Caledonia Magazine 2000 back issues

Would you like to immerse yourself in the golden age of Scotpop? Do you wish you'd been in at
the start of 'Monarch of the Glen'? Were you not chez vous when we produced our
remarkable French special issue, with its intriguing interviews with the Scots who
joined the Resistance and inspired the book and film 'Charlotte Gray'? Worry not. We have
a limited number of back issues available at a cost of £5.00 including postage and packing.

Issue 08: January 2000

Conversation with Ann Packard, political campaigner… Kelly
Cooper-Barr's Diary… The fox hunting debate - four conflicting
views… Alec Newman, acting's rising star… The best of Scotland's
health clubs… Schoolday memories of the famous… Julie Brook,
the artist who works best in isolation… The great surrealist show
comes to Scotland… Allan Massie reviews Isabel Allende's latest…
Primal Scream give voice… Valleyfield, a masterpiece of landscaping
at risk… The gardens of Holyrood… Why salmon is best when
hot-smoked… The Café Saint-Honoré in Edinburgh reviewed…
Eating in St Andrews… Wine lovers divided by the cork versus
plastic debate… Leather lovelies… Rome restored… The Jaguar
S-Type… Rugby lessons Scotland must learn from Australia…
Moray Hunter questioned… Castle Venlaw Hotel reviewed… The
Neb goes to the Magna Brava preview in Edinburgh, a Sabhal Mor
Ostaig dinner in Glasgow, a Theo Fennell launch at Laing's in
Glasgow, the premiere of 'The World Is Not Enough', a record
launch on the Royal Yacht Britannia, a Tory party dinner with
William and Ffion Hague in Edinburgh, Hamilton & Inches'
launch of the Tiffany & Co range

Issue 09: February 2000

Richard Demarco's Diary… Conversation with Moya Crawford,
marine salvage director… The making of 'Monarch of the Glen' -
exclusive on-set photographs… Call for a Compton Mackenzie
revival… Scottish-Americans' $16m business plan… Archie Baird
unveils his unrivalled collection of golf memorabilia… Pub culture -
a photographic celebration of Scotland's finest drinking places…
Glasgow School of Art, looking good at 100 years old… Angus Calder
on his love of Gunter Grass… How do you define classical music?…
Scots ways with Chekhov… Hallyburton, a Perthshire house with an
African atmosphere… Achiltibuie, one of the few Highland gardens
where bananas do well… The Alps, where the cheese surpasses the
scenery… Duck's at Le Marché Noir in Edinburgh reviewed… Tastes
of Tayside… Old Pulteney whisky and its salty history… High fashion
on the High Street… The beauty and history of Cape Breton Island…
Glenmorangie House reviewed… Chalet girl stories… The Jeep Grand
Cherokee… Looking back on grand slam rugby glory… David Sole
questioned… The Neb goes to an Imperial Cancer Research fashion
show at Dynamic Earth, the launch of the McGrigor Donald Public
Policy and a Save the Children dinner in Edinburgh

Issue 10: March 2000

The golden age of Scotpop, starring Travis, Texas and Garbage…
Rollermania remembered… Duncan Hamilton MSP's Diary…
Conversation with John Lwanda, doctor and publisher… The
lasting legacy of Arniston in Midlothian… Linton Tweeds, the
Scots-owned mill that has loomed large in haute couture history…
Tim Clifford's love of architects' drawings… Ian Rankin on top form…
Sean Dickson and his band the High Fidelity… Simon Hunter, rising
film director… Bernat Klein's ultra-modern Borders home… TV
gardening gurus… Best way to bake your own bread… Groucho
St Jude's in Glasgow reviewed… Capital curry delights… Troubled
times for Bordeaux… Top teen fashions… The sort of diamonds
you dream about… A visit to the gem cutters of Antwerp… Through
the Okavango Delta on horseback… The ArtHouse Hotel in Glasgow
reviewed… The Alfa Romeo GTV Lusso… The challenges facing
Scottish rugby… Choreographer Alan Greig questioned… The Neb
goes to a Burns Supper at the Bachelors' Club in Ayrshire, the opening
of the Royal Garden Apartments in Edinburgh, the launch of 41
Management in Glasgow and a Marie Curie Cancer Care feast in
Edinburgh

