#scottishindependence — Public Fediverse posts
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7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
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#Music #Radio
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7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
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#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
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#ScottishIndependence
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I did love this report on Burnham’s tour. I would like to think that it might represent London deciding to abandon claims on Scottish resources but I fear that is a long time coming. A bit too far North? But you never know, he might have a tea break. Realistically, Scotland is lost to Labour so why bother.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26494980.andy-burnham-ignores-scotland-uk-listening-tour/
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I did love this report on Burnham’s tour. I would like to think that it might represent London deciding to abandon claims on Scottish resources but I fear that is a long time coming. A bit too far North? But you never know, he might have a tea break. Realistically, Scotland is lost to Labour so why bother.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26494980.andy-burnham-ignores-scotland-uk-listening-tour/
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I did love this report on Burnham’s tour. I would like to think that it might represent London deciding to abandon claims on Scottish resources but I fear that is a long time coming. A bit too far North? But you never know, he might have a tea break. Realistically, Scotland is lost to Labour so why bother.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26494980.andy-burnham-ignores-scotland-uk-listening-tour/
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I did love this report on Burnham’s tour. I would like to think that it might represent London deciding to abandon claims on Scottish resources but I fear that is a long time coming. A bit too far North? But you never know, he might have a tea break. Realistically, Scotland is lost to Labour so why bother.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26494980.andy-burnham-ignores-scotland-uk-listening-tour/
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I did love this report on Burnham’s tour. I would like to think that it might represent London deciding to abandon claims on Scottish resources but I fear that is a long time coming. A bit too far North? But you never know, he might have a tea break. Realistically, Scotland is lost to Labour so why bother.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26494980.andy-burnham-ignores-scotland-uk-listening-tour/
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Time to be more #Pitbull than #Headmaster then, John.
John Swinney blasts Andy Burnham for avoiding Scotland on UK 'listening tour' | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26497432.john-swinney-blasts-andy-burnham-avoiding-scotland/
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Time to be more #Pitbull than #Headmaster then, John.
John Swinney blasts Andy Burnham for avoiding Scotland on UK 'listening tour' | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26497432.john-swinney-blasts-andy-burnham-avoiding-scotland/
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Time to be more #Pitbull than #Headmaster then, John.
John Swinney blasts Andy Burnham for avoiding Scotland on UK 'listening tour' | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26497432.john-swinney-blasts-andy-burnham-avoiding-scotland/
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Time to be more #Pitbull than #Headmaster then, John.
John Swinney blasts Andy Burnham for avoiding Scotland on UK 'listening tour' | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26497432.john-swinney-blasts-andy-burnham-avoiding-scotland/
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Headmaster John bows his head in submission as #BurnhamItAllDown tells him his plans for Scotland.
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Headmaster John bows his head in submission as #BurnhamItAllDown tells him his plans for Scotland.
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Headmaster John bows his head in submission as #BurnhamItAllDown tells him his plans for Scotland.
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Headmaster John bows his head in submission as #BurnhamItAllDown tells him his plans for Scotland.
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7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
Alexa: Play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
Alexa: Play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
Alexa: Play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
Alexa: Play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
7-9am Monday - Friday
The 21st Century Breakfast Show
All music is from century 21**Except for requests
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
Ask Alexa to play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#Music #Radio
#2000s #2010s #2020s -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
Alexa: Play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
Today's schedule on Radio Jammor
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
Alexa: Play Radio Jammor (UK Only)
#ScottishIndependence
#Music #Radio -
Scottish Cultural Revival
The concert venue at ‘Bakken’ hosting ‘Highland Saga’A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmation of Scottish culture.
I hadn’t actually begun composing the piece before I was invited to ‘Highland Saga’ at ‘Bakken’, north of Copenhagen. It’s the world’s oldest amusement park, founded in 1583, according to its bio. So what better place for a saga about one of the world’s oldest nations than on the concert scene at the planet’s oldest amusement venue.
Scottish culture, even its most romanticised ‘Brigadoon’ expressions, is actually loved by people everywhere. The local citizenry in attendance burst into spontaneous rhythmic applause as the snare drummer led the small band of pipers on stage.
