Bill
Magee
Ex-Reuters, Sunday Times, The Scotsman & Glasgow Herald senior business
and finance correspondent (freelance), Bill now runs his award-winning
go-to trusted DigiComms Advisory-Writing/Editing Bureau out of
Edinburgh, the Capital of Bonnie Scotland.
Old
Newspapers This is where
we store old copies of newspapers that we've scanned in as
images.
Scottish News Sources
Here we provide you with some news from the BBC and a link
to a page that provides links to the Scottish newspapers and
other news sources.
The Famous Scottish Haggis
Providing you with all the information you'll need on our
famous Scottish Haggis.
Health
Proving you some good information on Scottish health and
medicine along with some really old texts on preventative
health care.
Wedding Guide
A small guide to help you organise your
wedding, check who toasts who, who pays and lots of
interesting information about that special day.
Writings of Albert Morris A five-days-a-week column to be grave but gay (in the
old sense), pungent but subtle, learned but light.
Articles by the Scotsman's legendary feature writer,
Albert Morris, from 29 December, 2001 to 8th April,
2005.
Thistle
and Broom Stories Stories from Thistle and Broom about the crafts people that
produce their merchandise.
Household Encyclopaedia This is an old Household Encyclopaedia that has been in my family
for as long as I can remember (over 50 years) and while not Scottish
I decided to make it available on the site. It is work in progress
and I'll be adding to it over time until it's all up.
Edinburgh Techniques Intelligence, Stress, the Learning Process and Accelerated Learning by
Brian Hill
Lamplight Lamplight’s underlying mission is the prevention of suicide among teens
and young adults. We don’t focus on suicide but on the root causes such
as depression, low self esteem, low self image and other causative
factors.
Andrew Bruce's Boats Andrew (aged 12) sent us in pictures of the fishing boats you can see in
the North East of Scotland
Stirling Council Elections 2007 -
Bannockburn Ward Here we are following the process of trying to be elected to a council
ward in Scotland and in this case we are following Alasdair MacPherson
who will be fighting to become elected for the Bannockburn Ward of
Stirling Council on behalf of the SNP.
Targes An targaid Gàidhealach – the Highland
targe
Linda
Fabiani MSP Linda is a Member of the Scottish Parliament and she is doing a weekly
diary for us showing us what life is like for a Scottish Member of
Parliament with the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Christina McKelvie MSP Christina is a Member of the Scottish Parliament and this is her weekly
diary of her work as a SNP MSP where the SNP are now the party in power.
Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh
Superwoman mum and Bollywood actress is putting law career aside to
pursue political ambitions
A Handbook of Weather Folk-Lore
A Collection of Proverbial Sayings in various languages relating to
the Weatherm wutg explanatory and Illustrative notes by Rev. C. Swainson,
M.A., (1873) (pdf)
Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in
London:
Containing the description of a capital town in that northern country:
with an account of many uncommon customs of the inhabitants: likewise an
account of the Highlands, with the customs and manners of the
Highlanders: to which is added, a letter relating to the military ways
among the mountains, began in the year 1726: the whole interspersed with
facts and circumstances entirely new to the generality of people in
England, and little known in the southern parts of Scotland in 2 volumes
(1754)
The Scottish Open Road —
colour footage of life in Scotland in the 1920s
Shot around a hundred years ago using a two-colour process
The House of Fraser
Archive
The Archive is an outstanding source for the history
of British design, fashion, tastes, lifestyles, consumerism and consumption from
the early nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century.
Alastair's viewing on
YouTube
I watch several channels in the evening on a regular basis and so hope you find
this list useful.
Culduthel
An Iron Age Craftworking Centre in North-East Scotland by Candy
Hatherley and Ross Murray (pdf)
Primitive
Culture
Researches into the development of Mythology, Religion, Language, Art and
Custom by Edward B. Taylor, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Anthropology
in the University of Oxford in two volumes (Fourth Edition) (1903)
Mearns Voices
By Mearns Writers. The Mearns Voices Podcast brings you a selection of work from
our Aberdeenshire based writing group. Relax and travel with us in poetry and
short stories
Chasing the Deer
Hunting Iconography, Literature and Tradition of the Scottish Highlands. A
thesis presented by Andrew E. M. Wiseman MA. (Edin., 1992), M.Phil. (Glas.,
1997) to the Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies in fulfilment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of
Edinburgh (2007) (pdf)
A Golden
Way
Being Notes and Impressions on a Journey through Ireland, Scotland and
England by Albert LeRoy Bartlett (1901) (pdf)
Lectures
on the Mountains
Or, The Gordon Richmond Banffshire Highlands and Highlanders, as they were
and as they are by William Grant Stewart (First Series) (1860) (pdf)
Lectures on the
Mountains
Or, The Highlands and Highlanders of Strathspey and Badenoch as they were
and as they are by William Grant Stewart (Second Series) (1860) (pdf)
Norman Sinclair
A novel by W. Edmondstoune Aytoun, D. C. L., Author of "Lays of the Scottish
Cavaliers", etc. in three volumes (1861)
A Journey from Edinburgh
through parts of North Britain
Containing remarks on Scottish landscape and observations on rural economy,
natural history, manufactures, trade and commerce interspersed with
anecdotes, traditional, literary, and historical; together with biographical
sketches, relating chiefly to civil and exxclesiastical affairs, from the
twelfth century down to the present time in two volumes, embellished with
forty-four engravings, from Drawings made on the spot, of the Lake, River,
and Mountain Scenery of Scotland By Alexander Campbell (1802)
The Wallet-Book of the
Roman Wall
A Guide to Pilgrims journeying along the barrier of the lower isthmus by the
Rev. J. Collingswood Bruce, LL.D., F.S.A. (1863) (pdf)
Sketch
of a Tour in the Highlands of Scotland
Through Perthshire, Argyleshire and Inverness-shire in September and
October, 1818 with some account of the Caledonian Canal by Larkin (1819)
(pdf)
Memorial
Volume - The Mosstrooper
A Legend of the Scottish Border by Robert Scott Fittis With Introductory
Biographical Sketch by A. H. Millar, FSAScot (1906) (pdf)
That Uncouth
Dialect
English-Speaking Clergy in Late Medieval Gaelic Scotland by Iain G.
