Culture
Burke and Hare – the notorious murderers
Burke and Hare were Scotland’s most notorious murderers, but their crimes fed the demand for corpses at Edinburgh’s medical schools. At just after eight o’clock...
Detective solving a murder crime back in time
Seventeenth-century detective duo MacKenzie and Scougall are asked by a Highland clan to solve a case, after a young lawyer’s body is found near Edinburgh....
Scots’ lunar legacy is celebrated fifty years on
Fifty years ago, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out onto the surface of the moon. However, few people know that without Scottish ingenuity,...
The bravery and sacrifice of brave Scot Jane Haining
The true story of Scottish heroine Jane Haining is a truly harrowing one. As matron of a Hungarian residential school that housed Jewish orphans, Jane...
