Banda Taverna from Brazil is one of this year’s staring performers performing in the Don Garen Festival Tent.  Since having the opportunity to interview her for an article published in the August issue of The Scottish Banner, I have become a super fan of front woman Mariana Roque. She and I both lived in Ireland around the same […]

Described by Canadiana Connection magazine as “the uniform of the Canadian Everyman” Plaid Flannel has become a cultural identifier as everyone from our most celebrated artists to our Olympic athletes comfortably don the colourful check pattern shirt as a proud testament to all that is hard working and humble in the true north strong and […]

Photo: 2019 McLaren Seena Chassis Credit: Joshua Doran Falling In Love With A British Super Car I think good design in a car has more influence on people and culture than any other type of machine.  While design is undoubtedly an important element of all product development few objects of desire draw a fan base […]

Imagine you are King Malcolm III, of Scotland.  The year is 1060 and you are holding back the Norse in the north while simultaneously fighting the English in the south.  No wonder Malcolm was called Canmore, or “ceann mòr”, gaelic for “Great Chief”.  He reigned in Scotland for 35 years.  The reason for his military advantage was… […]