MacDonald (2007) (pdf)
The Causes of
Illegitimacy particularly in Scotland
With relative appendices, being a paper read in Glasgow at the fourth annual
meeting of the "National Association for the Protection of Social Science",
on the 28th of September 1850 by George Seton, Advocate, M.A. Oxon, etc.
(1860) (pdf)
Dry Stone Walls
Exploring the art of building dry stone walls
Three Nights
in Perthshire
With a description of the Festival of a "Scotch Hairst Kirn" comprising
legendary Ballads, etc. in a letter from Percy Yorke Jr. to J. Twiss, Esq.
(1821) Reprinted 1887 (pdf)
The Complete
Distiller
Combining theory and practice and explaining the mysteries and most recent
improvements of distilling and brewing in most simple, easy, and familiar manner
and containing all the instructions necessary for a complete acquirement of
these useful arts adapted for the use of Private Families, Apothecaries,
Distillers, and Dealers in Spirits or Wines by a gentleman of extensive practice
and long experience, Ambrose Cooper, Distiller (1793) (pdf)
Essay on the
construction of cottages
Suited for the dwellings of the labouring classes, for which the premium was
voted by the Highland Society of Scotland. Illustrated by working plans of
single and combined cottages by George Smith (1834) (pdf)
Outlines of Human
Life
Sketched by Hercules Cramond, M. D., In the Thirtieth Year of his Age (1775)
(pdf)
Excursion
to Scotland
Anonymous hand-written journal of an excursion from London to Scotland and back
taken in the summer of 1832. This included a voyage from London to Stockton,
then by land from Stockton to various points north to Edinburgh and Glasgow,
then returning to London via Carlisle and York (pdf)
On the Management of
Landed Property
In the Highlands of Scotland by George G. MacKay, C.E., Land Surveyor and Land
Agent, Inverness (1858) (pdf)
Observations on Several Parts
of Great Britain
Particularly the Highlands of Scotland relative chiefly to picturesque beauty
made in the year 1776 By William Gilpin, A. M., Prebendary of Salisbury; and
Vicar of Boldre in New Forest, near Lymington in two volumes (second edition)
(1792) (pdf) Also including The Life of William Baker with his funeral sermon by
the Rev. Mr. Gilpin (1795) (pdf)
The Royal
Order of Scotland
By Harold V. B. Voorhis, with a Foreword by Marvin E. Fowler, Provincial Grand
Master, United States of America (1960) (pdf)
The Highland Monthly
Magazine
A Magazine forming a Centre of literary Brotherhood for Scoto-Celtic people both
at Home and Abroad Edited by Duncan Campbell, Editor of the “Northern
Chronicle,” and Alexander MacBain, M.A., FSAScot.
Scottish Tardigrada,
collected by the Lake Survey
By James Murray (1907) (pdf)
They have been found in diverse regions of Earth's biosphere – mountaintops, the
deep sea, tropical rainforests, and the Antarctic. Tardigrades are among the
most resilient animals known, with individual species able to survive extreme
conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both
high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that
would quickly kill most other known forms of life. Tardigrades have survived
exposure to outer space.
The Diary of a
Lady-in-Waiting
By Lady Charlotte Bury being the diary illustrative of the times of George the
Fourth interspersed with original letters from the late Queen Caroline and from
other distinguished persons edited with an Introduction by A. Francis Steuart in
two volumes (1908)
Evergreen
A Northern Seasonal 1895 Published in 4 volumes in the Lawnmarket of Edinburgh
by Patrick Geddes and Colleagues in 4 volumes.
Duncan and Peggy
A Scottish Tale by Elizabeth Helme in two volumes (1794)
The Complete Assistant
For the Landed Proprietor, Estate and House Agent, Land-Steward, Proctor,
Architect, Surveyor, Builder, Auctioneer, Appraiser, Upholsterer, Cabinet-Maker,
&c., &c., &c. (1824) (pdf)
The Staggering State
of Scottish Statesmen
From 1550 to 1650 by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet with a Memoir of the author
and historical illustrations by the Rev. Charles Rogers, LL.D., FSAScot.,
Historiographer to the Historical Society (1872)
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