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Media Release: Unearthing memories of mining
March 4, 2012
Memories of Mining Concerts Friday 16 March, 8.00pm St Peter’s Hall, Chancellor Street, Partick, Glasgow…
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Media Release: Scottish family history giant, brightsolid, enters US genealogy marketFebruary 3, 2012
SCOTTISH family history giant, brightsolid, today launched a major genealogy service in the United States. The...
Media Release: Stirling researchers present free public lectures on environmental historyJanuary 16, 2012
RESEARCHERS from the University of Stirling will present a series of free lectures on environmental history...
Media Release: Dates confirmed for Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival 2012December 23, 2011
THE Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boast Festival is raising its anchor to set sail...
Media Release: Scots moustaches reach hirsute peak of historical perfectionNovember 30, 2011
A TEAM of seven Scots growing moustaches modelled on archive photos, will shave their upper...
Media Release: Scotland’s history festival explores Reformation greats and storyelling legacyNovember 17, 2011
AS Edinburgh was the first appointed UNESCO City of Literature, it’s fitting that a new...
Media Release: Scotland’s lost moustaches found in photographic archiveNovember 11, 2011
EVIDENCE of a ‘golden age’ of moustache wearing has been discovered in the photographic archives of...
Media Release: Previously… Scotland’s festival of historyNovember 2, 2011
AT a time when the big festivals are feeling the recession, freezing their budgets and...
Media Release: Funding awarded to University of Stirling study that discovered medieval crucifixion sceneOctober 24, 2011
RESEARCH into medieval churches that uncovered unique, previously unrecorded findings, including a 13th century medieval crucifixion...
Media Release: Public urged to search the shore and share their stories in Western IslesOctober 11, 2011
FISHERMEN, beachcombers, divers and local people in the Western Isles are being urged to report...
Media Release: Better treatment urged for memory of Dr Finlay’s Casebook authorJuly 19, 2011
A LEADING author has called on Scotland to recognise the talent and triumphs of one...
Media Release: MacMhuirich symposium sheds new light on some of Scotland’s greatest poetsJune 22, 2011
AN important symposium on the history and literary heritage of the MacMhuirichs, led by Professor...
Media Release: Bank of Scotland records join the Magna Carta in UNESCO Memory of the WorldMay 26, 2011
THE Bank of Scotland’s historical records dating from 1695 – 2001 have been inscribed on UNESCO’s...
Media Release: The centenary Model T Ford conquest of Ben NevisApril 27, 2011
ON May 13 2011, it will be a 100 years since the first ascent of Ben Nevis in...
Media Release: Discovering Scottish landscape and heritage through archaeological survey and recording, made easierApril 11, 2011
AMATEUR archaeologists can now get a step by step lesson in their own homes from professionals...
Media release: Ellis Island tartan unveiled for Tartan Day 2011April 7, 2011
AS part of the celebrations for Tartan Day 2011 on 6 April, the Clan Currie...
Media Release: Scots language event highlights Census question in a ‘pure braw nicht’March 18, 2011
PRESTONPANS storyteller, Tim Porteus, together with storytellers from around Scotland, is set to mark the forthcoming...
Media Release: Taxable timepieces to sixteenth century town plans – ScotlandFebruary 16, 2011
NEW documents that shed light on the history of our ancestors – such as the names...
Media release: Lord James Bothwell returnsDecember 7, 2010
AT the time when his descendants begin the process of founding a memorial fund to...
Media release: Public show huge interest in adding to national heritage databaseOctober 28, 2010
SINCE it opened its virtual doors to public contributions a year ago, a national online database...
