Infamous Scots. Lord Lovat.
Lord Lovat (Scottish Gaelic: Mac Shimidh) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for Hugh Fraser. The holder is also the Chief of Clan Fraser of...
Scottish Towns and Cities. Cambuslang.
Cambuslang /ˈkæmbəsˈlæŋ/ ( listen) (Scots: Cammuslang, from Scottish Gaelic: Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by...
Scottish Architecture. Vernacular.
Scottish Vernacular Architecture refers to the smaller, traditional buildings which were built to accommodate the local needs and circumstances of their inhabitants. Their form was dictated...
My Poetry. The Memory.
An old man rested on the vandalised bench, His mind wandering back to his time in the trench, Battering, pounding, screaming and death, Was all he...
Infamous Scots. Roderick-Edward-Maclean.
Roderick Edward Maclean (c. 1854 – 8 June 1921) was a Scotsman who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria on 2 March 1882, at Windsor, England, with a pistol. This was the last of...
Scottish Architecture. New Lanark.
New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from Lanark, in Lanarkshire, and some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of...
Famous Scots. Robert Aitken.
Robert Aitken (1734–1802) was a Philadelphia printer and the first to publish an English language Bible in the newly formed United States. He was born in...
Scottish places of Interest. I.H.
This list of Inner Hebrides summarises a chain of islands and skerries located off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are 36 inhabited islands in this archipelago, of which Islay, Mull and Skye are the largest and...
Scottish Mysteries. (Arm).
The Aberdeen Harbour Arm, 1945. Collecting driftwood along the coastline at the entrance to Aberdeen’s busy harbour, a local man spotted something white gleaming amongst the...
William Sinclair Manson