Category — History
Search for Columba’s monastery
Archaeologists are hoping to find the exact location of the original monastery built by St Columba when he arrived in
Why Iris Robinson deserves little sympathy
Just when we had begun to think that Northern Ireland’s Unionists really were as British as they claim, along comes
Stirling’s Chapel Royal is ‘replica’ of King Solomon’s Temple
A tiny chapel in the centre of Stirling’s old town has been revealed as a replica of Solomon’s Temple —
Don’t knock the Knox
This is a significant year for John Knox, writes Ed McCracken. It is 450 years since the Scottish Reformation, when
Iain Nicolson
Obituary of Iain Nicolson, wartime RAF navigator, businessman, prison and parole board volunteer; born 10 March, 1923, in Glasgow; died
Scotland’s oldest book goes on public display for first time
Scotland’s oldest book, which dates to the 11th century, is go on public display for the first time, it was
Scotland ‘largely pagan country’
Professor A Dewar Gibb of Glasgow University, speaking in a broadcast discussion last night, said he regarded Scotland as "a
Charles Walker: Civil engineer and Eric Liddell devotee
Charles Walker, who has died aged 65 from cancer, identified the unmarked grave of Eric Liddell in northern China.
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Jesus may have visited UK
A new film suggests that Jesus may have come to Britain, as described in the hymn Jerusalem.
The documentary, And Did
Rosslyn Chapel: Raising the roof
More than 100,000 visitors flock every year to Rosslyn Chapel, just outside Edinburgh, intrigued by tales of its mysterious carvings