History
Exhibition celebrates Eric Liddell 100 years after he won Chariots of Fire gold
![As a Gaelic speaker, I can't stand the bitter and offensive haters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11541607.jpg)
![As a Gaelic speaker, I can't stand the bitter and offensive haters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11541607.jpg)
![Glover House](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18356680.jpg)
![Glover House](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18356680.jpg)
![Curator Dr Rebekah Higgitt and the Ilay Glynne dial at the National Museum of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18349010.jpg)
![Curator Dr Rebekah Higgitt and the Ilay Glynne dial at the National Museum of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18349010.jpg)
![Work starts on houses at famous British Army base in 'one of most-sought-after areas'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18347268.jpg)
![Work starts on houses at famous British Army base in 'one of most-sought-after areas'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18347268.jpg)
![Captain Henry Peel Ritchie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18344738.jpg)
![Captain Henry Peel Ritchie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18344738.jpg)
![Dr Elsa Panciroli with enlarged, 3D printed models of krusatodon kirtlingtonesis skeletons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348283.jpg)
![Dr Elsa Panciroli with enlarged, 3D printed models of krusatodon kirtlingtonesis skeletons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348283.jpg)
![New documents have been released by the National Archives](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18337589.jpg)
![New documents have been released by the National Archives](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18337589.jpg)
![The hole from the musket ball and, inset, Bonnie Prince Charlie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18336328.jpg)
![The hole from the musket ball and, inset, Bonnie Prince Charlie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18336328.jpg)
![Scots gave the world an incredible array of inventions - some better known than others](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18321570.jpg)
![Scots gave the world an incredible array of inventions - some better known than others](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18321570.jpg)
![RMS Lusitania with Alexander Stewart's revolutionary Thermotank air conditioning system visible on its boat deck](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18317106.jpg)
![RMS Lusitania with Alexander Stewart's revolutionary Thermotank air conditioning system visible on its boat deck](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18317106.jpg)
![Rosslyn Castle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18331546.jpg)
![Rosslyn Castle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18331546.jpg)
![Lulu has been having problems with her hearing](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18324618.jpg)
![Lulu has been having problems with her hearing](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18324618.jpg)
![Without the decision of Kilmarnock printer John Wilson to publish Burns’ work, his poetry may never have been brought to public attention](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18320975.jpg)
![Without the decision of Kilmarnock printer John Wilson to publish Burns’ work, his poetry may never have been brought to public attention](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18320975.jpg)
![Jaggy nettles](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13187519.jpg)
![Jaggy nettles](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13187519.jpg)
![Denis Law after scoring in Scotland's 3-2 win over England at Wembley in 1967](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18314686.jpg)
![Denis Law after scoring in Scotland's 3-2 win over England at Wembley in 1967](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18314686.jpg)
![Eric Liddell won gold at the Paris Olympics in 1924](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18309535.jpg)
![Eric Liddell won gold at the Paris Olympics in 1924](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18309535.jpg)
![Isle of Barra locals launch fundraiser to replace historic statue beyond repair](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18300382.jpg)
![Isle of Barra locals launch fundraiser to replace historic statue beyond repair](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18300382.jpg)
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![England's 1966 World Cuo-winning squad. Presume you've heard of them?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17359640.jpg)
![England's 1966 World Cuo-winning squad. Presume you've heard of them?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17359640.jpg)
![Curator Dr Meredith Greiling puts the finishing touches to Cold War Scotland, a new exhibition opening at the National Museum of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18298311.jpg)
![Curator Dr Meredith Greiling puts the finishing touches to Cold War Scotland, a new exhibition opening at the National Museum of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18298311.jpg)
![Execution by hanging of four witches. Coloured engraving from 'Law and Custom of Scotland in Matters Criminal', by Sir George Mackenzie. Scotland, Edinburgh 1678. (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13608075.jpg)
![Execution by hanging of four witches. Coloured engraving from 'Law and Custom of Scotland in Matters Criminal', by Sir George Mackenzie. Scotland, Edinburgh 1678. (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13608075.jpg)
![Jack Scott presenting a very grey weather chart in colour on BBC1 in 1969](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18291531.jpg)
![Jack Scott presenting a very grey weather chart in colour on BBC1 in 1969](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18291531.jpg)
![Edinburgh Futures Institute colleagues Siobhan Dunn & Katrina Macapagal admire the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18295584.jpg)
