Edinburghs oldest Buildings.
7. Riddle’s Court, Royal Mile. A hidden gem dating back to the 1590s, Riddle’s Court is a picturesque Category A-listed merchant’s tenement situated on the Royal...
Infamous Scots. Walter Stewart.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Strathearn and Caithness (c. 1360 – 26 March 1437) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert II of Scotland. Stewart advocated for...
Famous Scots. Kenneth Grahame.
Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer famous for his stories ‘The Wind in the Willows‘ (1908) and the ‘Reluctant Dragon’. Grahame was born in Edinburgh, Scotland...
Edinburghs oldest Buildings.
6. Croft-An-Righ, Abbeyhill, Holyrood. In Edinburgh, there is a small area adjacent to Holyrood Palace referred to on street signs as Croft-an-Righ. On the face of...
Scotland in the 20th Century.
Douglas Haig and Ferdinand Foch inspecting the Gordon Highlanders, 1918. Scotland played a major role in the British effort in the First World War. It especially provided manpower, ships, machinery, fish and money. With...
Edinburghs oldest Buildings.
Scottish Architecture. Founded in the 12th century, St Giles’ Cathedral can be considered one of Edinburgh’s oldest buildings. In its early days, St Giles’ was just...
Scottish Battles. Siege of Berwick (1318)
The siege of Berwick was an event in the First War of Scottish Independence which took place in April 1318. Sir James Douglas, Lord of Douglas took the town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed from...
William Sinclair Manson