05/17/2013 2:43 pm
Uno dei pannelli in corso di realizzazione dello Scottish Diaspora Tapestry
Alcuni giorni fa su questo giornale abbiamo riportato la notizia riguardante la presentazione di un libro promosso dalla Fondazione Cresci di Lucca e della nostra Provincia, riguardante il fenomeno dell’emigrazione lucchese...
05/09/2013 5:10 pm
Il fenomeno dell’emigrazione verso la Scozia spiegata agli scozzesi e ai rappresentanti delle comunità italiane residenti nel Paese anglosassone.
E’ questo il senso della presentazione del libro “La via della Scozia, l’emigrazione barghigiana e lucchese a Glasgow tra ‘800 e ‘900” pubblicato...
04/09/2013 9:01 am
Scotland’s Diaspora Tapestry – A project to involve communities around the world in the celebration of Scottish heritage and culture.
A tapestry, to be created by volunteers in communities around the globe. It will be assembled and displayed in Scotland as part of the 2014 Homecoming celebrations.
Scots...
03/07/2013 5:03 pm
Following great demand from the Italian Community in Scotland and Northern Ireland to visit the Italian Chapel in Orkney, the COCAIS (Comitato di Co-ordinamento della Associazioni Italiane in Scozia) has organized a 3 day tour to the Okneys from Saturday 18 May to Monday 20 May 2013.
Info: Giuseppe Riato...
02/02/2013 5:05 pm
Well, its taken a while for this article to be put up on line but finally here it is.
On 25 January 1759 poet Robert Burns was born and on that day all over Scotland and the rest of the world where the Scots have settled, Burns Supper are organised and attended.
Barga with its huge Scottish tradition...
01/29/2013 10:51 am
Scotland’s Diaspora Tapestry – A project to involve communities around the world in the celebration of Scottish heritage and culture.
A tapestry, to be created by volunteers in communities around the globe. It will be assembled and displayed in Scotland as part of the 2014 Homecoming celebrations.
Scots...
12/01/2012 2:07 am
Scotland’s Diaspora Tapestry – A project to involve communities around the world in the celebration of Scottish heritage and culture.
A tapestry, to be created by volunteers in communities around the globe. It will be assembled and displayed in Scotland as part of the 2014 Homecoming celebrations.
So...
11/17/2012 1:46 am
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 15: Hellen Bellany stands beside portraits at an exhibition by her husband John Bellany at the National Gallery on November 15, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The exhibition, the largest, most comprehensive exhibition of work by one of Scotland’s greatest living artists,...
11/01/2012 10:55 am
There have been a couple of articles on this site recently mentioning world famous musicians who have a Barga background - Paolo Nutini, Rachel Sermanni and Nicola Benedetti.
It would seem that there are still some people here in the city not actually aware of just who is the last name on that list...
10/12/2012 12:19 pm
Isn’t it nice when old friends turn up suddenly out of the blue? An old friend and colleague of giornaledibarganews arrived in Barga this week for a very short visit before once again disappearing into the distance - the piper and pipemaker Hamish Moore, who has been nurturing affiliations...
09/18/2012 7:08 pm
The sound of Scottish bagpipes could be heard this afternoon in Barga Giardino as Billy Paton, a guest staying at the Hotel Villa Moorings offered a short concert as a wedding present to Beatrice, the owner of the hotel, who will be getting married later on this month.
The Piper who hails from...
09/13/2012 10:14 am
Lutto nella comunità bargo-scozzese per la scomparsa dopo lunga malattia del comm. Avv. Celestino Moscardini, una delle figure di spicco e molto stimata tra i numerosi barghigiani residenti in Scozia. Aveva 86 anni. Abitava a Glasgow (nella foto una via del centro della città) con la moglie e la sua...
09/11/2012 1:18 am
Pat O’Brien OBE, the Provost of East Lothian when the twinning took place between Barga and East Lothian back in 2007 (article here) was once more in Barga this week, although this time not in any official capacity but just here enjoying the city as a visitor.
In fact he has been a regular visitor...
08/07/2012 7:45 pm
Una bellissima maglia biancoverde autografata dai giocatori del Celtic che hanno vinto il campionato scozzese 2011/12 è stata donata al Barga Celtic Supporters Club da Aldo ed Anthony Cecchini. I due, padre e figlio, sono residenti in Scozia, dove possiedono due ristoranti di grande successo, precisamente...
08/01/2012 11:13 am
Dal 26 luglio è in corso allo stadio “Johnny Moscardini” di Barga la Sagra del Fish and chips, del pesce e patate. Simbolo, in questo caso sulla tavola, dei legami tra Barga e la Scozia. Il pesce e patate, i numerosi locali che in Scozia vendono questo tipico piatto scozzese, sono stati per tanti...
07/10/2012 11:53 pm
As you can see from the images, it was a pristine July day in Tuscany with not a cloud in the sky and temperatures up in the high 30s.
The Duomo in Barga Vecchia was the setting for a couple from Scotland who decided that Barga was the perfect place for their perfect wedding.
Just one look at the weather...
07/09/2012 11:05 am
At 10pm last night, a pall of suffocating heat hung in the nearly airless Carradini lecture hall at the Istituto Superiore d’Istruzione. A fair part of the audience was made up of fidgety pre-adolescents, on holiday in Barga with their families. The omens were not good – and they didn’t even take...
07/04/2012 10:46 am
Una triste notizia per tutta la comunità bargo-scozese ed anche per Barga. Nelle prime ore del 3 luglio scorso si è spento a Glasgow in Scozia lo scrittore di origini barghigiane Joe Pieri che aveva più di 90 anni.
Il caro amico Joe era, lo possiamo affermare senza dubbi, la memoria storica dell’emigrazione...
06/13/2012 3:49 pm
Scotland’s Diaspora Tapestry – A project to involve communities around the world in the celebration of Scottish heritage and culture.
A tapestry, to be created by volunteers in communities around the globe. It will be assembled and displayed in Scotland as part of the 2014 Homecoming celebrations.
Scots...