The Old Edinburgh Club draws our attention to what happened in the capital in years and centuries gone by. Day Event 1st: In 1918, Dame Muriel Spark (author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) was born ...

Writer Val McDermid has spoken passionately about the impact of libraries on her young life as she launched the centenary celebrations of National Library of Scotland (NLS). The author was in ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

A LETTER penned by Mary Queen of Scots six hours before her death is to go on display in Perth. The Scottish monarch wrote the handwritten letter at 2am in Fotheringhay Castle, England, in 1587 as she ...

Work is under way to try and save an ancient sycamore tree in Glasgow after it was destroyed by Storm Eowyn. Half of the ...

AN update has been issued on the future of the historic Darnley Sycamore which was damaged during Storm Eowyn last week.

The letter is on the move as part of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations. Written six hours before she was led to her death, the last letter penned by Mary Queen of Scots is now ...

It comes after Storm Éowyn left the ancient Glaswegian badly stricken and missing major branches after winds of up to 90mph hit the city on Friday,4.

The BBC show has caused a 60 per cent surge in people searching for castle holidays, according to new research ...