Tag: Proud Scot

  • Peedie Schools, or do Orcadians suffer from the Scottish cringe?

    Peedie Schools, or do Orcadians suffer from the Scottish cringe?

    Do Orcadians suffer from the ‘Scottish cringe’? This cartoon was produced to accompany an article called “Peedie Schools for Creative Learning” by Fiona Grahame, about schooling in Orkney. It appears in the October 2017 edition of iScot magazine. Being from Kirkwall, it is not easy to imagine what the experience of growing up on one…