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Added our Weekly Newsletter for 20th June 2025 which you can read as a pdf file or in our Community

The story of the 1949-1953 revival on the Isle of Lewis. 2003
Added this video towards the foot of our Relgion page.

Surveying and Analysing Connections between Properties in Care and the British Empire, c.1600-1997
A research report that explores the extent and character of relationships between the properties in the care of the Scottish Ministers and the British Empire by Dr Stephen Mullen (Lecturer in History, University of Glasgow), Dr Andrew Mackillop (Senior Lecturer in Scottish History) and Professor Stephen Driscoll (Professor of Historical Archaeology) (pdf)

Hong Kong Hongs with Long Histories and British connections
By Dan Waters (1990) (pdf)

Making an Upland Farm Pay
The Glenlivet Experiment (1961) (pdf)

Genealogy of the O'Scanlon Family
Scanlan, Scanlon (1938) (pdf)

Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweedale
By Father Richard Augustin Hay (pdf)

Bishop George Hay
Information about him and his works. Since the religious revolution of the sixteenth century, to no man has the Catholic Church in Scotland been so much indebted as to Bishop Hay. He is pre-eminently her bishop of the last three hundred years.

Scalan Seminary
A video about it and some additional information.

A guide to some MacLennan Places across Scotland
By Bruce A McLennan, first edition (2018) (pdf)

The Cost of the British State
By Daniel Herring (2025) (pdf)

We Spent 36 hours in Amsterdam
Added this video to our Netherlands page.

The Life of Sir William Quiller Orchardson
By Hilda Orchardson Gray (1930) (pdf)

Scottish Sciences & Tech Lab Space Shortages
"Critical Bottlenecks" Threaten Innovations By Bill Magee & Cameron McGregor Bowes


Added our Weekly Newsletter for 13th June 2025 which you can read as a pdf file or in our Community

1960: West Highland Railway
A Day in the Life.  Classic BBC Documentary

15 Vivid MEMORIES of Life in 1950s Scotland
Do you remember school milk, tram bells, or the chill of a bedroom with no heating? This isn’t just a trip down memory lane—it’s a full return to 1950s Scotland, where every detail mattered.

John Stuart Blackie
Added 6 publications to the foot of his page. I did this because of adding the work below as he was Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University and I hadn't put up any of his publications on his works on the Greek language.

Greek Secrets Revealed
Hidden Scottish History Uncovered. Greek inscriptions in Scotland, with a  translation into English and some explanation of the background by Ian McHaffie Got in the third edition of the Edinburgh book and also the first edition of the Fife and the North book.

The Red Book of Michigan
A civil, military and biographical history by Charles Lanman (1871) (pdf)

Travels over England, Scotland and Wales
Giving A True and Exact Description of the Chiefest Cities, Towns and Corporations: Together With the Antiquities of divers other Places, the most Famous Cathedrals, and other Eminent Structures; of several remarkable Caves and Wells, with many other Diverting Passages never before Published By James Brome, M. A. (1707) (pdf)

Welfare Reform: Why Labour Must Go Further
By Daniel Herring (pdf)

Extracts from the Records of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1677-1711
Published in 1880 (pdf)

St Kilda
A video about
Exploring Scotland's Lost Island of St Kilda which I've added to the foot of our St. KIlda page.

Mingulay
Added a video about this island to the foot of our page about Maggie MacInnes whose great grand mother was born on Mingulay.

Why Gary Gianotti Rewrote American Flag and Peace Medal History
An Undeniable Correction of the National Record By Gary Gianotti ©2025 – American Relic Hysteries.

Where Glasgow Really Began
A video which I've added to the foot of our Glasgow page.

The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal
Of Literature, Science, Art, Commercial and Political Economy, Statistics, &c., Volume I., edited by Isaac Clarke Pray, April 1842 (pdf)

Eighteenth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Published in 1917 (pdf)

Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Volume 2 (1906) (pdf)

Scottish Society of Louisville
Got in their June 2025 newsletter.

