July 17, 2021

Yahoo News: Google Maps updates Ben Nevis route after complaints about ‘potentially fatal’ path

Yahoo News: Google Maps updates Ben Nevis route after complaints about ‘potentially fatal’ path. “Google has updated a Ben Nevis route in its mapping service after complaints it had suggested a ‘potentially fatal’ path for walkers. The tech giant denied its map offered dangerous directions for people on foot but did admit driving routes could be misinterpreted at the mountain in Scotland.” According to the article I linked to a few days ago, locals attempting to contact Google about this were ignored. Glad to see that news articles about the problem got them to change things before someone died.

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June 11, 2021

The National (Scotland): Gaelic dictionary project uncovers traditional Scottish healing methods

The National (Scotland): Gaelic dictionary project uncovers traditional Scottish healing methods. “RESEARCHERS for a Gaelic dictionary discovered more than just words when they carried out the second phase of their language project. Inter-university partnership Faclair na Gaidhlig and Gaelic audio recordings catalogue Tobar an Dualchais (TAD) focused on 1200 audio recordings, and it wasn’t long before a considerable number of words were relating to the same subject.”

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May 18, 2021

The Scotsman: New national museum proposed to honour Scots convicted of witchcraft

The Scotsman: New national museum proposed to honour Scots convicted of witchcraft. “The proposed attraction, which is hoped to secure public funding to help get it off the ground, would recall how 3,837 people were accused of witchcraft in Scotland between the 16th and 18th centuries – 85 per cent of them women. It is thought around 2,500 executions were carried out in Scotland under the Witchcraft Act during several waves of ‘satanic panic’ between 1563 and 1736.”

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May 10, 2021

Herald Scotland: Scotland’s proud aviation heritage celebrated with new trail and website

Herald Scotland: Scotland’s proud aviation heritage celebrated with new trail and website. “The Scottish Aviation & STEM Trail website launched today by the RAF in Scotland with collaboration from Scottish Regional Air Museums and the RAF Museum. The trail brings together the history of aviation in Scotland and promotes STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities for all ages, using the past to inspire the next generation. There is also input from the likes of the Scottish University Air Squadrons, Air Cadets and the RAF Museum with the Scottish Regional Air Museums and aviation enthusiasts from around the country.”

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May 6, 2021

The Herald (Scotland): The end for the greatest source of 70 years of bagpiping history in the world?

The Herald (Scotland): The end for the greatest source of 70 years of bagpiping history in the world?. “….the monthly Piping Times and its sister magazine, the bi-monthly Piping Today ceased publication last year through the Covid crisis…. In their place there are plans to at least get the Piping Times produced as an annual publication. And the proposal also involves a move to digitise the magazines archive so it can be a free-to-access resource online. To make it happen the National Piping Centre, which serves as a national and international centre of excellence for the instrument and its music, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to protect the magazines’ legacy.” The crowdfunding effort is available at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/pipingtimes .

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May 6, 2021

Glasgow Times: New online database resource tracks fiddle music origins

Glasgow Times: New online database resource tracks fiddle music origins. “A NEW online resource dedicated to finding some of the oldest Scottish fiddle music has launched. The searchable online database, which was created as part of PhD research at the University of Glasgow, will allow users to find original sources of tunes, as well as track information regarding the creators and collectors of the songs.”

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April 14, 2021

The National (Scotland): Online Indy Tales library to help boost campaign for indyref2

The National (Scotland): Online Indy Tales library to help boost campaign for indyref2. “AN online library of short stories and poems in favour of Scottish independence has been launched ahead of the May 6 Scottish Parliament elections. The creation of Bob Hastings, a Scot who’s been living in Spain for more than 30 years, Indy Tales is a forum for exchanging fictionalised accounts of the need to regain this nation.”

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April 1, 2021

BBC: Historical clothing from 14 museums displayed online

BBC: Historical clothing from 14 museums displayed online. “Fourteen museums have joined forces to put on an online exhibition of clothing through the ages. The virtual display, called Highland Threads, features a selection of historical garments. They include a waistcoat and jacket said to have belonged to have belonged to Bonnie Prince Charlie from Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.”

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March 31, 2021

The Courier: Dunfermline heritage gem looks to take its place on the Fife tourism trail

The Courier: Dunfermline heritage gem looks to take its place on the Fife tourism trail. “The old lady is still in the pink, but at the landmark building in Maygate, the finishing touches are being made to a restoration that should take the 500-year-old, A-listed structure well into this century and pin it to the Fife tourism map. There will be a phased opening, with classes in the outside workshop, creative rental space and the opening of an education centre on the first floor, including a digital archive of Abbot House. A digital archive featuring photographs, drawings, architectural plans, documents, and local records relating to the house will also be accessible to the public.”

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March 29, 2021

The Scotsman: Artists, poets and language lovers speak out as they face a torrent of online abuse for speaking Scots

The Scotsman: Artists, poets and language lovers speak out as they face a torrent of online abuse for speaking Scots. “Scottish folk singer Iona Fyfe writes and performs in the Scots language. She explained that she doesn’t receive much abuse for her music, despite singing in Scots, but when she speaks or writes social media updates in the language, that’s when her Twitter feed is hit hard.”

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March 23, 2021

BBC: Scotland’s little-known fourth “language”

BBC: Scotland’s little-known fourth “language”. ” Colourful yet guttural, the rural north-east dialect is a subset of vernacular Scots, officially protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages…. But it turns out the Doric-speaking community currently have plenty to shout about. For the dialect, maligned for so long, is undergoing a revival. The green shoots to empower Doric speakers are plentiful. There is a new online TV station. A new undergraduate university degree course. A North-East Scots language board. And an interactive cultural map to help visitors discover Doric’s living oral, cultural and social history.” Whenever I learn about a language I want to hear it. Check out this YouTube video about Doric TV. Do not turn on the CC though or you’ll think she’s talking about DirectTV.

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March 4, 2021

The Scotsman: Stay tuned: Meet the weird and wonderful volunteers keeping community radio alive in lockdown

The Scotsman: Stay tuned: Meet the weird and wonderful volunteers keeping community radio alive in lockdown. “Local DJs – the unsung Covid heroes – haven’t stopped providing music, news, comedy and most importantly, companionship to people across Scotland as many have been forced into unavoidable loneliness. While the pandemic may have emptied studios across the country attics, bedrooms, cupboards and even a caravan are just a few of many ad hoc locations loyal community DJs have been using to stay on the beat for their listeners.”

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February 4, 2021

Tenement Tiles: Online archive collects images of Glasgow’s most creative closes (Glasgow Times)

Glasgow Times: Tenement Tiles: Online archive collects images of Glasgow’s most creative closes. “WHEN you think of Glasgow, you think of tenement flats. The iconic architecture, which is synonymous across the West of Scotland, often tells the history of the city despite being hidden behind close doors, and now one enthusiast is helping to bring it to the masses. Zan Phee, 36, runs Tenement Tiles, an online archive which curates pictures from some of the most intricate and artistic tenement designs, which she created in 2015.”

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