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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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What's
the secret of a successful family firm? Looking at Scots families whose
products have become household names across the world there seem to be
some common denominators. Enterprise, tenacity, hard work, strong
marriages, pride and a quest for excellence top the bill. And more
often than not there's a recipe.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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From
the century old Mod, through the more recent Feisean nan Gaidheal and
Hebridean Celtic Festival to the imminent publication of The Great Book
of Gaelic, this ancient, indigenous culture is thriving and enjoying a
marvellous new flowering in Scotland.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Exports
of Scotch Whisky topped a massive 1 billion bottles last year. It's a
record-breaking achievement that's not just great news for the
industry, the jobs that depend on it and nation's balance of payments –
it's something the whole country can be proud of. Slàinte!.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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There's
a party animal in just about every Scot. You wouldn't get far with the
Eightsome Reel or Strip The Willow if there weren't. Even the Scots
word for party – 'ceilidh' – has an exuberant feel about it. So, it's
little wonder that Scotland has become a 'festival nation'.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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German
philosopher Martin Heidegger said that when a leid dees a map o the
warld cowps wi it. Sic a tynin canna be jaloused as ilka map hauds
unique keethins. Sonse fa it, Scots, a tongue that wis yince cawed
aside if no dingit doon, is – in aw its smeddum o eediom an vocabular –
makkin a kittle retour.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
The sight of a falcon swooping onto your
outstretched glove from 150 metres away has been described as like
waiting for a plane to land right in front of you. Falconry was the
sport of medieval kings and princes.
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Jokes
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Did you hear the one about the Last of 5 Scottish Sisters to marry? My wife was the last of 5 Scottish sisters to marry... |
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Jokes
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Did you hear the one about the Scotsman who washed his Kilt? |
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Jokes
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Did you hear the one about the Bagpipers on the March? Q. Why do pipers like to march as they play the bagpipes?
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Trivia
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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A Tribute to Scottish Inventions: The average Englishman, in his home he calls his castle, puts on hisnational costume - a shabby Raincoat patented by Charles MacIntosh ofGlasgow, Scotland... |
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Features - Scotland
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Scotland has a long history of celebrated golf
course architects and world-renowned golf courses. Golf’s first major
takes place at Augusta National, in Georgia, on a course designed by
Scottish golf course architect Dr Alistair MacKenzie and recently
American tycoon and golf enthusiast Donald Trump announced plans to
build a luxurious golfing resort at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire,
projected to include not one but two championship courses.
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Features - Scotland
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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International Scottish star and darling of New York
theatre Alan Cumming is a patron of the recently formed National
Theatre for Scotland. It’s taken over a hundred years of lobbying to
achieve but it’s now with us and Alan has let it be known that he’s
keen to be involved and apply the greasepaint once again in his native
land. Intergalactic Scottish star David Tennant, currently the BBC’s
iconic Dr Who, is also interested. He’s on record as saying "I fully
intend to go back to the theatre at some point and, if it was something
for the National Theatre of Scotland, all the better."
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
Scotland makes a
vibrant, contemporary contribution to the artistic world through events
such as the Edinburgh International Festival, world ranking authors and
musicians.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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Genealogy is one of the fastest growing interests
on the internet. If you are interested in Scottish roots, you can
access some of the world’s best sites for family history as well as
some of the earliest and most comprehensive sets of records available
anywhere.
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Features - Scotland
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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As
Scotland's Commonwealth Games team competes in Melbourne, we take a
timely look at the country's outstanding contribution to cycling, past
and present.
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