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A beautiful Scottish Victorian antique silver and agate brooch with a central amethyst. A typically Victorian brooch made around 1880...
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A beautiful Scottish Victorian antique silver and agate brooch with a central amethyst. A typically Victorian brooch made around 1880...
Julian Wagstaff (born 1970) is a Scottish composer of classical music, musical theatre and opera. Born in Edinburgh, Wagstaff originally studied German language and politics,...
Earl of Caithness is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and it has a very...
Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275) was Queen of Alba (Scotland) by marriage to King Alexander III. Life Margaret was...
The Broons on a day trip bumping into a clown and a werewolf. Facebook welcome.
The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village on the northeast coast of Mainland Orkney in Scotland overlooking Eynhallow Sound, about 15 miles north-west of Kirkwall. It once housed...
Ann Heron Gloag DBE (née Souter; born 10 December 1942) is a Scottish businesswoman, activist, and charity campaigner. She is co-founder of the transport...
Euphemia de Ross (1329–1386), a member of Clan Ross, was Queen of Scots as the second wife of Robert II of Scotland. Life Euphemia was...
Art enthusiasts hoping for a cultural experience beyond the traditional gallery setting shouldn’t miss this Glasgow street art excursion showcasing...
Earl of Crawford is one of the most ancient extant titles in Great Britain, having been created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1398...
Culross Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Culross, Scotland, headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Culross. Part of it is still used as the local...
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1901 and built in the attractive setting of Bellahouston Park in the 1990s, House...
The origin of the name Agnew is disputed, although it is likely to have been Norman, from the Agneaux or Aygnell...
A gentle word, a quiet grace,A smile that softens time and space.In hurried worlds where tempers rise,Civility is where peace...
There are currently two earldoms of Mar in the Peerage of Scotland, and the title has been created seven times. The first creation...
Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto, CBE, PC (15 March 1879 – 23 August 1959) was a Scottish businessman and later Governor of the...
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges, affecting millions of people worldwide. It often involves persistent worry,...
Oor Wullie and his team find some mannequins and strip them. Facebook welcome.
Toasting began as a method of prolonging the life of bread. It was initially toasted over open fires with tools to...
James Aaron Diamond (28 September 1951 – 8 October 2015) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top...
Self Pity. I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a...
Burns Night is annually celebrated in Scotland on or around January 25. It commemorates the life of the bard (poet) Robert Burns,...
St Andrew is Scotland’s patron saint, but who was he? What did he do that was so saintly? And how...
The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of...
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame after appearing as a contestant...
Marquess of Lothian is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, which was created in 1701 for Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian....
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1074–1130) or Matilda, was Queen of Alba as the wife of King David I. She was the great-niece of William the Conqueror and...
A red red rose. O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June;O my Luve is...
This cosy wee pub does what all good watering holes are supposed to, keeping you warm while offering a variety...
Sir James Wylie lived from 13 November 1768 to 2 March 1854. Born and brought up in Tulliallan, now effectively...
Grandpaw is getting niggled because dinner will be ready at half twelve. Facebook welcome.
Wullie is promoting the fish and chip man to his friend. Facebook welcome.
On February 25th, 1957, the body of a young boy was found inside of a cardboard box in the woods...
John William Arthur OBE (1881, Glasgow – 1952, Edinburgh) was a medical missionary and Church of Scotland minister who served in British East Africa (Kenya) from 1907 to 1937. He was...
Sybilla of Normandy (c. 1092 – 12 or 13 July 1122) was Queen of Alba as the wife of King Alexander I. Sybilla was...
The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land...
Gorgeously warm and homely quality Scottish Treen knife/cutlery box from late 19th Century to Early 20th. Made by hand with...