Living by the Sword
The gravestone in St John’s graveyard, Princes St, Edinburgh, memorialises Malvina Wells as faithful servant and friend to a prominent family in the capital for more than 70 years.
Living by the Sword
Perthshire woman Christina Smith became known as the ‘white woman’ after arriving in south east Australia in 1845.
Living by the Sword
The first pieces of a pioneering plan to save Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s domestic masterpiece from the driving West Coast wind and rain have been put in place with work now underway on the giant chainmail ‘box’ that will protect the property from the elements.
Living by the Sword
John Buchan was a prodigious writer who produced biographies, a multi-volume history of the First World War and 29 novels, five of them featuring Richard Hannay, most famously The Thirty-Nine Steps. Castle...
Living by the Sword
A row has erupted over plans to create Edinburgh’s first new concert hall for more a century after backing was won from the body responsible for safeguarding the city’s world heritage status – in the face of protests from a firm behind a £1 billion shopping and leisure complex on its doorstep.
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Amid fears a growing sense of disillusionment about Brexit could fuel the rise of the populist Right, Bill Jamieson has been taking refuge in live performances of Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Die Walkure screened at his local cinema – even though the musicians cannot hear his applause.
Living by the Sword
A row has erupted over plans to create Edinburgh’s first new concert hall for more a century after backing was won from the body responsible for safeguarding the city’s world heritage status – in the face of protests from a firm behind a £1 billion shopping and leisure complex on its doorstep.
Living by the Sword
A multi-million pound transformation of one of Edinburgh’s most prominent landmarks was unveiled yesterday, 200 years after it was originally opened.
Living by the Sword
Scotland’s ski resorts may be smaller than those in the Alps and the Rockies, but they offer most of the same basic ingredients: lifts to get you up the mountain, pistes to slide around on and somewhere warm and dry to enjoy a medicinal drink afterwards.
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Scotland’s highest mountains are synonymous with the man who listed them in the late 19th Century - the celebrated Sir Hugh Munro.
Living by the Sword
Scotland’s highest mountains are synonymous with the man who listed them in the late 19th Century - the celebrated Sir High Munro.
Living by the Sword
To mark Book Week Scotland 2018 and the 550th anniversary of the death of Johannes Gutenberg, the National Library of Scotland’s copy of the Gutenberg Bible – the only one in public ownership in Scotland – is being put on display on Thursday.
Living by the Sword
I tend of think of Jonathan Franzen as being younger than he is. This may be partly because he has written only five novels. All the same, it’s a surprise to think that he will be 60 next year. His novels are good...
Living by the Sword
Rail’s loss has been cyclists’ – and walkers’ – gain. Spectacular bike routes have been created on old lines, and Anthony Lambert’s book highlights how this has become a successful phenomenon across the world.
Living by the Sword
A multi-million pound transformation of one of Edinburgh’s most prominent landmarks was unveiled today - exactly 200 years after it was originally opened.
