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Railway nostalgia, the world’s oldest football, fenland skies and a little-known bard are among the highlights of Crewe, Stirling, Boston and Barnstaple

OUR man this week, Gavin Douglas, was a makar, a medieval Scots poet. Sometimes, you’ll see the man of letters’ name spelled as Gawin of Gawain.…

Of all the institutions of the British State, the one most acutely alert to the issue of devolved power is the one at the very apex.

A SHETLAND poet has reflected on reading at the service of thanksgiving for King Charles II in Edinburgh on Wednesday. Christine De Luca read in front of the King as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales at the royal event at St Giles’ Cathedral. The poet, who now lives in...

First City of the World- Ur    Archaeologists have discovered evidences of an early occupation at Ur during the Ubaid period. These early levels were sealed off with a sterile deposit of soil that was interpreted by excavators of the 1920s as evidence for the Great Flood of the book of Genesis and Epic of Gilgamesh.…

Our wartime leader had planned the commemoration himself with military precision under the title Operation Hope Not. Like thousands of others joining a series of events across the United Kingdom, I, and my school, attended a service marking his passing. Like thousands of others joining a series of events across the United Kingdom, I, and my school, attended a service marking his passing The Boys Brigade, the Girl Guides, the Scouts and the Royal British Legion in my home town of Kirkcaldy paid ...

ONE of the most important documents in the history of Scotland, and especially the Highlands, has been bought for the nation.

The "highly significant" Chronicle of Fortingall is bought by the National Library of Scotland for £25,000.

A prized 16th Century manuscript written in Scots, Latin and Gaelic has been bought for the nation.

Our Aberdeen: Say cheers to city’s whisky heritage By Phil Astley, City Archivist 14/05/2021, 2:54 pm Updated: 14/05/2021, 5:02 pm May 15 is World Whisky Day when I, along with many others, will be indulging in a dram or two…responsibly, of course! Aberdeen has a remarkably long connection with whisky. Indeed, the earliest documented reference to a still for making “aqua vite” appears in an entry dated 20th June 1505 in volume 8 of the Aberdeen Burgh Registers. “Aqua vite” in...