Seeing another people’s enthusiasm for our culture reminded me of the many discussions I’ve recorded and edited for Salvo Scotland. The words of Prof. Alf Baird in particular ring so very true.
In an interview with Norrie Hunter a few years ago, Alf stated:
“National consciousness in post-colonial theory is built on two dimensions, national culture and language. I mean, the national languages and the Scots language, mainly.
“You see that the national movement is basically the people that have Scottish culture, a Scottish language, and that’s what gives us our identity. We’re fighting against, if you like, the imposition of another identity, which in colonial terms is called a cultural illusion — that’s the British identity.“
Having watched ‘Highland Saga’, I guess some might dismiss it as ‘shortbread-box Caledonia’ or an Edinburgh Tattoo in microcosm. That thought did strike me. On the other hand, the renditions of ‘Loch Lomond’, ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, and even ‘Mull of Kintyre’ were magnificent. Together with the visual effects screen they conveyed our culture to a European audience. And of course, there was the tartan.
Which brings us back to ‘Bagpipes in Boston’. Some of the video clips posted online during the World Cup were so heart-warming. Americans were swept up in their long-forgotten Scottishness, and those with no Scots heritage embraced it. Listening to ‘Flower of Scotland’ as a pre-match ode to the nation is always inspiring. With its references to our historic struggle for national independence it is ever associated with its composers, The Corries. I still have an original cassette tape of theirs.
I was too young to realise at the time, but Ronnie and Roy were at the forefront of a Scottish cultural revival. In my last year a secondary school we actually performed ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, ‘Hey Johnny Cope’, and ‘The Braes o’ Killekrankie’ (among other songs) in a production by my art teacher, George Parsonage, simply called ‘The Jacobites’. Since I went to a Scottish school I knew nothing about Scottish history. Yet those songs made an impression — no doubt my part in production rehearsals as one of the guitarists had something to do with this.
Continuing Alf Baird’s thoughts…
“What Scotland has been subject to is a form of imperialism. We have another culture pushed onto us, if you like, which is Anglophone…
“As soon as we go into the schools, we’re taught how we speak proper and all the rest. And we’re telt to put oor ain culture and oor ain language aside, to forget it, to forget who we are…
“This was exactly the same in India, in Kenya, in Ireland and in Scotland. So English studies is first thing. French studies in French colonies was the same thing. American colonies were the same. It’s to impose, first of all, the language and the culture…”
We owe a debt of gratitude to teachers like George Parsonage.
I must confess when the Highland Saga pipers arrived on stage, the skirl of the pipes awakened some kind of genetic memory. I suppose it was like the old biblical story about the exile, moved to tears when hearing a stranger speaking his mither tongue in a foreign land.
The Saga is returning to Bakken in December. Apparently, they could have sold more tickets for this one-off show. So, haste ye back.
In other news from our independent neighbour: as monster overhead pylons are planned for areas of scenic beauty across Scotland, Denmark is burying 3,300 kilometres of overhead cables underground, part of a long-term project. I regularly cycle past one of the areas affected. To be honest, I’d no idea what was going on until a large information board came up.
The final paragraph on this info poster explains that the project will increase ‘supply security’ and ‘beautify the environment’. Aye, protecting scenic beauty as government policy. There’s a thought for Holyrood’s erstwhile Scottish Greens and faux nationalists.
Very few overhead cables scar the Danish landscape, yet independent Denmark manages to power its own network
and export its surplus for profit #denmark #history #politics #salvoScot #scotland #scottishIndependence #ScottishIndependence -
Scottish Cultural Revival
The concert venue at ‘Bakken’ hosting ‘Highland Saga’A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmation of Scottish culture.
I hadn’t actually begun composing the piece before I was invited to ‘Highland Saga’ at ‘Bakken’, north of Copenhagen. It’s the world’s oldest amusement park, founded in 1583, according to its bio. So what better place for a saga about one of the world’s oldest nations than on the concert scene at the planet’s oldest amusement venue.
