Sir Walter Scott’s Tartan Revival
Sir Walter Scott played a key role in Scotland’s tartan revival, helping to turn tartan into a powerful national symbol during King George IV’s historic visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
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Samuel Smiles – Scottish Self-Help Pioneer
‘Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself’.~ William Faulkner While skimming through the SCOTS Heritage Magazine tucked into the bookshelf, I was inspired to pick up a copy with a very colorful cover featuring Jamie Macnab, the 24th Chief of Clan Macnab. Not so much to inform myself about the … Continue reading →
Blue Modern Tartan at Cawdor Castle
Hi Mairiuna! It was truly a pleasure to read your post “The Wonderful Colors of Scotland: Blue…” , so much, it inspired me to gain more insights about blue tartans! The first thing that came to my mind was the blue tartan rug layed upon the corridors leading us through oddly-angled rooms and appartements when we visited the mysterious Cawdor … Continue reading →
From Walter Scott’s Black & White Tartan Design to Famous Scottish Clans Tartans Card Set
Hi Mairiuna! What a surprise when I read your most recent post A Writing Day For Walter Scott in Company of His Favourite Dogs and noticed on one of your photographs the pattern of his study’s carpet ! It’s the Black & White tartan designed by Sir Walter Scott in 1822. 🙂 When you think that I visited twice his … Continue reading →
Scottish Tartans: “Children of the Mist”, The Clan MacGregor
Hi Mairiuna! Upon reading your last post Rob Roy, one of Walter Scott’s Most Popular Novels, which I found so informative, 🙂 it reminded me that I had purchased last summer a biography of Rob Roy MacGregor, His Life and Times written in 1982 by W.H. Murray, edited by Richard Drew Publishing, of Glasgow. In this book, the author shows … Continue reading →