Daily Record & Sunday Mail - Scottish News, Sport, Politics and Celeb news [Unofficial]Perth castle and military museum picks up tourist award for fifth straight year
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDUK troops of the #BlackWatch regiment in occupied #Iraq went to a Basra home to arrest a suspected looter on #ThisDayInHistory in 2003. When the father, #RadhiNama, said he was not home, troops took him instead, put him in a #torture cage, & spent two hours beating him to death.
The UK #BlackWatch Regiment entered the #Palestinian village #Halhul on #ThisDayInHistory in 1939 to disarm the population. When they found no rifles, they built cages for the men and tortured them. One falsely confessed to escape the brutal sun, then jumped into a well to drown.
Assoc for Scottish Literature‘When the knife came up through the pool table, audiences gasped’
Within six months of its launch in 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) produced a globe-conquering hit. Inspired by tragic events at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, Black Watch was a humane portrayal of young squaddies on the frontline.
In this article, the makers of the devastating drama recall how it grew and grew.
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #Iraq #IraqWar #BlackWatch
Patrick Hadfield"Black Watch" was one of the most remarkable theatrical experiences I've had. I saw it twice, in different venues. And I've loved National Theatre of Scotland ever since.
"‘Audiences gasped’: how Iraq war epic Black Watch conquered the world."
Doom Disco!I never thought I'd be celebrating a German #historical #fantasy novel, but #SchwarzeWacht / #BlackWatch (?) by #RichardSchwartz offers an exciting plot, nice characters & an atmospheric narrative – without any childish silliness. It wipes the floor with #Abercrombie's #TheDevils – so far! #booksky
This Is My GlasgowThe former bonded warehouse for Red Hackle Whisky on Otago Street in Glasgow. Self-styled as 'Scotland's Best Whisky' Red Hackle was established in 1920 by Charles Hepburn and Herbert Ross, two former soldiers and it was named after the distinctive red feather worn by members of the Black Watch. You can just about still make out the words Red Hackle on the faded advertisement for the whisky on the building's gable end.
#glasgow #architecture #whisky #redhackle #ghostsign #blackwatch
Cornovia Postcards (Old)The Black Watch on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, c.1910s - Valentine's Postcard
JumblePublishingThis photo from the IWM collections of the Black Watch celebrating the New Year in 1917 at Henencourt, France, was taken by Lt John Warwick Brooke (1886-1929) who served as an official military photographer. #iwm #firstworldwar #wwi #newyear #blackwatch
Shantell PowellToday is Indigenous Veterans Day, and I want to honour my Inuk/Mi'kmaw father, Chesley Powell. He was a peacekeeper in the 60s and very early 70s. He was exposed to all sorts of awful chemicals (PCBs and Agent Orange) which caused skin issues for him and likely caused the joint issues my sister, her daughter, and I were born with.
He was a private with the Black Watch and served in Cyprus, Israel, Jamaica, as well as in Canada during the FLQ Crisis.
He wasn't born in Canada but in Newfoundland when it was still a British colony. He ended up as the honour guard for Queen Elizabeth and her mother, probably because he looked very good in uniform. He was a very handsome man in his youth and made for primo arm candy.
Fun trivia: at one point, someone had the bright idea to change the way the Black Watch presented arms to the Queen. Previously, they all kneeled on both knees. On the occasion of the ill-thought-out change, they instead knelt on one knee with the other up. Considering they were all in kilts and were in full regimental mode, the Queen saw a lot of soldier junk swinging free. Dad was in the front row and totally flashed the Queen.
She didn't lose her composure but decreed that the Black Watch should go back to their previous method of presenting arms.
#IndigenousVeteransDay #Indigenous #PeaceKeeper #warrior #Veteran #military #QueenElizabeth #BlackWatch