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Pens down...it’s time for a break
A concentrated silence permeated by the smell of strong coffee (and possibly melting brain cells)...
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Time to Toast the Summer
For May is Whisky month, the month to raise your glass with a slainte mhath, and...
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Just another day in the office? Give it a try!
What does it take to don a cloak and lead a group into our dark and spooky closes, or to bring our...
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From Darkness to Enlightenment
We tested our witches by throwing them into the filthy waters of the Nor Loch, before burning them...
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They seek me here, they seek me there
As the resident friendly ghost at Mercat Tours, my life is a whirl of social activities. A haunting...
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What If Your Future Was Your Past?
The books have become not just a success, but more of a phenomenon. The time travelling tales of...
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Elsie Inglis: Who Would Not Go Home and Sit Still
I then tell a little of her story (I could not possibly tell all of it, as it would take up the...
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Martyrs Monument and Stirling Castle Graveyard
The Monument was paid for by William Drummond a very prosperous Stirling farmer, landowner and...