tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282611864997299480.post1506038926794268042..comments2022-01-04T10:05:15.609+00:00Comments on Landscape, self and others: Of English students and Scottish history...Jenny Blainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594307535164059232noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282611864997299480.post-3839120376801090152014-11-26T17:50:12.541+00:002014-11-26T17:50:12.541+00:00A Facebook friend challenged me on the above post,...A Facebook friend challenged me on the above post, saying quite rightly that every place has its own history and questioning 'Scotland' and 'England'. My responses are repeated below...<br /><br />(JB) Yes indeed, xxx, every place has its history, all different and all shaping what they are today. However the histories of 'England' and 'Scotland' are as distinct as the histories of 'France' and 'Spain' - with each of these contested - whereas the histories of, say, 'Angus' and Fife' each refer back to a distinctly Scottish context (while contesting and challenging that) whereas the histories of 'Yorkshire' and 'Lancashire' (challenging each other and their English context) do not refer back to a Scottish context other than peripherally. Do you see what I'm meaning here?<br /><br />Put another way, and thinking about my 'native town' and that of my parents - Dundee and Glasgow have different trajectories through Scotland's history, but they are both very certainly Scottish cities - and each with different relationships to their overseas trading connections over long centuries. But they are both decidedly 'Scottish' and understandable each to the other, although the accents and indeed dialects differ.Jenny Blainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594307535164059232noreply@blogger.com