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The Merlin’s Trail: a new thematic Trail in Scotland…

Scotiana Posted on September 30, 2024 by MAJAOctober 14, 2024

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 →

Posted in Celtic Culture, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Folk Tales & Mysteries, History, Prehistoric sites, Scottish Graveyards | Tagged alistair moffat, archeological digs in the Scottish Borders, Evidence of Merlin in the Dark Age video, great Scottish archeological sites, King Arthur, M. Mackintosh by Robin Crichton, Merlin the Enchanter, Moffat Museum, On the Trail of Merlin in the Dark Age by Robin Crichton, Robin Crichton creator of the Merlin Trail, Scotland's Merlin by Tim Clarkson, St Cuthbert's Trail in the South of Scotland and North of England, stained-glass window of Kentigern and Merlin in Stobo Kirk near Peebles, The Arthurian legend, The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, The Merlin Trail in the South of Scotland, To the Island of Tides: A Journey to Lindisfarne by Alistair Moffat, Traquair House | Leave a reply

Scotiana’s choice of books for Christmas 2018…

Scotiana Posted on November 30, 2018 by MAJADecember 3, 2018

“Heap on more wood! The wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.” (Sir Walter Scott – “Christmas in the Olden Time” from Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field, 1808) With hardly one month left until Christmas, it’s high time for us to look for little treasures to put under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, alistair moffat, Books for Christmas, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Robert Macfarlane, Scottish Books, travel writing | Leave a reply

Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: The Great Tapestry of Scotland

Scotiana Posted on December 22, 2015 by MAJADecember 22, 2015

  Dear readers, I’d better hurry if I want to give you one or two more ideas of books to offer at Christmas for we can already hear the merry sound of the jingle bells of Santa Claus’s sleigh. We are leaving tomorrow for our holiday in the family, a round trip of more than 2000 km and I’ve still … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, alistair moffat, Aubigny-sur-Nère the French City of the Stuarts, Scottish Books for Christmas, Scottish cultural heritage, The Great Tapestry of Scotland | 2 Replies

Scottish Top Authors share their favourite reads…

Scotiana Posted on January 18, 2013 by MAJAJanuary 18, 2013

.. Mairiuna, I just stumbled upon an article in the Scotsman online magazine that compiles a list of top Scottish authors’ favourite books for the year 2012. In all, 44 authors contributed to this project. Wow… Ain’t it exciting to find out what our best authors reads are? So happy to find on the list Christopher Brookmyre,  Alistair Moffat,  Alexander McCall Smith … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Books | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, alistair moffat, best books, best reads of 2012, Christopher Brookmyre, Ian Rankin, john burnside, Scottish Authors | Leave a reply

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