One-half of the duo behind a local Oak Island podcast has written his 12th book on the mystery featured prominently on the History Channel. Theories surrounding the mystery of Oak Island in Nova ...

772: Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 1327: Teenager Edward III is crowned king of England but the country is ...

Dame Joan Collins, a longtime supporter of the British monarchy, will play American divorcee Wallis Simpson in an upcoming ...

The Old Edinburgh Club draws our attention to what happened in the capital in years and centuries gone by. Day Event 1st: In 1918, Dame Muriel Spark (author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) was born ...

Writer Val McDermid has spoken passionately about the impact of libraries on her young life as she launched the centenary celebrations of National Library of Scotland (NLS). The author was in ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

A LETTER penned by Mary Queen of Scots six hours before her death is to go on display in Perth. The Scottish monarch wrote the handwritten letter at 2am in Fotheringhay Castle, England, in 1587 as she ...

Work is under way to try and save an ancient sycamore tree in Glasgow after it was destroyed by Storm Eowyn. Half of the ...

AN update has been issued on the future of the historic Darnley Sycamore which was damaged during Storm Eowyn last week.

The letter is on the move as part of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations. Written six hours before she was led to her death, the last letter penned by Mary Queen of Scots is now ...

The National Library was established by an Act of Parliament in 1925, and since then has amassed and cared for a collection of more than 50 ...

Harriet Strahl, a Ph.D. student in the Durham University history department, has shed new light on the emotional and societal repercussions of the 1120 White Ship disaster in an article published in ...