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History as it's happening 👇 Two of Scotland's greatest military calamities happened in this town ONE of my favourite areas of Scotland is East Lothian, not only because it is replete with history but also because it is usually the sunniest district of this country... Project to dry out Charles Rennie Macintosh's Hill House enters 'exciting stage' A PROJECT to dry out Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece the Hill House is working and has reached a “really exciting” stage, experts have said. Infamous Thatcher deal makes mockery of claims arms sales are well regulated IT should not surprise us that the arms industry and corruption go hand in hand. That is why we should doubt any politician who tells us that the export of weapons that kill people is somehow “regulated” or “subject to strict controls”... How this Scots king came to be known as 'The Fierce' THIS week sees the 900th anniversary of the death of a King of Scots, Alexander I, and the immediate ascension to the throne of his brother, the much more famous King David I. Read more

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