THE FORTH BRIDGE AND WILLIAM ARROL

FROM THE EDITOR

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New appointments

Ian Russell Ian Russell has been announced as

Re-live past travels and help monitor monuments

Map of participating sites The project aims to

WHAT’S THE STORY OF YOUR STREET?

CLICK HERE TO WATCH Neil Mclennan, presenter of

SCOTLAND’S PHOTOGRAPH HALBUM: Exploring the Mackinnon Collection

Amassed by collector Murray Mackinnon, they show a

EDINBURGH FROM CALTON HILL

Exploring history through art in association with National

Facets of life in the Central Middle Ages

Northern England an d Southern S cotland in

The influence of the King Over the Water

Th e King Over the Water: A Complete

The realities of island life

Pabay: An Island Odyssey Christopher Whatley Birlinn, 2019

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Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide By

...THE MAID OF NORWAY

Stained glass window in Lerwick town hall showing

Family history at home

This article was written at the start of

Spotlight on...

Replica of the Pittentian timber monument, part of

A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO KINGSHIP

The Scottish Liturgy of the reign of James

FINAL WORD

#DougieDraws tongue-in cheek take on iconic artworks from

LOW WATER in Loch Morar

Throughout the month of November 2019 there was

In the Heart of the Vile Race: the British army, the Highlands and the Empire

An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, a

The botched rescue of an IRA prisoner, GLASGOW, MAY 1921

Handwritten note from Seamus Reader, Scottish Brigade Offi

WELL COURT, EDINBURGH: a philanthropic vision fulfilled

Figure 1: Well Court, Dean Village, viewed from

The secret history of the Bishops’ Wars, part 1

King Charles I by J. Messyens after A.

The Campomanes letter: A SCHEME TO SETTLE SCOTS IN SPAIN IN 1783

Portrait of Campomanes by Francisco Bayeu (1777) Foreign

THE AUNT WITH THE KETTLE

James Watt. Etching by J. Scott (1869) after

Who makes the rules? How Scottish football secured its independence

The Scotland rugby team for the first rugby

New project to rediscover the history of a lost Highland township

Duncan Bain MacKenzie, descendant of one of the