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Find out about Pavel Kravař, the first person burned at the stake for heresy in the town of St Andrews.
We explore the Scottish connections to John Franklin’s Lost Arctic Expedition, the inspiration for the historical horror series ‘The Terror’.
We look back on rugby’s first international match, when Scotland and England met for the first time in Edinburgh 150 years ago this month.
Alex Aldred, writer-in-residence with Historic Environment Scotland, takes a look at the patron saint of poets: Saint Columba.
Sunnah Khan reimagines a Scottish myth of helpful household faeries with a poem about a ‘hidden people’ and their arrival in Glasgow.
William McGonagall is remembered today as one of history’s worst poets, and his writing covered places and events from across Victorian Scotland. Joe Waterfield takes us on a trip through the HES archives that brings McGonagall’s poetry to life.
Rock art, Romans and readily-available resources! We celebrate five years of Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy with five of our highlights.
A pioneering railway when it was first built, the Innocent Railway quickly fell victim of steam power’s progress, but its route and legacy lives on.
A nameless narrator wanders the Eildon Hills following a night with the love of their life – before they are whisked away on an adventure in this re-imagining of the Tale of Thomas the Rhymer
Uncover the story of the Scots who marched with Joan of Arc into battle against the English.