![Edinburgh Futures Institute colleagues Siobhan Dunn & Katrina Macapagal admire the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18295584.jpg)
![Orkney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9613115.jpg)
![Orkney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9613115.jpg)
![Clash bag](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13187519.jpg)
![Clash bag](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13187519.jpg)
![Hitler in Paris: 'Like a retiree ticking off places on his bucket list, he was entranced, drooling over its architecture'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18286195.jpg)
![Hitler in Paris: 'Like a retiree ticking off places on his bucket list, he was entranced, drooling over its architecture'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18286195.jpg)
BOOK REVIEW
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![The University of Aberdeen has published an academic report on its historic connections to transatlantic slavery](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17487495.jpg)
![The University of Aberdeen has published an academic report on its historic connections to transatlantic slavery](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17487495.jpg)
![Captain Henry Peel Ritchie of the Royal Navy won the first Victoria Cross in the First World War](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18266702.jpg)
![Captain Henry Peel Ritchie of the Royal Navy won the first Victoria Cross in the First World War](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18266702.jpg)
![Royal Scots Contalmaison Memorial in France](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18257575.jpg)
![Royal Scots Contalmaison Memorial in France](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18257575.jpg)
![Maryhill Burgh Halls](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18252036.jpg)
![Maryhill Burgh Halls](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18252036.jpg)
![Professor Weber says the new film’s account of the relationship between Hitler and his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, be intercut with testimony from survivors of the Holocaust to show what happens when voters succumb to dictators](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18253290.jpg)
![Professor Weber says the new film’s account of the relationship between Hitler and his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, be intercut with testimony from survivors of the Holocaust to show what happens when voters succumb to dictators](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18253290.jpg)
NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ
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LORD KELVIN BICENTENARY
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![Scotland’s wild landscapes and dramatic history have been a rich source of inspiration for writers for centuries](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17566546.jpg)
![Scotland’s wild landscapes and dramatic history have been a rich source of inspiration for writers for centuries](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17566546.jpg)
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![Robert the Bruce statue at Bannockburn, Stirling.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13341756.jpg)
![The Antikythera Mechanism](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18244894.jpg)
![The Antikythera Mechanism](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18244894.jpg)
![Professor Miles Padgett with a bust of Lord Kelvin on display at The Hunterian](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18243675.jpg)
![Professor Miles Padgett with a bust of Lord Kelvin on display at The Hunterian](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18243675.jpg)
LORD KELVIN BICENTENARY
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![Elizabeth Bishop poem translated into Scottish Gaelic by University of Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18241234.jpg)
![Elizabeth Bishop poem translated into Scottish Gaelic by University of Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18241234.jpg)
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![The Royal Highland Show](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18228562.jpg)
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![The Tratan could have faced worse](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17729975.jpg)
![The Tratan could have faced worse](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17729975.jpg)
![Scotland fans dancing in the streets of Frankfurt](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18223041.jpg)
![Scotland fans dancing in the streets of Frankfurt](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18223041.jpg)
![Whales were hunted by Scots](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218688.jpg)
![Whales were hunted by Scots](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218688.jpg)
![People gather at Stonehenge in Wiltshire during sunrise, as they welcome the summer solstice](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218653.jpg)
![People gather at Stonehenge in Wiltshire during sunrise, as they welcome the summer solstice](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218653.jpg)
![Volunteers at Dundonald Castle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18208207.jpg)
![Volunteers at Dundonald Castle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18208207.jpg)
![Hannah McLean, an archaeology PhD student at Glasgow University, with a fragment of a plant label, Red Campion, she discovered while investigating the site of the miniature train line that ran through the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18213917.jpg)
![Hannah McLean, an archaeology PhD student at Glasgow University, with a fragment of a plant label, Red Campion, she discovered while investigating the site of the miniature train line that ran through the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18213917.jpg)
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