Pieces of the prized British relic were chipped off during an 1950 heist. Now people are coming forward with those ...

No matter how good AI gets in the future, we will always need historians like Murray Pittock to help illuminate our past, ...

A new examination of a pre-industrial Scottish natural history book gives a new understanding of post-industrial environmental change in the country. In a new paper published in the Royal Society ...

In Scotland, New Year's Eve is known as Hogmanay and involves several fun traditions. The holiday dates back to the 1600s, when Christmas was made illegal throughout the country. In Scotland, it's ...

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One of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in Scotland, Falkland Palace was adored by Mary, Queen of Scots. It’s the result of the vision of James IV and his son James V who, in the early ...

How much do you really know about the history of the United Kingdom? What passes for “British history” is, all too often, merely the history of England with bits of the histories of Scotland, Wales ...