Tag: History

Where is Ordeal by Innocence filmed? Behind-the-scenes at Ardgowan Estate

The Honest Truth: How doomed Scots tropical mission to colonise Darien led to the Act of Union

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Writer details history of 50 square miles of contested land that shaped Scotland

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Edinburgh crime-fighting superbike from 1930s up for sale

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Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Bisset? How master forger’s fakes helped win World War II

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Historian Simon Schama, the co-presenter of the BBC's new Civilisations series (Andrew Hayes-Watkins/PA Wire)

Simon Schama says BBC programme Civilisations was a ‘daunting’ challenge

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Graeme Macrae Burnet, Val McDermid and Abir Mukherjee are travelling to Kolkata for the literary festival (Getty Images/iStock)

Crime writers Abir Mukherjee and Graeme Macrae Burnet on bringing tartan noir to Kolkata with Val McDermid

The cast of 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War (Jassy Earl Photography )

From a small town in Scotland to Spain: New play tells untold story of four miners who fought in civil war

The man with x-ray vision: Forgotten genius of sound and film saved thousands of lives

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Camp diaries reveal amazing bravery of the teenage sailor who became the youngest prisoner of war

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The face of a 17th century Scottish soldier, reconstructed from his skull using sophisticated technology (Face Lab LJMU/PA)

Face of 17th century Scottish soldier revealed by latest digital technology

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