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Peace events will mark 30 years since Lockerbie bombing

A rider on a white horse will join young people, parents and grandparents and others, carrying the flags of the nations which lost people in...

Dance adaptation of The Mother set for debut

A thrilling dance adaptation based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Story of the Mother arrives for its debut in Edinburgh this weekend. Starring internationally acclaimed...
HMY Iolaire sank on January 1 1919

Prince Charles will pay his respects to the Iolaire lost

Prince Charles is to attend the centenary service to mark the 100th anniversary of Britain's worst peacetime disaster at sea. The Prince will attend the...

Glasgow panto to stage autistic friendly showing

Glasgow's King’s Theatre is to host a relaxed performance of its pantomime with the support of the National Autistic Society Scotland. The relaxed performance of...
Strike for Freedom: Slavery, Civil War and the Frederick Douglass Family is currently exhibiting in Scotland (Photo: Kevin Wells)

Frederick Douglass spoke on his abolition mission

Frederick Douglass, the pioneering abolitionist, former slave, writer, and the first African American to run for high office, had a relationship with Scotland long before...

The master of disguise in a leather mask

This mask is a relic of a bygone age, when outlawed convenanter Alexander Peden work a leather masic and wig to preach anonymously in Ayrshire....


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