Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… continued to battle and travelled to Serbia where she set up the first Scottish Women’s … Elsie was given her place in history as a great female role model. …
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The Sunday Times – UK
… we came upon Balmoral, where Nicholas and Alexandra had visited; and then there was a scene with a hazy sort of sky, and it was Edinburgh seen from Leith.”. …
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Next week, Burns Night will be celebrated with a fervour Sassenachs find bewildering. But whisky, haggis and unreadable poetry aren’t Scotland’s only exports. Adrian Turpin on how one country changed the world
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The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… next year their responses – in the form of the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women, and an accompanying book called Gender in Scottish History – are due …
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Reuters – UK
LONDON (Reuters) – He was a Scottish professional golfer in the 19th century but he … is credited with having foreseen many of the key events in history from the …
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DAVID HARDIE
THE Hibernian Historical Trust today appealed for “anything and everything” connected with the Easter Road club as they attempt to stage a “timeline” exhibition tracing the Leith outfit’s 130-year history.
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An e-petition was launched today on the Scottish Parliament’s website to urge the Executive to act to save priceless artefacts relating to the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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Unfortunately the book, Leith at Random, has been completely sold out. However the book may be re-issued later in the year according to the author David Valentine. Should this happen it will be re-advertised through this site. Can I suggest that if it is re-issued it will go very quickly. So as soon as it is re- issued please get your orders in as fast as possible to avoid disappointment.
John Arthur (Editor)
The Herald – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
… known in his home country, and at the time of his death Scottish newspapers assumed he … in the figure of Aitken when she was studying the history of Portsmouth …
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ADRIAN MATHER
FOR decades they were the most common mode of transport on the Capital’s streets. Affordable, comfortable and, unlike modern trains and buses, usually running on time, Edinburgh’s trams were an everyday sight.
From their early horse-drawn origins to the motorised carriages of their heyday in the 1950s, the trams carried hundreds of thousands of passengers from all across the Capital – taking them along city-centre routes such as Princes Street and The Mound, as well as to Leith and Portobello.
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