SCOTTOBER DAY 16: Tam Lim
A deeply misunderstood story that when read incorrectly makes you jump to the worst conclusions. Tam Lin is a man-turned fairy.

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200 years ago, in August 1822, George IV visited Scotland, the first ruling monarch to do so since 1651.
looks at the celebrations, ceremonies - and farce - of his three-week jaunt for Historia https://t.co/SxYavYSz6S

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My latest painting of John Graham of Claverhouse, the Viscount Dundee, on the eve of his death at the Battle of Killiecrankie.

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Not strict horror themed. My comic “Scottish History in a flash” is educational, weekly and will have an entire month of scary historical stories this October
https://t.co/4WTkv72swk

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I’m not so good at this promotion stuff. I create the most blue and white comic on about the lesser known parts of Scottish history.

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New episode! We interview The Welsh Viking about the historical practice of Body Snatching!
Find us on your preferred platform!

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Try the Mary Queen of Scots Ornaments Craft Challenge! Info : https://t.co/fNglpnd1hL Here's our first by Amélia Dulau Beveridge and an etching of Mary (Gaywood,1655 : GLAHA 1065). Can’t wait to see what you make!

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SIR THOMAS RANDOLPH

Sir Thomas was one of Bruce's loyal men and took with just 30 men by climbing the rock face he was also a top diplomat for Scotland

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Cartoon William Wallace but make it "accurate". When I was wee, I went on a school trip to the Wallace Monument, where we found out he wasn't an anti-Semitic Australian.

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Old Royal High School as seen from Regent Road, a 19th century neoclassical doric style building on Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland and landmark monument of the Greek Revival architecture in Scotland.

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in 1570 James Stewart was assassinated in Linlithgow. He had ruled Scotland as regent since the abdication of his half sister in 1567. He was shot by a supporter of Mary in the first recorded assassination by firearm in history

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From 'Punch' magazine (Dec 5, 1857). The writer here is outing something the aristocracy had been trying very hard to cover up. This article is dated at the end of the Clearances.

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1708: A French naval squadron attempted unsuccessfully to land James Francis Edward Stuart and a 5000-strong army on the Firth of Forth. Bad weather and the presence of a Royal Navy squadron under Admiral George Byng, prevented the landing

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