PANALBA

WHAT IS PANALBA?

Panalba is a community for anyone who has a love for Scotland. It includes recommendations for travel and accommodation, special events, blogs and articles from acclaimed Scottish writers.

This is the site for people who have a common ancestry or connection with each other through their affinity for Scotland. Panalba is not just another site about clans, whisky and golf. We aim to cover Scotland and host events in a way that perhaps has not been done before.

Panalba is created and produced in Scotland.

Latest Articles

The Highland Clearances

How the eviction of tenant crofters transformed the Scottish landscape. James Irvine Robertson explains.

The Patriot

Neil Gunn follows the life of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun.

Seeds of the Nation

James Irvine Robertson wades into the murky history of the Pictish peoples

Scotland's Clans

Gerald Warner looks at the reality of Scotland's tribal system

Latest Blogs

Pan-Celtic courses in the Lothians

07/27/2010 02:25 PM by Roddy Martine

NEWBATTLE Abbey in Midlothian has an intriguing history in that it was founded as a Cistercian Monastery as long ago as 1140.…

The 150th Open Championship

07/17/2010 02:41 PM by Jamie Sempill

In a year full of major sporting occasions, surely the greatest has to be the 150th anniversary of the Open Championship at St…

A Beginner's Guide to Highland Games

06/15/2010 12:33 PM by Diana Gabaldon

I went to my first Highland Games in Phoenix, Arizona, in the spring of 1989. I went for research purposes, as I'd begun…

450 Years of Reformation

06/12/2010 04:47 PM by Dave McNicoll

On the 24th of August 1560 the Scottish Parliament, sitting by its own consent, rather than that of their absent queen Mary,…

Recent Discussions

Outlander The Musical

Microwaveable haggis

Flower of Scotland

Flower of Scotland to be used as anthem

Robert the Bruce born in Chelmsford?!