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26 Kilts and Tartan Unusual Use/Capture

9.03.2010, Author: highlander

Tartan and kilts are defenitely not boring. Just check this out.

Up Your Kilt

Up_Yer_Kilt

[photo by: robynejay]

Kilted Beer

Kilted_Bottle

[photo by: Meggrs]

TartanFlies

Tartan_Butterflies

[photo by: e.mel87]

Kilted Plain

Tartan_Airplane

[photo by Bob the courier]

Lego Highland Dancers

Lego_Highland_Dancers

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The Most Important Events This Spring In Scotland

11.02.2010, Author: highlander
Book collection
Image by Ian Wilson via Flickr

Scotland, a lively location promoting art, language, and song, offers numerous events to cultivate both Scottish and European culture and to continue to promote creativity among its population.

This Spring, one of the foremost events that Scotland boasts is the Glasgow Annual Film Festival. This event is held from February eighteenth to February the twenty-eight. This multi-faceted festival displays a variety of documentaries, blockbuster hits, and independent films for screening and discussion, making it the perfect event for movie critics.

For lovers of language, Scotland’s Poetry Festival mixes film, dance, and poetry in a harmonious blend. Occurring March seventeenth through March twenty-first, this activity offers the opportunity to sharpen the mind and the tongue.

For plant experts or simply lovers of beauty, the Scottish Snowdrop Festival displays Scotland’s rich and lush gardens. These gardens open for public viewing on February first, and the festival continues through March fifteenth.

Perhaps Scotland’s most celebrated event this Spring is Perth 800. Perth 800 is a year long celebration that commemorates the eight-hundredth anniversary of the Royal Burgh Charter. This important document confirmed and established land rights to Perth from King William the Lion in 1210.

Last, but not least, Scotland hosts a special international festival called New Territories. This unique festival of live arts is held during the first three weeks of March, and it includes videos, music, and art instillations. This event showcases many experimental performances by one thousand invited artists from across the globe.

Indeed, Scotland has an event for every person this Spring season.

5 most attractive things in Scotland

27.01.2010, Author: highlander

Scotland is famous for many things – kilts, whisky, beautiful landscapes and castles. And there are five categories that you would like to visit Scotland because of:

1. Cities

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Sean Connery – icon of Scotland

27.10.2009, Author: highlander
1988 Academy Awards NOTE: Permission granted t...
Image via Wikipedia

Sean Connery is a well known actor from Scotland, who was born in Edinburgh 25th of August 1930. His career looks like a typical American dream – a 9 year old boy Thomas Sean Connery started work as a milko and now as a 79 years old man he is a world-famous genius of film, a multimillionaire, sex symbol, most known Scot and a noble.

Below you can find some amazing facts and interesting details from sir Sean Connery’s life:

  • His mother was a cleaning woman and his father worked in a fabric.
  • He has a younger brother Niel, son Jason, and a grandson Dashiell.
  • He is married to a French Micheline Roquebrune since 1975, but he can’t speak her language. Czytaj całość »

5 most famous Scots (+ one)

20.08.2009, Author: highlander

Take a look at the list of five famous Scots. Do you know them all? Make sure you do!

Sean Connery

1. Sean Connery – most fabulous and famous of all! Scottish actor and producer, best known for portraying the character James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connnery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ‘The Untouchables’, laureate of Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award.

 

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