Infamous Scots. Madam Dora.
Dora Noyce (born Georgie Hunter Rae, 1900[–1977) was a Scottish brothel keeper (“madam”) based in Edinburgh. Early life Born Georgie Hunter Rae in Rose Street, Edinburgh,...
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29 September 2024
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Famous Scots. Frederick Walters.
Walters was born on 5 February 1849 at 6 South Terrace, Brompton, London, the son of the architect Frederick Page Walters—with...
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28 September 2024
Scotland and its History. Darien.
The Darien Scheme. Some have said: ‘The Darien Venture was the most ambitious colonial scheme attempted in the 17th century…...
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27 September 2024
Scottish Nobility. Duke of Lennox.
The title Duke of Lennox has been created several times in the peerage of Scotland, for Clan Stewart of Darnley. The dukedom, named for...
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26 September 2024
Worldwide Murder Mysteries. USA.
The Wonderland MurdersUSA. Photo credit: allthatsinteresting.com The Wonderland murders had sex, drugs, and lots of violence—the perfect recipe for one of...
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25 September 2024
Scottish Tartans. Aberdeen.
This is said to be one of the oldest of the tartans produced by Wilsons of Bannockburn and mentioned in...
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24 September 2024
Scottish Architecture. Cairn.
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the island of Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. The tomb, constructed around 3000 BC, is a Orkney–Cromarty chambered cairn,...
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23 September 2024
Scottish Antiques-Collectables. Glass.
These are rare and collectable Scottish beer glasses or goblets. They are a more squat shape – and being of...
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22 September 2024
The Broons. A bite tae eat.
The Broons going out for a bite tae eat at an Italian restaurant.
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21 September 2024
OOR WULLIE.POTTERY.
20 September 2024
Scottish Places of Interest. Theatre.
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre.Glasgow. Hundreds of carved figures and pieces of old scrap perform an incredible choreography to haunting music and...
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18 September 2024
My Poetry. Whispers of Flowers.
In the garden’s quiet hours,Softly bloom the tender flowers,Dressed in hues of dawn and dusk,Woven from the earth’s own musk....
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17 September 2024
Scotland and its History. Railway.
Rattling and screeching, the wooden waggon trundles down the track through fields and bushes towards the coast. Its heavy load...
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12 September 2024
Famous Scots.Tommy Douglas.
Voted “the Greatest Canadian” in 2004, the diminutive Tommy Douglas was in fact born in Scotland and spent most of...
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11 September 2024
Scottish Nobility. Marquess of Huntly.
Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly....
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10 September 2024
Scottish Places of Interest. The Necropolis.
The Necropolis, Glasgow’s Victorian City of the Dead, is a vast and grand cemetery modeled on Père-Lachaise in Paris. Described...
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7 September 2024
Worldwide Murder Mysteries. Wetterling.
Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped by a masked gunman while riding bikes with his brother and a friend in October 1989. Decades passed...
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6 September 2024
Scottish Tartans. Adair.
The name Adair originates in Renfrewshire when Thomas Edzear had a charter of the lands of Kildonan in the Rynes...
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5 September 2024
Scottish Places of Interest. Wellpark.
Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow is home to more than 450 years of brewing tradition and award winning beers. We’ve been...
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4 September 2024
The Broons Stair Wars.
3 September 2024
OOR WULLIE. STUDY.
2 September 2024
Scotland and its History. Unicorn.
The Unicorn, National Animal of Scotland The unicorn: a mystical beast, representing both purity and innocence, power and ferocity, adopted...
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1 September 2024