Edinburghs oldest Buildings.
3. The Magdalen Chapel, Cowgate. Just to the east of the Grassmarket at the start of the Cowgate stands the quaint Magdalen Chapel. The chapel was...
Famous Scots. Thomas Reid.
Thomas Reid FRSE (/riːd/; 7 May (O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher. He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common...
Infamous Scots. Thomas Watt Hamilton.
WARNING CONTAINS SENSITIVE MATERIAL. The Dunblane massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, on 13 March 1996, when Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 pupils and one...
Scottish Antiques and Collectables.
Large size Scottish Wemyss “Lady Eva” pattern flower vase in the famous cabbage roses design. This is a lovely vase and is very nicely painted all...
Edinburghs Oldest Buildings.
8. St Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh Castle. Thought to have been completed in 1130 by King David in honour of his mother, Queen Margaret, St Margaret’s Chapel...
Scottish bands and Singers.
Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. Nutini’s debut album, These Streets (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its...
Scottish foods and drinks.
Mince and Tatties. Mince is the British name for ground meat, and it usually refers to beef. If you’ve ever been to England or Scotland, you...
Scottish Cities and Towns. Armadale.
Armadale in West Lothian developed in the 19th century as a mining town with coal and ironstone and quarrying of limestone and brick clay. The town...
Kings-Queens of Scotland.
William III, also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death...
William Sinclair Manson