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Explore Abercairny, a stunning historic wedding venue in Perthshire offering exclusive hire, gorgeous gardens, and a personalised wedding experience.

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one ...

With a significant anniversary to mark this year, many bands would be tempted to roll out a commemorative box set to coincide ...

Musing over the haggis, coaxed down with a friendly single malt, David J Black shares his thoughts on why it is that so many ...

T he mythical town of Brigadoon manifests for one day every century, but Schmigadoon! — that high-fructose fever dream of a town where life is a mashup of (immersive) mid-centur ...

Corran was first established in 1890 by Sarah Leishman, the Scottish widow of an East India merchant as a purpose-built ‘home ... Eleanor Jourdain did not see her. Then a young man in late 18th ...

Watford Observer local history columnist Lesley Dunlop looks back at the links between Corran School in Watford and the Moberly-Jourdain incident.