History Scotland winter talks programme revealed

Meeting the challenges of COASTAL EROSION

As the world awaits the outcomes of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Tom Dawson, director of SCAPE, explains how the issue of coastal erosion has been tackled over he past few decades – and what plans are in place to meet the coming challenges

HERITAGE PROJECTS AWARDED £240,000 FUNDING

A historic Tolbooth steeple in Fife and a 17th-century A-listed house in Bannockburn are among the projects recently awarded funding from Historic Environment Scotland (HES)

Historic Aberlour Children’s Charity records available to researchers for the f irst time

The University of Stirling is to archive more than a century’s worth of records from Aberlour Children’s Charity – making the historic documents available online

Online exhibition explores the dark histor y of witchcraft

A new student-led exhibition explores 200 years of suspicions and actions that fuelled the myths we associate with witchcraft today

HISTORY SCOTL AND AND THE HISTORY OF SCOTL AND

A Retrospective

KIRKCALDY IN 50 OBJECTS

A new project is celebrating the history of Kirkcaldy, as the town’s civic society approaches its 50th anniversary, writes Alan Westwater of Kirkcaldy Civic Society

TRAMS TO NEWHAVEN

John Lawson, archaeology officer at City of Edinburgh Council, reflects on how the last eighteen months have affected a major archaeology project in Leith and Edinburgh

Tenants and highlanders

Life in early 19thcentury Inverlael

THE PLUSC ARDEN RISING WAR IN THE HIGHL ANDS IN 1649

The Pluscarden rising of 1649 is little-known, and when studied is often dismissed as a mere flair-up of conventional highland feuding. But the situation was in fact rather more complex, and offers fascinating insights into the decision-making processes of those caught up in the mid-17thcentury Civil Wars. Dr Graham Watson explains

SIR WALTER SCOTT OF ABBOTSFORD

AND THE ENIGMA OF HIS ‘MOOR PROPER’ HERALDIC SUPPORTER

IN THE SHADOW OF NEVILLE’S CROSS (13 46-57)

In the final instalment of his series on the Second War of Independence, Dr Iain A. Macinnes recounts the final phase of the war, beginning with the Scots’ disastrous defeat at the battle of Neville’s Cross in 1346 and ending with the Treaty of Berwick in 1357

GOVERNMENT, REPRESENTATION AND THE SCOTTISH PRIVY COUNCIL PROJECT

Dr Alastair Mann introduces a major new research project focused on the development and activities of the Scottish privy council from 1692 to 1708 –a project that aims to open up the reigns of William II, Mary II and Anne for greater scrutiny than ever before

FALLEN GIANTS: SCOTLAND’S INDUSTRIAL TALL CHIMNEYS

Dr Moses Jenkins explores the golden age of

EXPLORING THE MULTIPLE VALUES A SSOCIATED WITH HISTORIC PL ACES

Elizabeth Robson shares recent research on understanding and evidencing the ‘social values’ of historic environments to present-day communities and introduces new practitioner guidance developed based on the findings

STORY OF A STREET

Plaques on residential buildings that provide brief details about a significant individual or a notable event engage our interest. Barclay Price has produced what is, in essence, a website plaque for an entire Edinburgh street, with details on almost every resident of Albany Street since 1801

HISTORY SCOTLAND AT 20 PERSONAL PICK

Our consultant editor, Dr Allan Kennedy, presents his personal pick of the seven best, most interesting, or most resonant articles published in History Scotland since 2001

THE SCOTTISH LADIES SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING EDUCATION IN GREECE: PHILANTHROPY AND EMPIRE IN THE ‘ATHENS OF THE NORTH’

Dr Alasdair Grant explores the involvement of Scottish women in the struggle for Greek independence, with the creation of an Edinburgh society that offered aid through the medium of education

A MIDDLE-CLASS MURDER

Veronica Schreuder tells the story of a murder that was the talk of 1870s Edinburgh, when a French-born teacher poisoned his young wife after a campaign of abuse and sinister threats

BOOK REVIEWS

Explore a selection of digital history guides in

DIARY DATES

ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO ENJOY FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, PLUS SELECTED ON-SITE EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY

How do I use old parish registers?

In the latest instalment of his family history series, Ken Nisbet explains how to use old parish registers to follow your ancestors through major life events, and looks at where these registers can be found

THE 1707 UNION behind the scenes

Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams presents 2 volumes of letters that provide an insight into the thoughts of James Ogilvy, 1st earl of Seafield – the man who formally signed the 1707 Act of Union

FINAL WORD

Lain Hawkins of National Trust for Scotland talks to History Scotland about the re-opening of House of Dun, an A-listed Angus mansion designed in 1743 by William Adam

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