Biblical Garden, Elgin
Showcasing the Biblical Garden, Elgin, which is maintained by The Moray Council, Moray College UHI horticulture staff and students, The Friends of The Biblical Garden and Moray Rock Garden Group.


Added our Weekly Newsletter for 6th June 2025 which you can read as a pdf file or in our Community

Innovation Nation
Good Jobs for Scotland’s Future by Daniel Turner, June 2025 (pdf)

Struggling Carpenter Fixes Girl’s Flute
Her Famous Flutist Mom Arrives by Helicopter with a Surprise. An audio story that you might enjoy which I've added to our Lifestyle page.

Tell Me Another
By John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, The Most Hon. The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, K.T. (1925) (pdf)

The Scottish Journal of Agriculture
Volume II (1919)

Ness of Brodgar: Saving the Best till Last | ARP 2025
A video talk which I've added to our Orkney page

Scots Entrepreneur gains world's most prestigious design & advertising award
D&AD charity provides near 200,000 vocational learning opportunities to emerging creatives annually. An article by Bill Magee.

Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera
A Naturalist's account of the modern shore-whaling industry, of Whales and their habits, and of hunting experiences in various parts of the world by Roy Chapman Andrews (1916) (pdf)

Critical Introduction to The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal
In 4 volumes which I've added to our page on this publication.

In Conversation with The Royal Butler
Balmoral Castle - The Queen’s Scottish Home. Balmoral Castle has been the home of the British Royal family since 1852. During his time with The Royal Household, Grant visited this castle and estate on many occasions as well as visiting the castle as a child with his parents and brother. Grant shares his memories and experiences at Balmoral.

Coull Kirk in The Howe of Cromar, Aberdeenshire
A video about the kirk.

Achindoun Castle
Some information and a video about this castle.

We have catch’d Scotland
By Bill Laing (pdf)

First Report of The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Published in 1874 (pdf)

Scottish Pilgrimage in the Land of Lost Content
By Thomas Ratcliffe Barnett (1942) (pdf)

Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Volume 1 (1904) (pdf)


Added our Weekly Newsletter for 30th May 2025 which you can read as a pdf file or in our Community

Battle for Scotland's Countryside
An old video from the BBC

Sixth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
Part I. Report and Appendix (1877) (pdf)

Report on the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Lothian
Preserved at Blickling Hall, Norfolk (1905) (pdf)

Salvo and Liberation Scotland
A new independence organisation in Scotland.

MacIntyre, Alasdair
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre was a Scottish-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's After Virtue is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century.

Vikings in Scotland
An Archaeological Survey by James Graham-Campbell and Colleen E. Batey (1998) (pdf)

Vital, Social, and Economic Statistics if the City of Glasgow 1885-1891
With observations thereon by James Nicol, City Chamberlain (1891) (pdf)

The Aberdeen Printers
Edward Raban to James Nicol 1620 — 1736 by J. P. Edmond (1886) (pdf)

The surprising connection between a gorgeous Himalayan town and a Scottish civil servant

The Tragedy of Fotheringay
Founded on the journal of D. Bourgoing, physician to Mary Queen of Scots, and on unpublished MS. documents by the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott of Abbotsford (new edition) (1905) (pdf)

To be Annexed Forever to the English crown
The English Occupation of Southern Scotland, c.1334-37 by Iain A. MacInnes (pdf)

Exploring Britain’s Last Great Wilderness: The Rainforests of Shona Beag
Added a short video to the foot of the page.

A Religion that will Wear
A Laymans Confession of Faith Addressed to Agnostics by A Scottish Presbyterian. Written by Minister James Kidd, a layman in the Presbyterian Church (1900) (pdf).  It is a personal account of the author's spiritual journey and beliefs, exploring the principles of Christianity and the role of religion in everyday life. The book also delves into topics like prayer, the Bible, and the importance of community in religious practice.

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume VII (1870) (pdf)

Nicol, James
Professor and Geologist

Old Edinburgh Club Minutes
In handwriting format (pdf)



 


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