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    Nisga’a Totem Pole: Scotland to Canada Return

    Hello Bonjour Dear Readers!

    Before diving into today’s topic, I’d like to extend a special ‘thank you’ to my dear friend Iain from Scotland. He brought to my attention the fascinating story of a totem pole making its way back to Canada after nearly a century in Edinburgh.

    Iain, your thoughtful sharing of this story […]

    August 31st, 2023 |Category: History, Museums | Leave a comment

    Notes about “Rob Roy” by Sir Walter Scott…

    Going on with my reading notes about Sir Walter Scott’s books, the next in file on my chronological reading list is Rob Roy, one of his most famous novels which was published in December 1817. I’ve just finished it and it is still open on my desk together with a number of extremely interesting books […]

    May 31st, 2023 |Category: Books, Historical Fiction, History, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

    Notes about “Old Mortality” by Sir Walter Scott…

    When Janice and I made our promise to Sir Walter Scott to read all his books, we certainly did not realise the magnitude of the task 😉 How many books did the great Scottish author write, I could not tell exactly but what I do know is that there are many of them! 😉

    Today, […]

    March 31st, 2023 |Category: History, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses, Sir Walter Scott, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

    Discovering the Scottish Borders: “Peel towers”…

    Recently, I came across a very interesting article published by Holly Kirkwood in the magazine Country Life. In this article Holly Kirkwood draws our attention to the so-called “peel-towers”, a type of construction typical of the Scottish Borders. “There are more than 100 peel towers in various states of repair and ruin scattered […]

    January 30th, 2023 |Category: Castles, History, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

    Who was ‘Don Roberto’? Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, 1852-1936 ..

    Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936)

    . “Writer, traveller and adventurer, and with a Spanish grandmother, I nevertheless find Cunninghame Graham’s involvement in politics to have been the most remarkable feature of his life – for he was from a noble Scottish family, yet became the first ever Socialist member of our British […]

    June 30th, 2020 |Category: History, Letters From Scotland | 7 comments
     
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