A New Beginning

Editor Marcin Miller welcomes you.

What does Scotland mean to you? Countryside and castles? History and heritage? Golf and fishing? Or even whisky and haggis? Of course, Scotland is all these things. But it is also a country which, through its cultural reach, has a global significance that far exceeds its geographical size. That a nation of some five million has made, and continues to make such an impression on the world stage is remarkable. To put it into perspective, that's about half the population of Belgium and, as the popular bar game has it, can you name 10 famous Belgians?

Equally remarkable is the breadth of achievement: from engineering to literature via medicine to, the true zeitgeist of modern culture, Hollywood, Scotland has exerted considerable influence. Scotland Magazine intends to reflect and celebrate all these aspects with the objectivity that is only possible by being published outside Scotland.

Perhaps the best way to illustrate the objectives of the magazine is to tell you what you will find in this issue. Scotland Magazine's Contributing Editor, Roddy Martine, will write a regular column and starts off with a piece on genealogy and the ambitious www.ancestralscotland.com initiative. We will feature a regular news section and pages highlighting antiques and property. This issue has an article by Elizabeth Walton on hawking, accompanied by some stunning photography from Glyn Satterley, and begins a series of features on outdoor Scotland. We will profile a famous Scot, either a historic...

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• By : Marcin Miller
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• Issue : 1
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