Scottish culture, even its most romanticised ‘Brigadoon’ expressions, is actually loved by people everywhere. The local citizenry in attendance burst into spontaneous rhythmic applause as the snare drummer led the small band of pipers on stage.
Seeing another people’s enthusiasm for our culture reminded me of the many discussions I’ve recorded and edited for Salvo Scotland. The words of Prof. Alf Baird in particular ring so very true.
In an interview with Norrie Hunter a few years ago, Alf stated:
“National consciousness in post-colonial theory is built on two dimensions, national culture and language. I mean, the national languages and the Scots language, mainly.
“You see that the national movement is basically the people that have Scottish culture, a Scottish language, and that’s what gives us our identity. We’re fighting against, if you like, the imposition of another identity, which in colonial terms is called a cultural illusion — that’s the British identity.“
Having watched ‘Highland Saga’, I guess some might dismiss it as ‘shortbread-box Caledonia’ or an Edinburgh Tattoo in microcosm. That thought did strike me. On the other hand, the renditions of ‘Loch Lomond’, ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, and even ‘Mull of Kintyre’ were magnificent. Together with the visual effects screen they conveyed our culture to a European audience. And of course, there was the tartan.
Which brings us back to ‘Bagpipes in Boston’. Some of the video clips posted online during the World Cup were so heart-warming. Americans were swept up in their long-forgotten Scottishness, and those with no Scots heritage embraced it. Listening to ‘Flower of Scotland’ as a pre-match ode to the nation is always inspiring. With its references to our historic struggle for national independence it is ever associated with its composers, The Corries. I still have an original cassette tape of theirs.
I was too young to realise at the time, but Ronnie and Roy were at the forefront of a Scottish cultural revival. In my last year a secondary school we actually performed ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, ‘Hey Johnny Cope’, and ‘The Braes o’ Killekrankie’ (among other songs) in a production by my art teacher, George Parsonage, simply called ‘The Jacobites’. Since I went to a Scottish school I knew nothing about Scottish history. Yet those songs made an impression — no doubt my part in production rehearsals as one of the guitarists had something to do with this.
Continuing Alf Baird’s thoughts…
“What Scotland has been subject to is a form of imperialism. We have another culture pushed onto us, if you like, which is Anglophone…
“As soon as we go into the schools, we’re taught how we speak proper and all the rest. And we’re telt to put oor ain culture and oor ain language aside, to forget it, to forget who we are…
“This was exactly the same in India, in Kenya, in Ireland and in Scotland. So English studies is first thing. French studies in French colonies was the same thing. American colonies were the same. It’s to impose, first of all, the language and the culture…”
We owe a debt of gratitude to teachers like George Parsonage.
I must confess when the Highland Saga pipers arrived on stage, the skirl of the pipes awakened some kind of genetic memory. I suppose it was like the old biblical story about the exile, moved to tears when hearing a stranger speaking his mither tongue in a foreign land.
The Saga is returning to Bakken in December. Apparently, they could have sold more tickets for this one-off show. So, haste ye back.
In other news from our independent neighbour: as monster overhead pylons are planned for areas of scenic beauty across Scotland, Denmark is burying 3,300 kilometres of overhead cables underground, part of a long-term project. I regularly cycle past one of the areas affected. To be honest, I’d no idea what was going on until a large information board came up.
The final paragraph on this info poster explains that the project will increase ‘supply security’ and ‘beautify the environment’. Aye, protecting scenic beauty as government policy. There’s a thought for Holyrood’s erstwhile Scottish Greens and faux nationalists.
Very few overhead cables scar the Danish landscape, yet independent Denmark manages to power its own network
and export its surplus for profit #denmark #history #politics #salvoScot #scotland #scottishIndependence #ScottishIndependence -
Scottish Cultural Revival
The concert venue at ‘Bakken’ hosting ‘Highland Saga’A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmation of Scottish culture.
