Ласкаво просимо до Шотландії – нашого дому, і вашого також, на той термін, який вам потрібен.
A Warm Scots Welcome: Support Scheme for #Ukraine Refugees
Childhood Immunizations Uptake Increased in 2020 Lockdown
“During the first COVID19 lockdown in Scotland, the uptake rates of routine childhood immunizations (such as the MMR) increased compared to the previous year.” – Fiona McQuaid
Orkney Pawned to Scotland #OnThisDay
On 20th of February 1472 Orkney was annexed to Scotland – pawned off for the unpaid dowry debt of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Auld Scotia
“The old joke is that Scottish people don’t make love standing up in case people walk past the window and think they’re dancing.”
Into The Light
“I was struck by the way they reported the story. “Some of the worst damage and power outages are in Aberdeenshire – in the north of Scotland”.”
‘Scotland small ?’
“Scotland small? Our multiform, our infinite Scotland small?”- Hugh MacDiarmid
Arctic Connections: Trading Post Brexit
“if sustainable development of the Arctic region, and of Scotland’s Highlands and Islands, is a priority, then the development of their communities, in ways that are acceptable to those communities, should be a priority.”
‘Scottish Legends’ – A book of Mythical Monsters by Aaron Mullins
ORKNEY features heavily in a best-selling new book by a former Wick High School pupil.
Flood Warning For the Scottish Mainland
“A mix of heavy rain and thundery showers are expected across much of the country from Tuesday to Thursday, with the worst affected areas likely to be Easter Ross and the Great Glen, Findhorn, Moray, Nairn and Speyside, Tayside, Central, Edinburgh and Lothians and West Central Scotland.”
Game On
“we face the prospect of being evicted from the Euros against our will, which in a darkly comic kind of way rather sums up the experience of being Scottish in the age of Brexit.”