Issue 11: April 2000

Scots women and their domination of British TV news presenting…
Key players in the Scottish art world… Truths about tartan…
The internet millionaires are coming… Kate Atkinson defies
the conventions of fiction… In praise of the Delgados…
Angus McFadyen, convincing as Orson Welles… Scottish
acting talent in the RSC… Phil Kay's Diary… The dramatic
progress of the National Trust for Scotland… Conversation
with Gordon Campbell Gray, hotelier extraordinaire… Contrasting
interiors in Edinburgh's New Town… The fantastic murals of
Phoebe Traquair… A miraculous garden on an exposed Perthshire
hillside… Splendid soufflés… Rococo in Glasgow reviewed…
Tastes of Stirling… Independent malt whisky producers… Clothes
in which to relax with panache… Beach holidays in Normandy…
Luxury on the rails with the Royal Scotsman train… Boath House
near Nairn reviewed… The Mercedes ML320… The glorious history
- and present - of the Open… How cheap balls brought golf to Joe
Public… Grounds for hope in Scottish rugby… Scottish jump racing
on a high… Actor James Cosmo questioned… The Neb goes to an
Imperial Cancer Research Fund reception in Stirling, the Edinburgh
Military Tattoo's 50th birthday celebrations, the 'Monarch of the Glen'
launch party in Kingussie, a University Wine Challenge in Edinburgh
and a private view at the Roger Billcliffe Gallery in Glasgow

Issue 12: May 2000

How Scotland would not be the same without the Poles…
The Lockerbie trial gets under way… Karen Matheson, leading
light of traditional music - and now a mother, too… Tom Nairn
looks forward to life after Britain… Marc Pilley and his new band,
Hobotalk… Jamie McGrigor MSP's Diary… Sandy Stewart, estate
owner… Conversation with Ian Wilmut, embryologist… Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio filming in Scotland with Colin Firth in 'My
Life So Far'… Highland style - enviable interiors… The end of the
north-south house price divide?… Hall House of Mayen and its
marvellous garden… Lovely ways with limes… The Witchery in
Edinburgh reviewed… Excellence from in-store restaurants… Wacky
wine labels… The return of power dressing… Touring in northern
Portugal… Spectacular impressions of Wester Ross… The Creggans
Inn reviewed… The BMW Z8… The puzzling question of Scotland's
uneven rugby form… Designer Janice Kirkpatrick questioned… The
Neb goes to a Marie Curie Cancer Care ball in Glasgow, a 603 (City of
Edinburgh) Squadron reception, the opening of Phillips' Glasgow
office, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's 175th birthday
celebrations, a ball at Kilgraston School in Perthshire and the
Grand Slam anniversary party in Edinburgh

Issue 13: June 2000 First Anniversary Issue

Top Scots - the faces of 2000 star in our anniversary issue…
Tartan Day in the US and its growing benefits for Scotland…
George MacDonald Fraser, writer of the Flashman stories,
interviewed at his Isle of Man home… Ballet star Adam Cooper
in action… Donald Cammell, the unsung genius of Scottish cinema,
and his rediscovered masterpiece… Artist Pat Douthwaite finally
wins the acclaim she has long deserved… Ali Smith welcomes
Alasdair Gray's unique collection of prefaces… Ballone Castle
in Easter Ross, risen from the ruins… Sculptor George Wyllie's
remarkable garden… Sheila-Mary Carruthers's Diary… What's
the Forestry Commission up to?… Conversation with Peter
Maxwell Davies, composer… So sheer, so chic - fashion at its
finest… Beef dishes you can't beat… Eurasia in Glasgow reviewed…
Your guide to fusion cooking… Scotland's other great spirit:
gin… Three island holidays - Greece, the Seychelles and the
Hebrides… The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews reviewed…
Why oldest may not be best when it comes to golf courses…
The Saab 9-3 SE Convertible… The Neb goes to the British Art
Show preview, a ball in Forfar, the opening of the National War
Museum in Edinburgh, David McCosh's 21st birthday party
near Biggar, the Scottish Grand National at Ayr, a Phillips private
view, the opening of 25 On Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, the
Glasgow Art Fair opening, Murdo Macdonald's book launch in
Edinburgh and Tartan Day in New York and Washington

