SCOTLAND is a wonderful and unique place. Its majestic mountains and dramatic seascapes thrill the heart and capture the imagination.
However, the imaginations of some have attributed unique wonders to this land that those in the mainstream would shy away from. for more click here
The earliest record of Scottish gunmakers dates from the first quarter of the 16th century and we find them making “dags” or pistols and “hagbuts” or long guns. The gunmakers of Scotland made firearms of a distinct and unusual character and this individuality persisted into the age of modern sporting guns. for more click here
Scotland’s first newspaper, Mercurius Scoticus, was published in 1651, and although no mention is made the printer or where it was printed, it is thought that it was produced in Leith. It was a weekly publication running to eight pages, and contained news which was obtained from London. Within a year, this paper had given way to a newspaper which was published in London, but reprinted in Leith, and this was followed shortly afterwards by the Mercurius Politicus, which was printed in Leith for Scottish consumption until 1655, when it was reprinted in Edinburgh
Source-The Scottish Printing Archival Trust
IT’S WEDNESDAY, AND somewhere near you, an “entirely new” assessment of Mary Queen of Scots is sure to be taking place. For Londoners, there’s the latest production of Schiller’s Mary Stuart, directed by Phillyda Lloyd, which has just opened at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, Covent Garden. Italian music lovers can chase new performances of Donizetti’s opera. And for intrepid tourists there will be the guidebook footnotes to almost any Scottish castle home noting that Mary Queen of Scots, fled, slept, danced or plotted therein. “The patron saint of the Scottish heritage industry” as The Scotsman once described her.for more click here
KNOWN best among economists and philosophers who learned about him – and directly from him – in university, Adam Smith was one of the most influential members of the Scottish Enlightenment of the mid to late 18th century. His writings, some nearly 250 years old, are the basis for what is today’s marketplace economy.for more click here
A DEDICATED socialist and pacifist, Peter Ritchie Calder was one of the most unlikely people to head up part of a secret government wartime department.
The Scots-born journalist wrote with a left-wing tone when covering the London Blitz, words powerful enough to draw the attention from the higher echelons of the Churchill government. It didn’t take long before he was “kidnapped” by the government and transformed into one of the leading figures in its secretive propaganda unit known as the Political Warfare Executive. for more click here
ALEX Arthur hopes to become only the 15th Scottish boxer to become a European champion since the titles were instituted in 1909. If the 27-year-old can dethrone Boris Sinitsin at Meadowbank tonight, he will also become the fifth fighter from Edinburgh to earn the right to call himself the best in Europe. for more click here
The importance of a football club to the community in which it exists has always been a major factor in the very development of the sport around the world. A glance through many of the names of those clubs that can now point to long and illustrious histories will show instantly identifiable links with a local village, town or city, a clear indication of where and to whom their roots belong. What is perhaps not quite so common are those football clubs formed not just to honour or serve their own local community, but also to recognise a completely separate nationality. for more click here
1881 Census: Residents of South Leith Poorhouse, Edinburgh.for more click here
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