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19th December 2014

Those of us lucky enough to live in Edinburgh know we are blessed with green spaces and walking...

28th October 2014

After explaining the grisly punishments meted out to ‘criminals’ at the Mercat...

11th August 2014

In 1823 a certain John Forrest, a graduate physician practising in Stirling and former pupil of...

14th July 2014

We start in 1689 with the gruesome execution of John Chiesley. A relative of Lord Ravenswood...

28th March 2014

One of my favourite stories is that of the serial killers Burke and Hare. Recently, I’ve...

14th February 2013

Who says love and romance needs to end with your last breath! There are quite a few ghosts haunting...

25th June 2012

Most people in Scotland look to the Stewarts (or the Stuarts as they later chose to spell it) as the...

11th June 2012

I have always enjoyed long walks - perhaps why I have never been deterred by the walking tour aspect...