Issue 14: July 2000 French Special

Scots who joined the French Resistance - the inspirations for
'Charlotte Gray'… How Hermès celebrated France's love affair
with Scotland… The Auld Alliance - the longest lasting partnership
in the world… Little-known haunts of the Jacobites in Paris…
The Scottish Colourists and their Parisian passion… Robin Jenkins,
sage of Scottish fiction… The Silencers - bigger in France than in
their native Scotland… 'Daybreak', a French drama set in Edinburgh's
clubland… A French interior in the heart of Edinburgh… Kinross
House, our very own Versailles… Jim Haynes's Diary… The future
of farming… Conversation with Jonathan Findlay, entrepreneur…
Scrumptious French regional specialities… The Marque in Edinburgh
reviewed… Lesser-known French eateries in Scotland… First growth
claret… The French capital's hidden charms… Fabulously French, yet
completely Caribbean - the islands of Saint Martin and Réunion…
The Crinan Hotel reviewed… The Peugeot 406 Coupé… The oldest
golf course on the Continent… French footballers who have thrived
in Scotland - and vice versa… Novelist Ian Rankin questioned… Paris
is back on the fashion map, and we have the proof… The Neb goes to
a Phillips preview in Edinburgh, a Marie Curie fashion show, a Polish
celebration in Leith, a Grand Prix day with Glenvarigill, the Royal
Caledonian Ball in London, a ball for the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution, an RSA reception in Edinburgh and Hermès' Scottish race
meeting at Chantilly

Issue 15: August 2000

New York City Ballet - back in Scotland after a 30-year absence…
Firmly in charge in the kitchen - meet Scotland's owner-chefs…
Fashion photo shoot with Lisa Milne, up and coming soprano…
Jon Schueler, the American abstract painter who sought solace in
Scotland… Muriel Spark gives Lord Lucan the novel treatment…
Kelly Macdonald on how her film career is taking off nicely… Sue
Glover's theatrical comeback… Catherine Maxwell Stuart's Diary…
The Army falls in for our photographer at Fort George… Conversation
with impresario William Burdett-Coutts… Clean-cut fashion looks…
Tips for a successful Scottish picnic… All-day Edinburgh eating guide…
Small wine merchants surveyed… Round the Hebrides by yacht…
Cruising with the National Trust for Scotland… Glenapp Castle
reviewed… The Mazda MX-5… Musician Michael Marra
questioned… The Neb goes to the launch of 'Living in the Highlands',
a Federation of Children's Book Groups party, the Scottish tennis
championships, the opening of the Christian Lacroix boutique in
Glasgow, the premiere of 'Return to Me', the launch of Alasdair Gray's
'Book of Prefaces', Caledonia's first birthday lunch, a Millennium Ball
at Dunmaglass, Edinburgh College of Art's fashion show and a
British Art Fair party hosted by Bloomberg

Issue 16: September 2000

Alan Hansen, football legend and rising star of television, at home
on Merseyside… The red deer population explosion… Bureaucrats
and the seals of Islay… Silver and gold, treasures of Scottish
craftsmanship… Marjory Fleming, literary prodigy… Iain Martin
appraises Christopher Brookmyre's take on politics… Allan Schiach's
double life as whisky mogul and screenwriter… Glasgow indie band
Life Without Buildings… Eugenie Vronskya - from icons in Russia to
portraits in Beauly… Alex Salmond's Diary… The Sixteen Men of
Tain… The amazing walled garden at Blair Castle… Mulberry makes
its way to Scotland… Fashion to turn your autumn golden…
Watches to wonder at - and what's on the celebs' wrists… Instant
dinner party success… The Cellar in Anstruther reviewed… Where
to eat well in the Borders… The fairytale of Black Bottle whisky…
Walking on Caithness flagstones - in downtown Bombay…
Auchterarder House reviewed… A cooking weekend in Liguria…
Car magnate Arnold Clark and his yacht, Drum… The Porsche 911
Cabriolet… Writer John Burnside questioned… Conversation with
the visionary Dennis MacLeod… The Neb goes to a Bridgewater
Pottery party, a Phillips preview, a dinner at Glamis Castle, Richard
Demarco's birthday party, the Intervention fashion festival party in
Glasgow, Ranald McSherry's 21st birthday party, a Dorothy Dunnett
book launch in Edinburgh, the Caledonian Challenge, a reception at
Clarissa Dickson Wright's bookshop, a garden party at Hopetoun
house and a flower show at Ingliston for the Princess Royal Trust
for Carers

