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  • Christmas Gifts For History Fans

    02 November 2020,
    Retail
  • view of fancy carvings around windows at Huntly Castle

    The Haunting of Huntly Castle

    30 October 2020,
    History, Visitors
  • An archive photograph of a library

    Another Edinburgh

    29 October 2020,
    Archives, Black History
  • Two women look at an artistic map of Edinburgh on a wall

    Planning for the future  

    21 October 2020,
    Climate Change
  • A close up of Frederick Douglass' bearded face on a mural

    Frederick Douglass: Scotland’s Anti-slavery Agent

    16 October 2020,
    Black History
  • A bronze statue of a Black woman, dressed in knee-length dress, headscarf and shoes, with her right arm around a boy who cowers at her side

    Where Are the Black Women?

    09 October 2020,
    Black History
  • An aerial view of Paisley

    From Virginia to Paisley: The Life of Peter Burnet

    01 October 2020,
    Black History
  • Archaeological excavation of medieval burials at Whithorn Priory.

    Our curious collections unearthed

    25 September 2020,
    Archaeology, Collections
  • A man in a high visibility jacket looks at a camera with two people in a Glasgow street

    Talking About Heritage

    24 September 2020,
    Heritage
  • View of two and three storey housing in Dunbar

    Building modern towns and cities: urban housing in Scotland

    11 September 2020,
    Architecture, Heritage
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