Homecoming 2009 has been officially kicked off by First Minister, Alex Salmond, this weekend and thousands are expected to take part in Burns Suppers all around the world. Images from Burns’s poems have been projected on to the City Chambers of Glasgow to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Rabbie Burns. The First [...]
The Who Do You Think You Are Live! event takes place from 27 February to 1 March at the Olympia, London and is the biggest gathering of family history resources in the UK. There will be a number of workshops and exhibitions dedicated to different aspects of genealogy as well as a series of theatre [...]
The city of Edinburgh is the place to be in Scotland if you are serious about bringing in the New Year in style. Over the years, it has evolved from a Hogmanay street party into a four day winter festival.
The festivities kicked off on 29 December with a torchlit procession of Vikings making their [...]
The advertising campaign has been launched for Homecoming Scotland 2009 and features a number of familiar Scottish celebrities singing Caledonia which is one of my all time favourite songs for obvious reasons. Visit the link above to see the advert!
Lyrics
I don’t know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
In these last few [...]
Next year, Scotland will mark its first ever Homecoming celebration with events spanning ten months of the year. The aim is to unite Scots all over the world, whether you were born in Scotland, are of Scottish descent or just love the country. The Homecoming events also coincide with the 250th anniversary of the birth [...]
The gods smiled on us last night and Edinburgh was perfectly dry for the opening show of the 2008 Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The Royal Mile and surrounding streets were jam-packed with people but we just camped out by St Giles Cathedral and waited until the crowd had thinned out before making our way up towards [...]
