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Introducing the History Scotland Lectures
Kelly Anderson reports on the inaugural History Scotland lecture, held in Dundee on 24 April, the text of which is published on page 36
Our Linen Stories
The bleach fields and retting waters of Scotland are an often forgotten legacy of the once-mighty flax and linen industries that blossomed in the 18th and 19th centuries, writes Matthew Shelley
THE LAST HEPBURNS OF SMEATON HEPBURN
David Affleck introduces an exhibition which uses historic artefacts to tell the story of a family at the heart of East Lothian history, whose achievements included involvement in 18th- and 19th-century agricultural reform and the creation of Logan Botanic Garden
RHYMING POLITICS: THE PEOPLE’S VOICE
The People’s Voice project explores the role played by poetry and song in campaigns for the extension of the electoral franchise, between 1832 and 1918. By Dr Catriona M.M. Macdonald
FEATURES
UNCOVERING STORIES OF MILITARY COLLECTING
Nicole Hartwell tells the story of a delicatelyembroidered Indian textile whose appearance is at odds with the tumultuous and bloody period of British Indian history to which it is connected
THE JEWEL OF 16TH-CENTURY SCOTLAND
A new digital reconstruction of the cathedral of St Andrews shows the lost splendour of this religious building and its surroundings just before the site was destroyed during the reformation.
ANNABELLA DRUMMOND THE PATIENT QUEEN
In the second instalment of her ground-breaking series, Dr Amy Hayes tells the story of Annabella Drummond, wife of Robert III, who in a relatively short reign of eleven years provided an early blueprint for active, successful queenship
SCOTTISH PRINTER MIGRATION in the Victorian world
David Finkelstein follows the trail of the Scots-born printers and compositors who crossed borders to take their skills around the world, finding themselves in particular demand in newly-settled towns, where they helped keep the populace informed during times of growth and change
NEW HERITAGE TRAIL
Take a step back into the early days of the Scottish Enlightenment in Edinburgh. By Murray Pittock and Craig Lamont
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS
DIGGING BENEATH THE STREETS OF INVERNESS
Mary Peteranna and Lindsey Stirling of AOC Archaeology report on recent work carried out as part of the River Ness Flood Alleviation scheme, which revealed the remains of buildings beneath the city streets which were thought to have been lost forever
COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY TEAM UNCOVERS POSSIBLE
Archaeology volunteers around Thurso in the Highlands were invited to take part in a recent archaeology event at the Caithness Broch festival, and were delighted to discover signs of what may be a previously unknown prehistoric settlement
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‘WHAT I PROPOSE DOING WITH THE PEOPLE? I SAY – NOTHING’
Neil M. Bruce explores the reaction of the press to the appearance on the Scottish mainland of refugees from Barra, who arrived in 1850 in an effort to the escape the effects of potato famine and who found themselves at the centre of a complex and shifting media narrative
Who were the Jacobites and what did they want for Scotland?
Professor Murray Pittock and Professor Christopher Whatley debate the nature of Jacobitism in 18th-century Scotland, discussing what the Jacobite vision for Scotland was and how it compared to the competing ambitions of Scotland’s Whigs, who supported the exclusion of the Jacobite claimants. This article is based on the first History Scotland Lecture, delivered in Dundee on 24 April 2018
REGULARS… IN EVERY ISSUE
Force-feeding: punishment or treatment?
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Gail Jack explores an autobiographical account of one woman’s experience as a Land Girl
Medieval St Andrews
Victoria Hodgson enjoys a fresh contribution to the historiography of medieval St Andrews
DISCOVERING DIVERSE DUNDEE
Ahead of the opening of the new V&A, Neil McLennan visits Dundee to explore the lesser-known historic gems that await both first-time visitors and those returning to the city
DIARY DATES Get into buildings this autumn!
Doors Open Days is an annual festival which runs throughout
READING THE WILL
In our new series, exploring the nation’s history through art, we study the painting Reading the Will by William Home Lizars, in which the artist presents the complexities of human nature through the work’s incredible detail
Sporting ancestors
Ken Nisbet takes a look at the resources you can use to find out more about your ancestor’s sporting activities, from cricket to Highland games
Treasures of the SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
In the first instalment of a new series about the rich body of primary-source material published by the Scottish History Society, Annie Tindley explores a seminal collection of Jacobite papers edited by Henry Paton at the end of the 19th century
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