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A historic weapon goes on show for first time

A hunting rifle gifted by Queen Victoria to her loyal servant John Brown has been acquired by National Museums Scotland. The rifle will go on...
Queen's Park in 1898 (Photo: The Scottish Football Museum)

Scotland’s global gift to the world is football

Along with the telephone, penicillin and whisky, Scots also gave the world the beautiful game - football. No other nation of Scotland’s size has left...

The life and loves of Sir Kenneth Calman

Sir Kenneth Calman is a former chairman of the National Trust for Scotland, the father of comedienne daughter Susan, and has a passion for Scottish...

A mystery as the Clearances take hold on Skye

Anna Mazzola sets a dark and gothic scene in The Story Keeper, a period novel which explores multiple plot lines that weave together to form...
Cowboy 1

Scots inspired the kings of the wild frontier

Displaced Highlanders and reivers-turned-drovers created the all-American cowboy, gifting him his cattle-herding skills, outsider status and, best of all, his campfire songs . Pearl Zane...

A handy guide to bagging Scotland’s munros

For anyone with an interest in Scotland’s peaks, Max Landsberg takes the reader along with him as he makes his way up and down each...


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