Kings of Scotland ( 6 )

A name can conjure up all sorts of wild images. It can subdue, or excite. People have been known to fall madly in love with some names, and others have...

Stoning – Saint Stephen – Stephen (a Greek name), was born a Hellenized Jew. Not of Greek ancestry but...

Maybe not. Golf as we know it today, clearly originated in Scotland. However, a golf-like game is recorded as...

Many of the highland clans were unhappy when the Scottish King James VI became King James I of England,...

Native to Eastern Asia, Rosa Rugosa, (wrinkled rose), was brought to Britain in the eighteenth century to be used...

The name heather comes from the Gaelic name of, ‘haeddre’, and means heathland. The species mostly found on Scotland is...

In Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, situated at the north-west corner of St. Giles’ Cathedral stood a medieval building. Built in...

Malcolm MacDonald of Mac Alpin (Mael Coluim mac Domnaill), son of Donald ll, succeeded his cousin Constantine ll, as...