Books and Movies on Scottish culture

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Originally Posted by Mavericker

Seriously, what famous actresses are from Scotland?

Dawn Steele

[Mavericker]

Originally Posted by SherbrookeJacobite

You also might want to consider having your characters paint half their face blue, as many Scots do that.(Although the Bay City Rollers did not).

Where is Bay City? Michigan, U.S.A.

Do people paint their faces blue as a sign of nationalism?

[teashoci]

scots have been doing it for thousands of years, they used to find naked with their bodies painted in blue woad look up the picts

[Mavericker]

Have they ever made films about Edinburgh street gangs?

[Polwarth]

Indeed they have. Look for Greyfriar's Bobby. It's a 60s film from the Disney stable...

[kathyv]

And Thomasina! It wasn't in Edinburgh but there is a 'streetgang' in it!

[Polwarth]

And... and..... Trainspotting? And... Brigadoon?