Tag: National Library of Scotland

New Robert Burns museum features cast of Bard’s skull

By Oliver Farrimond A NEW £21 million museum celebrating the life of Robert Burns is set to open in Alloway on 1 December this year. The...

Scotland's hidden photographic treasures go online

By Michael MacLeod A HUGE slice of Scottish photographic history has been uploaded onto the internet in a bid to share the nation’s history...

Donald Trump makes his way into Scottish golf history

By Christine Lavelle SOME of the oldest golfing relics on earth are set to be unveiled at an exhibition illustrating 500 years of the...

Host of Scottish treasures unearthed at renovated National Library

By Rory Reynolds A HANDWRITTEN Robert Burns poem worth £30,000 is to be displayed for the first time alongside some of Scotland’s most treasured artifacts. The...

Library and Historic Scotland staff take a decade’s worth of stress leave

By Oliver Farrimond STAFF at two of Scotland’s sleepiest government bodies have taken almost 10 years of time off since the beginning of 2008 -...

Edinburgh tram chaos revealed to be 100 years old

By Oliver Farrimond EDINBURGH’s hellish tram system has been a thorn in the side of the Capital’s motorists for more than 100 years, according to...

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