Living by the Sword
Around 450 people from a Scottish island packed up their houses and sailed to New York province on the promise of a new lucrative life - but were to find themselves without homes or promised land after the shaky scheme to get them there went awry.
Living by the Sword
Whether you’re still a regular club-goer or prefer a quiet night in these days, you’re sure to have fond memories of some of Glasgow’s legendary nightclubs.
Living by the Sword
BBC Scotland chiefs have pledged that its new nightly news programme will be less formal and more conversational than traditional programmes - and say it will depict the world “through Scottish eyes.”
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These are the amazing pictures showing a Scottish sprout farmer getting ready for the big Christmas rush - as he harvests BILLIONS.
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Marc Almond and Jools Holland make odd but effective recording partners, while Mumford & Sons revisit old ground
Living by the Sword
The Talbot Rice Gallery is home to two shows offering a female response to gender inequality. By Susan Mansfield
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Middle England is a “Condition of England” novel, rather as James Robertson’s And The Land Lay Still was a “Condition of Scotland” one. It’s a familiar type of novel, dating back to the 1840s at least, to the novels of Disraeli, Elizabeth Gaskell, Dickens and, later, Trollope.
Living by the Sword
As demonstrated by the recently concluded Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which eight contemporary authors were invited to write novels inspired by some of the Bard’s best-loved plays, using an existing...
Living by the Sword
Scotland may be a small country but it is crammed full of activities which should make it on to everyone’s bucket list.
Living by the Sword
The 18th century Scottish doctor who discovered that citrus fruits could help treat scurvy is to be honoured in the nation’s latest gin.
Living by the Sword
Whether you were a regular on the club scene in the ’90s, a gig-fan in the ’80s or just an occasional party-goer back in your student days, you’ve no doubt frequented at least one or two of Edinburgh’s many nightclubs over the years.
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The season of goodwill is supposed to be almost upon us. But the dazzling displays of lights and attractions in Edinburgh city centre are masking growing rumblings of discontent.
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Some ancient cave paintings are not simply depictions of animals, but represent star constellations in the night sky, research from the University of Edinburgh suggests.
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Claire Fraser can’t stop smiling, Jamie Fraser can’t stop smiling and neither can young Ian Murray as the Outlander plot moves the family to their new land at Fraser’s Ridge in North Carolina.There is an air of domestic bliss as the three start felling trees...
Living by the Sword
Though it has been celebrated for close to 1,000 years, many Scots are still unclear on whether St Andrew’s Day is a public holiday or not.
