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Tales of Prisoners at Blackness Castle
06 May 2022, History, Scotland's Year of Stories
A servant suspected of stealing from her Queen and a Lord accused of slander are among the many prisoners held at Blackness Castle over the years.
A short history of Donaldson’s School
29 April 2022, Archives, History
James McCune Smith: An Outcast from the Land of the Free
14 April 2022, Black History
Cracking Days Out This Easter
11 April 2022, Events, Visitors
Historic Hibernation: Looking After Our Collections During Winter
29 March 2022, Collections, Conservation
Stories from Stanley Mills: Women millworkers during WWII
25 March 2022, Industrial Heritage, Scotland's Year of Stories, Women's History
The Marvellous Mary Burton
08 March 2022, History, Women's History
Here be wild things: animal encounters at Historic Scotland sites
03 March 2022, Nature & wildlife, Scotland's Year of Stories, Visitors
The LGBT sex scandal of Edinburgh’s New Town
28 February 2022, History, LGBT+ History, Women's History
Convents, Courts and Coronations: How Mary of Guise Came to Scotland
21 February 2022, History, Women's History

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