I hadn’t actually begun composing the piece before I was invited to ‘Highland Saga’ at ‘Bakken’, north of Copenhagen. It’s the world’s oldest amusement park, founded in 1583, according to its bio. So what better place for a saga about one of the world’s oldest nations than on the concert scene at the planet’s oldest amusement venue.
Scottish culture, even its most romanticised ‘Brigadoon’ expressions, is actually loved by people everywhere. The local citizenry in attendance burst into spontaneous rhythmic applause as the snare drummer led the small band of pipers on stage.
Seeing another people’s enthusiasm for our culture reminded me of the many discussions I’ve recorded and edited for Salvo Scotland. The words of Prof. Alf Baird in particular ring so very true.
In an interview with Norrie Hunter a few years ago, Alf stated:
“National consciousness in post-colonial theory is built on two dimensions, national culture and language. I mean, the national languages and the Scots language, mainly.
“You see that the national movement is basically the people that have Scottish culture, a Scottish language, and that’s what gives us our identity. We’re fighting against, if you like, the imposition of another identity, which in colonial terms is called a cultural illusion — that’s the British identity.“
Having watched ‘Highland Saga’, I guess some might dismiss it as ‘shortbread-box Caledonia’ or an Edinburgh Tattoo in microcosm. That thought did strike me. On the other hand, the renditions of ‘Loch Lomond’, ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, and even ‘Mull of Kintyre’ were magnificent. Together with the visual effects screen they conveyed our culture to a European audience. And of course, there was the tartan.
Which brings us back to ‘Bagpipes in Boston’. Some of the video clips posted online during the World Cup were so heart-warming. Americans were swept up in their long-forgotten Scottishness, and those with no Scots heritage embraced it. Listening to ‘Flower of Scotland’ as a pre-match ode to the nation is always inspiring. With its references to our historic struggle for national independence it is ever associated with its composers, The Corries. I still have an original cassette tape of theirs.
I was too young to realise at the time, but Ronnie and Roy were at the forefront of a Scottish cultural revival. In my last year a secondary school we actually performed ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, ‘Hey Johnny Cope’, and ‘The Braes o’ Killekrankie’ (among other songs) in a production by my art teacher, George Parsonage, simply called ‘The Jacobites’. Since I went to a Scottish school I knew nothing about Scottish history. Yet those songs made an impression — no doubt my part in production rehearsals as one of the guitarists had something to do with this.
Continuing Alf Baird’s thoughts…
“What Scotland has been subject to is a form of imperialism. We have another culture pushed onto us, if you like, which is Anglophone…
“As soon as we go into the schools, we’re taught how we speak proper and all the rest. And we’re telt to put oor ain culture and oor ain language aside, to forget it, to forget who we are…
“This was exactly the same in India, in Kenya, in Ireland and in Scotland. So English studies is first thing. French studies in French colonies was the same thing. American colonies were the same. It’s to impose, first of all, the language and the culture…”
We owe a debt of gratitude to teachers like George Parsonage.
I must confess when the Highland Saga pipers arrived on stage, the skirl of the pipes awakened some kind of genetic memory. I suppose it was like the old biblical story about the exile, moved to tears when hearing a stranger speaking his mither tongue in a foreign land.
The Saga is returning to Bakken in December. Apparently, they could have sold more tickets for this one-off show. So, haste ye back.
In other news from our independent neighbour: as monster overhead pylons are planned for areas of scenic beauty across Scotland, Denmark is burying 3,300 kilometres of overhead cables underground, part of a long-term project. I regularly cycle past one of the areas affected. To be honest, I’d no idea what was going on until a large information board came up.
The final paragraph on this info poster explains that the project will increase ‘supply security’ and ‘beautify the environment’. Aye, protecting scenic beauty as government policy. There’s a thought for Holyrood’s erstwhile Scottish Greens and faux nationalists.
Very few overhead cables scar the Danish landscape, yet independent Denmark manages to power its own network
and export its surplus for profit #denmark #history #politics #salvoScot #scotland #scottishIndependence #ScottishIndependence -
Scottish Cultural Revival
The concert venue at ‘Bakken’ hosting ‘Highland Saga’A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmation of Scottish culture.
