by Andie Hickie, Pictish Art, pictish stones, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland by Hugh Miller, St Regulus graveyard in Cromarty, The discovery of Hugh Miller’s ring in South Africa, The Friends of Hugh Miller, The Highland Historic Environment Record website, The Nigg Stone in Cromarty | Leave a reply

Discover the Magic of Orkney with George Mackay Brown…

Scotiana Posted on March 31, 2025 by MAJAApril 14, 2026
The Magic of Orkney with George Mackay Brown Scotiana

Journey through Orkney’s timeless landscapes and folklore with George Mackay Brown, Orkney’s beloved poet and storyteller whose works capture the islands’ Norse heritage, Viking echoes, and mystical spirit.

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Posted in Authors, George Mackay Brown, Orkney | Tagged An Orkney Tapestry by GMB, George Mackay Brown aka GMB, GMB's articles for the Orkney Herald, GMB's Christmas Stories, GMB's grave in Stromness Warbeth Cemetery, GMB's Orcadian Letters, GMB's Portrait of Orkney, Hoy cliffs in Orkney, Interrogation of Silence Rowena Murray & Brian Murray John Murray 2004, Maeshowe and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Northern Lights by GMB, Orkney & Picture Poems by GMB and Gunnie Moberg 1996, Orkney A Historical Guide by Caroline Wickham-Jones, Orkney historical and prehistoric heritage, Orkney Megalithic Marvel of the Northern Isles Wooden Books 2020, Orkney megalithic sites, Orkney neolithic vestiges, Ron Ferguson's George Mackay Brown The Wound and the Gift, Sylvia Wishart Orkney Painter, The Collected Poems by GMB, The Island of Hoy in Orkney, The Magic of Orkney, The Scottish Islands by Hamish Haswell-Smith | Leave a reply

Authors and books that will make you love Scotland…

Scotiana Posted on January 31, 2024 by MAJAFebruary 4, 2024

January… February…what about sitting by the fireside with a good book when it’s freezing cold outside and the wind is howling ;-).  Add to that a cup of tea, coffee or chocolate and you’ll begin to like winter! Unless, of course, you prefer to go out and face the elements. I must admit that when travelling in Scotland, even in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander McCall Smith, Authors, Books, George Mackay Brown, Kenneth White, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses | Tagged 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith, A Tour of Val McDermid bookshelves, Bill Forsyth's film Local Hero with Burt Lancaster, Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown 'The Bard of Orkney', George Mackay Brown's poem 'A New Child', Greenvoe by George Mackay Brown, Kenneth White's waybooks and staybooks, La Carte de Guido/Guido's Map: A European Pilgrimage, La Maison des Marées/House of Tides, Le rôdeur des confins/Across the territories, Loch Coruisk on the Isle of Skye, Modern Scottish Literature by Alan Bold, Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain, Picturesque Scotland In Lay and Legend Song and Story by Francis Watt 1889, Poets' Pub a painting by Alexander Moffat, Schlomo the spirit of Salomon Ibn Gabirol Hebrew poet and Arab philosopher, Scottish Literature An Introduction by Alan Riach, Scottish short stories, short stories by George Mackay Brown and Iain Crichton Smith, the ghost of Rainer Maria Rilke, the Scottish £5 banknote featuring Nan Shepherd, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Wild History by James Crawford 2023, Windswept by Annie Worsley 2023, Winter Tales by George Mackay Brown | Leave a reply

Kenneth White: a Geopoetical Legacy to the World – Part I…

Scotiana Posted on November 28, 2023 by MAJADecember 3, 2023

Kenneth White n’est plus… The great Scottish-French poet and visionary thinker passed away peacefully, at the age of 87, on the night of 11 August 2023, in Gwenved, the house he had lived in with his wife Marie-Claude for fourty years, in the Côtes d’Armor, Brittany. All our thoughts are with his lifelong companion to whom he had been married … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Kenneth White | Tagged "En toute candeur" by Kenneth White, "Le vol du harfang des neiges" by Régis Poulet, "Letters from Gourgounel" by Kenneth White, "Wild Coal" by Kenneth White, First books of Kenneth White, Kenneth White as creator of the concept of geopoetics, Kenneth White death on 11 August 2023 in Brittany, Kenneth White first years in Fairlie Ayrshire Scotland, Kenneth White life in Paris, Kenneth White secondary education in Largs and Ardrossan, Kenneth White stay in Munich, Life of Kenneth White from 1936 to 1967, Marie-Claude White as wife and translator of Kenneth White, The 2022 interview of Kenneth White by Régis Poulet and Susana L. M. Antunes, The Radical Field by Tony McManus, The student years of Kenneth White in Glasgow University, Tony McManus founder of the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics in Scotland in 1995 | Leave a reply

Towards new open spaces with Kenneth White …

Scotiana Posted on June 30, 2022 by MAJAJuly 14, 2022

”Kenneth White is an absolutely genial and visionary Scottish-French author, an inspired and inspiring poet, essayist, traveller and philosopher who created  the concept of ‘geopoetics’* and the International Institute of Geopoetics* in 1989. I first heard about Kenneth White years ago at Bordeaux Montaigne University when I began a late and short cursus of English studies. Then I didn’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Kenneth White | Tagged Kenneth White’s Awards, Kenneth White’s books of essays, Kenneth White’s books of poetry, Kenneth White’s concept of geopoetics, Kenneth White’s life in Fairlie Ayrshire, Kenneth White’s life in France, Kenneth White’s Schooling & Academic cursus, Kenneth White’s travels, Kenneth White’s waybooks, Scottish-French writer Kenneth White, The International Institute of geopoetics, The Radical Field by Tony McManus, The Scottish Centre for Geopoetics, Tony McManus founder of the Scottish Centre of Geopoetics | Leave a reply

Birthday Centenary of George Mackay Brown…

Scotiana Posted on October 17, 2021 by MAJAApril 9, 2022

Born on 17 October 1921, in Stromness, Orkney, George Mackay Brown,  “The Bard of Orkney” would be a hundred years old today. We would like to join his many fans all over the world to celebrate this anniversary and pay homage to the great Scottish poet. As one of the leading Scottish poets and authors of the 20th century GMB … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, George Mackay Brown, Orkney | Tagged Edwin Muir Orkney poet, George Mackay Brown 'The Bard of Orkney', George Mackay Brown's books of poetry, George Mackay Brown's novels, Knitting project 'A Hat for George', Milne's pub in Rose Street Edinburgh, Newbattle Abbey Scottish College, Orkney writers, Rose Street in Edinburgh, Scottish writers, stories and essays, Stromness library, Stromness native place of George Mackay Brown, The Abbotsford restaurant in Rose Street Edinburgh, The Island of Hoy in Orkney | Leave a reply

Waverley Novels: Guy Mannering or The Astrologer (1815)

Scotiana Posted on July 31, 2021 by MAJAAugust 15, 2021

As soon as I received the last issue of The Scots Magazine (August 2021) I browsed through its pages to read the two articles devoted to Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) for his 250th birthday anniversary, on 15 August 2021. “How you can mark 250 years of Sir Walter Scott” … I read on the magazine’s cover.  Personally, as I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Tagged Abbotsford house of Sir Walter Scott, Great Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering Walter Scott 2nd novel 1815, Sir Walter Scott 250th birthday on 15 August 2021, Walter Scott Waverley novels | Leave a reply

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