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Early Victorian Scottish yellow pine spice drawer dresser. Five-spice drawers above three central drawers above two cupboards with a central...
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Early Victorian Scottish yellow pine spice drawer dresser. Five-spice drawers above three central drawers above two cupboards with a central...
TATTIE SOUP. Scottish Potato Soup, otherwise known as Tattie Soup, is a heart-warmingly delicious but simple recipe that is perfect...
The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire. English...
Elgin (/ˈɛlɡɪn/; Scots: Ailgin; Scottish Gaelic: Eilginn, IPA: [ˈel(e)kʲɪɲ]) is a town (former cathedral city) and formerly a Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray....
The influence of the Renaissance on Scottish architecture has been seen as occurring in two distinct phases. The selective use...
Scottish Steak Pie is THE dish to have on New Year’s Day. Who knew? Well, not us, until we saw...
The Cairngorms is the UK’s largest national park (twice the size of the Lake District), reaching from Aviemore in the...
Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, (d. 1612) was a Scottish peer executed for the murder of a fencing...
Alexander Grant – founder of National Library of Scotland Born the son of a railway guard in Forres, 1864. Grant...
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union,...
DROP SCONES. Drop Scones, Scottish pancakes, Scotch Pancakes, or even Pikelets; whatever you call them, these little fluffy circles of...
Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling… it’s little wonder that Talisk rank highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to...
Dear friends, a very good and close friend of mine, who wrote this poem sadly passed away a few days...
Opened in 1890, the Forth Bridge is a Scottish icon that is recognised the world over as the most famous...
The Battle of Roslin on 24 February 1303 was a Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence. It took place near...
The Romans struggled to hold onto even a small part of Scotland. Rome first invaded Britain in 55 BC and...
Celtic Knot Band Ring -Solid Pictish Knot – Scottish Engagement Wedding Jewellery Design Scotland Edinburgh – hallmarked 925 Sterling Silver.
People of Scotland. Ethnic groups. For many centuries continual strife characterized relations between the Celtic Scots of the Highlands and the western islands and the Anglo-Saxons of the Lowlands. Only...
East Lothian (/ˈloʊðiən/; Scots: East Lowden; Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy...
Alexander Aikman (23 June 1755 – 6 July 1838) was a Scottish printer, newspaper publisher, planter, and member of Jamaica’s House of Assembly. From...
Born as a child alone who could not find a friend? parents who worked too hard Alice was left to...
Euphame MacCalzean (born before 1558, died 25 June 1591 in Edinburgh) was burnt to death as a result of the North Berwick witch trials of...
britannia’s timeline Britannia was the first Royal Yacht to be built with complete ocean-going capacity and designed as a Royal...
Andrew Stewart MBE (30 December 1933 – 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer entertainer and songwriter. He presented the BBC TV variety show The White...