I hadn’t actually begun composing the piece before I was invited to ‘Highland Saga’ at ‘Bakken’, north of Copenhagen. It’s the world’s oldest amusement park, founded in 1583, according to its bio. So what better place for a saga about one of the world’s oldest nations than on the concert scene at the planet’s oldest amusement venue.
Scottish culture, even its most romanticised ‘Brigadoon’ expressions, is actually loved by people everywhere. The local citizenry in attendance burst into spontaneous rhythmic applause as the snare drummer led the small band of pipers on stage.
Seeing another people’s enthusiasm for our culture reminded me of the many discussions I’ve recorded and edited for Salvo Scotland. The words of Prof. Alf Baird in particular ring so very true.
In an interview with Norrie Hunter a few years ago, Alf stated:
“National consciousness in post-colonial theory is built on two dimensions, national culture and language. I mean, the national languages and the Scots language, mainly.
“You see that the national movement is basically the people that have Scottish culture, a Scottish language, and that’s what gives us our identity. We’re fighting against, if you like, the imposition of another identity, which in colonial terms is called a cultural illusion — that’s the British identity.“
Having watched ‘Highland Saga’, I guess some might dismiss it as ‘shortbread-box Caledonia’ or an Edinburgh Tattoo in microcosm. That thought did strike me. On the other hand, the renditions of ‘Loch Lomond’, ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, and even ‘Mull of Kintyre’ were magnificent. Together with the visual effects screen they conveyed our culture to a European audience. And of course, there was the tartan.
Which brings us back to ‘Bagpipes in Boston’. Some of the video clips posted online during the World Cup were so heart-warming. Americans were swept up in their long-forgotten Scottishness, and those with no Scots heritage embraced it. Listening to ‘Flower of Scotland’ as a pre-match ode to the nation is always inspiring. With its references to our historic struggle for national independence it is ever associated with its composers, The Corries. I still have an original cassette tape of theirs.
I was too young to realise at the time, but Ronnie and Roy were at the forefront of a Scottish cultural revival. In my last year a secondary school we actually performed ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, ‘Hey Johnny Cope’, and ‘The Braes o’ Killekrankie’ (among other songs) in a production by my art teacher, George Parsonage, simply called ‘The Jacobites’. Since I went to a Scottish school I knew nothing about Scottish history. Yet those songs made an impression — no doubt my part in production rehearsals as one of the guitarists had something to do with this.
Continuing Alf Baird’s thoughts…
“What Scotland has been subject to is a form of imperialism. We have another culture pushed onto us, if you like, which is Anglophone…
“As soon as we go into the schools, we’re taught how we speak proper and all the rest. And we’re telt to put oor ain culture and oor ain language aside, to forget it, to forget who we are…
“This was exactly the same in India, in Kenya, in Ireland and in Scotland. So English studies is first thing. French studies in French colonies was the same thing. American colonies were the same. It’s to impose, first of all, the language and the culture…”
We owe a debt of gratitude to teachers like George Parsonage.
I must confess when the Highland Saga pipers arrived on stage, the skirl of the pipes awakened some kind of genetic memory. I suppose it was like the old biblical story about the exile, moved to tears when hearing a stranger speaking his mither tongue in a foreign land.
The Saga is returning to Bakken in December. Apparently, they could have sold more tickets for this one-off show. So, haste ye back.
In other news from our independent neighbour: as monster overhead pylons are planned for areas of scenic beauty across Scotland, Denmark is burying 3,300 kilometres of overhead cables underground, part of a long-term project. I regularly cycle past one of the areas affected. To be honest, I’d no idea what was going on until a large information board came up.
The final paragraph on this info poster explains that the project will increase ‘supply security’ and ‘beautify the environment’. Aye, protecting scenic beauty as government policy. There’s a thought for Holyrood’s erstwhile Scottish Greens and faux nationalists.
