Scotland’s Mythical Unicorn on Postage Stamps
The enchanting story of Scotland’s mythical unicorn featured on postage stamps, from its royal symbolism to stunning philatelic designs celebrating Celtic heritage.
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The Merlin’s Trail: a new thematic Trail in Scotland…
Whether you are a great lover of nature, authors and books, films, castles, whiskies, historical subjects or whatever your tastes you can be sure to find in Scotland a thematic trail about your favourite author or subject. Of course you can create your own itinerary as we’ve done in our previous trips in Scotland, but what I’ve discovered quite recently … Continue reading →
Halloween Scottish Style
Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street… for tonight it’s Halloween! The dead rise again, bats fly, terror strikes and screams echo, werewolves howl, and phantoms prowl as Halloween is upon us. But really…what is Halloween all about? Well, back in the 16th century, the name Halloween was derived from a Scottish shortening of All-Hallows … Continue reading →
Inspector Sweeney, a new Scottish detective in Edinburgh…
(Keltia n° 23 – juin/août 2012 – Editions du Nemeton) Open on my desk, at the very page of the article I’m going to write about today, lies the new issue of Keltia, one of my favourite French magazines which I’ve already mentioned in Scotiana. Indeed, I wrote an article about the Pictish stones in this magazine a few … Continue reading →