Scotland and its History. Scotland Yard.
What You Didn’t Know About Scotland Yard By Karen Harris Scotland Yard Motorcycle Patrols in 1955. Source: (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) The name Scotland...
My Poetry. If I were an Animal.
If I were an animal I would like to be either a Lion, Tiger, or chimpanzee. I would climb tall trees to get away or run...
Scottish Cities and Towns. (Falkirk)
Falkirk (/ˈfɔːlkɜːrk/ Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Bhreac, Scots: Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, 23.3 miles (37.5 km) north-west...
Infamous Scots. Susan Newell.
Background. Susan Newell was born in 1893 and had lived a hard life in constant poverty. In June 1923, she was living in a rented flat...
My Poetry. Intimate Torture.
Can I escape my wildest torture? when barbed wire stops me running there seems no way out of this place this devil is really cunning. He...
Infamous Scots. Johnny Ramensky.
Johnny Ramensky MM, also known as John Ramsay, Gentleman Johnny, and Gentle Johnny (6 April 1905 – 4 November 1972) was a Scottish career criminal who...
My Poetry. Dear old Bess.
Dear old Bess was made to rock Done three times round the mileage clock Squeals and grinding bouncing high breezing round corners trying to fly. Moving...
Famous Scots. J.M BARRIE.
James Matthew Barrie (later Sir James Matthew Barrie) was born on 9 May 1860 at 9 Brechin Road, Kirriemuir. He was the ninth child of ten...
Infamous Scots. Gregor Macgregor.
General “Sir” Gregor MacGregor, Prince of the Principality of Poyais, lived from 24 December 1786 to 3 December 1845. He was a conman who persuaded many...
Infamous Scots. William Armstrong.
William Armstrong of Kinmont or Kinmont Willie was a Scottish border reiver and outlaw active in the Anglo-Scottish Border country in the last decades of the 16th century. He lived at the Tower of Sark, close...
William Sinclair Manson