Very few overhead cables scar the Danish landscape, yet independent Denmark manages to power its own network
and export its surplus for profit #denmark #history #politics #salvoScot #scotland #scottishIndependence #ScottishIndependence -
Scottish Cultural Revival
The concert venue at ‘Bakken’ hosting ‘Highland Saga’A teacher wrote to me recently and asked if the magazine I edit could publish something about the Tartan Army. As an auld yin, the history of the Tartan Army is part of my own lifetime. Far from being mere football fans, these sporting sons and daughters of Auld Caledonia represent a revival and affirmation of Scottish culture.
I hadn’t actually begun composing the piece before I was invited to ‘Highland Saga’ at ‘Bakken’, north of Copenhagen. It’s the world’s oldest amusement park, founded in 1583, according to its bio. So what better place for a saga about one of the world’s oldest nations than on the concert scene at the planet’s oldest amusement venue.
Scottish culture, even its most romanticised ‘Brigadoon’ expressions, is actually loved by people everywhere. The local citizenry in attendance burst into spontaneous rhythmic applause as the snare drummer led the small band of pipers on stage.
Seeing another people’s enthusiasm for our culture reminded me of the many discussions I’ve recorded and edited for Salvo Scotland. The words of Prof. Alf Baird in particular ring so very true.
In an interview with Norrie Hunter a few years ago, Alf stated:
“National consciousness in post-colonial theory is built on two dimensions, national culture and language. I mean, the national languages and the Scots language, mainly.
“You see that the national movement is basically the people that have Scottish culture, a Scottish language, and that’s what gives us our identity. We’re fighting against, if you like, the imposition of another identity, which in colonial terms is called a cultural illusion — that’s the British identity.“
Having watched ‘Highland Saga’, I guess some might dismiss it as ‘shortbread-box Caledonia’ or an Edinburgh Tattoo in microcosm. That thought did strike me. On the other hand, the renditions of ‘Loch Lomond’, ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, and even ‘Mull of Kintyre’ were magnificent. Together with the visual effects screen they conveyed our culture to a European audience. And of course, there was the tartan.
Which brings us back to ‘Bagpipes in Boston’. Some of the video clips posted online during the World Cup were so heart-warming. Americans were swept up in their long-forgotten Scottishness, and those with no Scots heritage embraced it. Listening to ‘Flower of Scotland’ as a pre-match ode to the nation is always inspiring. With its references to our historic struggle for national independence it is ever associated with its composers, The Corries. I still have an original cassette tape of theirs.
I was too young to realise at the time, but Ronnie and Roy were at the forefront of a Scottish cultural revival. In my last year a secondary school we actually performed ‘Ye Jacobites by Name’, ‘Hey Johnny Cope’, and ‘The Braes o’ Killekrankie’ (among other songs) in a production by my art teacher, George Parsonage, simply called ‘The Jacobites’. Since I went to a Scottish school I knew nothing about Scottish history. Yet those songs made an impression — no doubt my part in production rehearsals as one of the guitarists had something to do with this.
Continuing Alf Baird’s thoughts…
“What Scotland has been subject to is a form of imperialism. We have another culture pushed onto us, if you like, which is Anglophone…
“As soon as we go into the schools, we’re taught how we speak proper and all the rest. And we’re telt to put oor ain culture and oor ain language aside, to forget it, to forget who we are…
“This was exactly the same in India, in Kenya, in Ireland and in Scotland. So English studies is first thing. French studies in French colonies was the same thing. American colonies were the same. It’s to impose, first of all, the language and the culture…”
We owe a debt of gratitude to teachers like George Parsonage.
I must confess when the Highland Saga pipers arrived on stage, the skirl of the pipes awakened some kind of genetic memory. I suppose it was like the old biblical story about the exile, moved to tears when hearing a stranger speaking his mither tongue in a foreign land.
The Saga is returning to Bakken in December. Apparently, they could have sold more tickets for this one-off show. So, haste ye back.
In other news from our independent neighbour: as monster overhead pylons are planned for areas of scenic beauty across Scotland, Denmark is burying 3,300 kilometres of overhead cables underground, part of a long-term project. I regularly cycle past one of the areas affected. To be honest, I’d no idea what was going on until a large information board came up.