Issue 17: October 2000

Caroline Langrishe, Gregor Fisher's Highland TV comedy co-star
… Tourists set out on the cashmere trail… Naomi Mitchison's treasure
trove… How the sober Tom Conti portrayed the hard-drinking Jeffrey
Bernard… The genius of Paul Klee… Alan Spence's minuscule poems
… On the set of 'The Little Vampire' in the Borders… Pop wild men
Idlewild calm down at last… Hutchesons' Hall in Glasgow transformed…
Why there's nothing naff about bedding out… Fred MacAulay's Diary
… Robert Louis Stevenson, born 150 years ago, yet little celebrated
in his home city… The Clan Grant gathers for our photographer…
Conversation with Diana Allen, charity pioneer… Full skirts are
back… Tanzania - full of wonders, yet known by few… Haunted
hotels of Scotland… Cleaton House Hotel reviewed… How to
treat Scottish cooking tradition with respect and imagination…
The Champany Inn near Linlithgow reviewed… The battle for
customers on Byres Road… Here's to sherry… The supreme talent
of Tiger Woods… The Chrysler PT Cruiser… Conductor Joseph
Swensen questioned… The Neb goes to the National Galleries of
Scotland party, the opening of Bell's Cherrybank Gardens in Perth,
a party at Plaisir du Chocolat in Edinburgh, a party in East Lothian
for Erskine Hospital, the Royal Museum party, a Pedlars sponsored
walk, a private view of Dan Welldon's exhibition at the Reynolds
Gallery in Edinburgh, the Standard Life golf tournament at Loch
Lomond, the largest pipe concert ever, the unveiling of a Sandy
Irvine Robertson statue and the opening of Metro in Edinburgh

Issue 18: November 2000

Julienne Taylor on the path to pop success… Lighting wizard
Jonathan Speirs and his glorious vision… Shopper's delight in
George Street, Edinburgh… Holland & Sherry of Peebles, suppliers
of cloth to 007… Bags of style… New lease of life for the Scottish
National War Memorial… Alison Watt's erotic fabric paintings…
Gillian Ferguson hails an ambitious poetry collection… Film music
takes to the concert stage with Patrick Doyle… Chris Rattray, the
late-starting Dundee playwright… Crarae, a gardening gem under
threat… Shirley Robertson's Diary… Conversation with jeweller Ola
Gorie… Ways to mix and match tweed and cashmere… Lowdown
on London… Morocco, where shopping is hard work… Ballathie
House Hotel reviewed… The best in brunches… Cosmo restaurant
in Edinburgh reviewed… Tastes of Fife… The Audi Allroad…
Sculptor George Wyllie questioned… The Neb goes to a Perth
ball for the Scottish Community Foundation, a party at the Royal
Academy in London, the grouse ball at Barnbougle Castle, the island
race at Skibo Castle, a Hugh Collins book launch, a party at Hamilton &
Inches, a Caledonia readers' evening at Phillips and a day of Australian
wine and golf near Kelso

Issue 19: December 2000

Kananu Kirimi, rising stage star… Three great hat designers…
Female talent at the racecourse… Karen Dunbar, the unsung
heroine of  'Chewin the Fat'… Fantastic fireplaces… How Scotland
can learn from the US when it comes to keeping art treasures… A
flight of fancy from novelist Christopher Whyte… Roy Miller unfolds
his vast deckchair collection… Magnus Magnusson's Diary…
Scotland's obsession with sport… Ballone Castle in Easter Ross
revisited… Forties-inspired fashion… Glorious, crumbling Cuba…
The remote appeal of Knoydart… The Macdonald Holyrood Hotel
reviewed… The Peat Inn in Fife reviewed… Eating on Edinburgh's
bustling Broughton Street… Alcoholic presents… The Ferrari 360
Modena… Writer Lucy Irvine questioned… Trays full of taste for
the party season… The Neb goes to a Maggie's Centre ball in
Edinburgh, a National Museums of Scotland dinner with Jackie
Stewart, a Harris tweed launch at the Scotland Office in London,
a fashion show for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in Edinburgh,
an Australian Council and Trust dinner in Edinburgh, a glam rock
ball at Dynamic Earth, a reception in London to promote cashmere,
the opening of the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel and a Caledonia
readers' evening in Edinburgh