Tag: History

Fleming tops poll of most important Scots in history

SIR Alexander Fleming has emerged as the most important figure in Scotland’s history, easily beating off competition from the likes of William Wallace, Alexander...

Vikings played board games in afterlife

ORKNEY Vikings were buried with board games - to make sure they were entertained in the afterlife rather than returning to haunt the living. The...

Gladstone’s highland home on sale for £9.3m

THE ancestral Highland estate where one of Britain’s best-known Prime Ministers took refuge from the trials of office has come on the market for...

Amazing underwater pictures of the grave of Lord Kitchener

REMARKABLE pictures have emerged of the underwater grave of Lord Kitchener and 736 other men who perished when their warship hit a mine 100...

Castle once owned by world’s first firearm assassin up for sale

THE ruins of a castle which once belonged to a Scot who carried out the world's first documented assassination by firearm have gone on...

Remarkable images show how bagpipes depicted in art throught history

REMARKABLE images have emerged of the weird and wonderful way bagpipes have been depicted in art throughout history - including as genitalia, a self-playing...

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