The Journal of The Scots Heritage Society 

Published November 1999.

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4    Editorial - The Importance of Belonging

8    Letter from Scotland.   Ruairidh MacIlleathain argues the importance of Gaelic to Scottish heritage

10    Scotland Transformed.   The journey through the Museum of Scotland continued

18    Glorious Glencoe.   Roger Smith shares his love for this special part of Scotland

26    SCOTS Style.  Nina Campbell speaks about her life, her work and her love of Scotland

34    Scone Palace - Heart of Royal Scotland.  Isla Macdonald makes a pilgrimage to Perthshire's royal city and the magnificent red stone palace which has been the seat of the Murrays, Earls of Mansfield since 1604

42    Scotland Re-defined.   Michael Lynch, Professor of History at the Univeristy of Edinburgh, examines the emergence of a vinbrant new Scottish culture and the the vital contributing role played by Scots abroad

46    Sabhal mor Ostaig - A new Gaelic College on the Isle of Skye

50    Sail of the Century.   It was a canny and very wealthy Scots-American engineer, Colonel John Cox Stevens, who first hit upon the idea of making big money out of international yacht racing.  Bruce Stannard reports on preparations underway in Auckland for the first Milennium America's Cup.

54    Canna.  Magnus Linklater recalls his first visit to Canna, gifted to the National Trust for Scotland by the distinguished Gaelic scholar, the late John Lore Campbell, and his wife, the author Margaret Fay Shaw.

58    GREAT SCOTS: The Lighthouse Stevensons.  With the same drive and energy that Robert Louis put into his writing, eight members this distinguished Scottish family, spanning four generations between 1970 and 1940, planned, designed and constructed the 97 manned lighthouses still marking the Scottish coast. 

62    Glenfinnan's Secrets.   The Glenfinnan Monument is recognised throughout the world as one of the enduring icons of Scottish history.

64    Tartan : The Highland Habit : Part Two.  Hugh Cheape, Curator of Modern History at the Museum of Scotland, looks at the Jacobite Wars and their impact on tartan.

68     Three Small Hotels in Edinburgh

72    The Spirit of Scotland : The Wonder of Wood.  Philip Morrice examines the mysteries of maturation and the importance of wood in whisky-making.

79    SCOTS Fare : Game in Season.  Lady Claire Macdonald offers us a taste of the very best of Scottish game

86    Great Chieftain o' the Puddin-race!.  Clarissa Dickson-Wright reviews the history of the Haggis

90    Isle of Arran. 

92    SCOTS Dogs - Beautiful Border Collies.  Collie is dervied from a Gaelic word meaning useful.

94    The Clans : Fraser

96    Harris Tweed   Angus Urquhart reports from Na Hearadh, the High Island, whose English rendering - Harris - is synonymous with the world's most famous tweed.  

104    SCOTS Gardens.  Catriona Stewart takes us deep into an enchanted Highland woodland, the beautiful Hermitage Walk by the tumbling River Braan.

107    Alasdair Fraser : Fiddler - Philosopher.  Alasdair Fraser is one of the world's great Scottish fiddle players.  At his home in the High Sierras of Northern California, he spoke with Bruce MacWilliam about his music and his role in the revival of Scotland's traditional music.

110    SCOTS Music - Music steeped in the Scottish tradition

112    Book Reviews