
BBC – Spinning a Yarn: The Dubious History of Scottish Tartan (2013)
English | Size: 928 MB
Category: Documentary
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Queen Victoria was mad for it and Harry Lauder was clad in it. It’s inextricably woven into the history of Scotland, from Bonnie Prince Charlie to the Tartan Army, and has been used to advertise many political and cultural affinities. Tartan is a fabric that tells tales, but not all of them are true.
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