Church of Scotland

Not Just Nessie Scotland and the rest of Great Britain are known for their rich histories in many areas, including a vast amount of fairy tales and folklore. From the legend of King Arthur to the fairies in Shakespeare’s works, there are countless whimsical mythologies from all parts of the United Kingdom. Scotland, however, having the unicorn as its national animal, may be home to some of the most peculiar. Many tales from Scotland might seem as if they are useless and insignificant stories…

wherever you heard it first, Scotland is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe and it's not hard to see why. Most people conjure up an instant image of Scotland in their minds. For me, it's a mixture of the Loch Ness Monster, tartan and bagpipes. What comes into your mind when you think about Scotland? There is a lot more Scottish iconic imagery, such as shortbread, mountains, cashmere, whisky, castles and golf. There's also quite a big royal connection in Scotland, with the…

stereotypically in fancy French restaurants. The fiddles characteristics change depending on the tempo it is being played at. The clarsach is a traditional Celtic harp. The clarsach is one of Scotland’s own instruments. The clarsach has been used in Scotland for many centuries a lot longer than the bagpipes have been. The earliest dicpictions of the clarsach has been found on Pictish stones dating back to the 8th Century. The clarsach was replaced by the bagpipes in the 15th Century but…

The union with England, under the Laws of Wales Acts of 1536 and 1543, did bring about some positive changes in Wales but the benefit of these changes has so often been exaggerated by historians, who have failed to properly address the shortcomings of the changes and the effect of changes on society as a whole and not just on the rising gentry class. For example many historians, like Peter Roberts, have emphasised the positive political impacts that the union achieved for Wales, such as the…

King James Bible No space here James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603. King James is known for his version of the bible, he started on it in 1604 and completed it in 1611. The King James Bible or the authorized version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England. James is also known for his book on demonology which he wrote…

Introduction Over the years a significant productivity gap has developed between the United Kingdom and its main competitors which include the United States, Germany and France (O’Mahony and de Boer, 2002). In 2012, the widest productivity gap was to be reported in over 20 years, second to 1992 when the gap was as wide as 25%. The Office of National Statistics reported that in comparison to the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada the UK is seen to be behind by an average of…

Prior to 1975, more than half of children with disabilities were not receiving an appropriate education, and 1 million children were denied access to an education in the public school entirely (Altshuler & Kopels, 2003, p. 320). As a result, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) was established in 1975, which is known today as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This act provided the right for disabled children to receive a free and proper education that will…

Hardships are a part of life that everyone must deal with. These hardships are often lessons in life that one must endure to become a better person. The outcome of these obstacles depends on how the problem is tackled. I’ve had countless of hardships in my life, but there was one obstacle in particular that I was able to overcome that made a huge difference in my life. Learning the English language was no easy task, especially when no one in my household spoke english. Through determination,…

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935). Born of peasant ancestry, Gibbon was an active socialist and writer at work during the Scottish Renaissance of the early to mid twentieth century alongside such contemporaries as Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973) and Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978). The author 's careful employment of stream-of-consciousness technique, the Scots idiom and social realism have marked this particular text out as one of the most innovative and defining…

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…