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1. The Dying Gaul

   ... 1736 it was on permanent exhibition at Rome’s Capitoline Museum where it has remained except between 1797 and 1816 when it was at the ... Gaul can be seen at museums around the world including the Museum of Classical Archeology at Cambridge University, Leinster House in ...

   Emmett McIntyre - May 19 2018 - 1:23am - 0 comments

2. Project in Dundee Reveals How Scottish Landscape Transformed by Last Ice Age

   ... new lakes and lochs. Now a new project is underway in Scotland to look at the impact that the ice age had on the landscape of the ... as part of an exhibition at the Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum (The McManus).  Images: Above Scotland completely under ice ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Sep 15 2021 - 2:09pm

3. Warning that non-native species pose threat to Scottish wildlife

   ... Natural Heritage, is the public body responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, especially its natural, genetic and scenic diversity. They have now issued a warning that Scotland's wildlife is increasingly at risk from non-native species. NatureScot ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Sep 20 2020 - 4:48pm

4. History Repeats Itself: MoD Try to Expand Butec Range by Stealth

   ... it comes to the range. In Malcom Spaven’s book Fortress Scotland he recorded 30 years ago in relation to the BUTEC facility: ... the remote island at enormous cost” (Source FORTRESS SCOTLAND ; Malcolm Spaven 1983 ISBN 0-86104-735-4) According to media ...

   Myghal Map Serpren - Mar 4 2015 - 10:33pm - 0 comments

5. UK government opposition to a second referendum will only increase support for Scottish independence

   ... The Scottish National Party (SNP) won a landslide victory in Scotland in the British general election held on 12th December. They won 48, that is 80%, of Scotland's 59 seats. Although  the Conservatives won a significant majority ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Dec 20 2019 - 2:53am

6. Isle of Man: Hop tu Naa - Who Was Jinny the Witch?

   ... the clear parallels of celebration amongst the population of Scotland, the north of England and the Isle of Man which emerge from the many ... from an interview with E. Ethel Flanagan for the Manx Museum’s Folk-Life Survey in 1957, although further research has broadened ...

   Valerie Caine - Oct 31 2014 - 4:00pm - 0 comments

7. Stephen Miller presented with 2020 Manx culture award Reih Bleeaney Vanannan

   ... and expertise working on precious archives in the Manx Museum and beyond for over forty years have resulted in an extremely ... Folk Music Journal,  Isle of Man Studies, Northern Scotland, Proceedings of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian ...

   Alastair Kneale - Feb 8 2020 - 1:01pm

8. Tragic fate of Spanish Armada ship La Girona and discovery of sunken treasure off the Irish coast

   ... to retreat north to attempt to round the northern coast of Scotland and so make it back to Spain. It was in mid-September the Armada ... of the treasure from La Girona is now kept in the Ulster Museum in Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste). As for those ships of the Spanish ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - May 21 2020 - 10:22pm

9. Who were the Picts?

   ... and society can be found throughout north and eastern Scotland in many ways the Picts remain a mystery. Piecing together the ... As indicated by the number of towns in north and eastern Scotland beginning with Aber - as, for example, also found in Wales meaning a ...

   Alastair Kneale - Nov 21 2014 - 12:02am - 0 comments

10. Battle of Largs on 2nd October 1263 and the Scottish thistle as a national emblem

    ... date of the Battle of Largs. It was an important point in Scotland's history as an expanding state. Although it was an indecisive engagement between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, it signalled the beginning of the end of Scandinavian influence ...

    Douglas MacQueen - Oct 3 2018 - 6:36pm

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