The final paragraph on this info poster explains that the project will increase ‘supply security’ and ‘beautify the environment’. Aye, protecting scenic beauty as government policy. There’s a thought for Holyrood’s erstwhile Scottish Greens and faux nationalists.
Very few overhead cables scar the Danish landscape, yet independent Denmark manages to power its own network
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I've been dusting off my #ScottishIndependence canvassing app, to see how hard it would be to get it working if a new #IndyRef did actually happen.
It's suffered much less bit rot than I thought. It's mostly ready to go, there are still some issues to fix.
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I've been dusting off my #ScottishIndependence canvassing app, to see how hard it would be to get it working if a new #IndyRef did actually happen.
It's suffered much less bit rot than I thought. It's mostly ready to go, there are still some issues to fix.
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I've been dusting off my #ScottishIndependence canvassing app, to see how hard it would be to get it working if a new #IndyRef did actually happen.
It's suffered much less bit rot than I thought. It's mostly ready to go, there are still some issues to fix.
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I've been dusting off my #ScottishIndependence canvassing app, to see how hard it would be to get it working if a new #IndyRef did actually happen.
It's suffered much less bit rot than I thought. It's mostly ready to go, there are still some issues to fix.
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In truth I left the #SNP (which I had then been a member of for 30 years) in 2008, before it first became the Scottish Government, because I disagreed with the leadership about the Monarchy. But, although I now feel closer to the @ScottishGreens, I do still vote for the SNP. Because, although I think they're useless, #ScottishIndependence is still a very important issue.
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In truth I left the #SNP (which I had then been a member of for 30 years) in 2008, before it first became the Scottish Government, because I disagreed with the leadership about the Monarchy. But, although I now feel closer to the @ScottishGreens, I do still vote for the SNP. Because, although I think they're useless, #ScottishIndependence is still a very important issue.
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In truth I left the #SNP (which I had then been a member of for 30 years) in 2008, before it first became the Scottish Government, because I disagreed with the leadership about the Monarchy. But, although I now feel closer to the @ScottishGreens, I do still vote for the SNP. Because, although I think they're useless, #ScottishIndependence is still a very important issue.
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In truth I left the #SNP (which I had then been a member of for 30 years) in 2008, before it first became the Scottish Government, because I disagreed with the leadership about the Monarchy. But, although I now feel closer to the @ScottishGreens, I do still vote for the SNP. Because, although I think they're useless, #ScottishIndependence is still a very important issue.
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In truth I left the #SNP (which I had then been a member of for 30 years) in 2008, before it first became the Scottish Government, because I disagreed with the leadership about the Monarchy. But, although I now feel closer to the @ScottishGreens, I do still vote for the SNP. Because, although I think they're useless, #ScottishIndependence is still a very important issue.
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Consequently, as we see from the candidates left in #UKLabour's #Scottish leadership election, Labour isn't trying to challenge either #SNP or @ScottishGreens for the #LeftWing vote -- because they know the left strongly favours #ScottishIndependence -- so instead they're moving yet further right to try to poach votes off the #Conservatives and #LibDems.
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Consequently, as we see from the candidates left in #UKLabour's #Scottish leadership election, Labour isn't trying to challenge either #SNP or @ScottishGreens for the #LeftWing vote -- because they know the left strongly favours #ScottishIndependence -- so instead they're moving yet further right to try to poach votes off the #Conservatives and #LibDems.
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Consequently, as we see from the candidates left in #UKLabour's #Scottish leadership election, Labour isn't trying to challenge either #SNP or @ScottishGreens for the #LeftWing vote -- because they know the left strongly favours #ScottishIndependence -- so instead they're moving yet further right to try to poach votes off the #Conservatives and #LibDems.
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Consequently, as we see from the candidates left in #UKLabour's #Scottish leadership election, Labour isn't trying to challenge either #SNP or @ScottishGreens for the #LeftWing vote -- because they know the left strongly favours #ScottishIndependence -- so instead they're moving yet further right to try to poach votes off the #Conservatives and #LibDems.
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