A-Z Of Great Scots
Agnes Randolf
Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar, is a worthy feisty figure. She taught and English Earl to never underestimate a woman defending her home.
A-Z Of Great Scots
A-Z Of Great Scots
Richard Henry Brunton
Richard Henry Brunton brought a mix of lighthouses, lifeboats and railways to Japan
A-Z Of Great Scots
Christian Fletcher
The fearless Christian Fletcher and her friends saved Scotland’s crown jewels
A-Z Of Great Scots
Helen Duncan
Helen Duncan, dubbed Scotland’s last witch, was jailed for revealing war secrets and conjuring up the spirits of dead relatives and soldiers.
A-Z Of Great Scots
Ebenezer MacRae
Architect, Ebenezer MacRae, transformed the living conditions of Edinburgh’s working class during the 1920s.
A-Z Of Great Scots
Marjory Fleming
Marjory Fleming was a literary prodigy – and could have been so much more…
A-Z Of Great Scots
Sir Alexander Glen
Sir Alexander Glen, explorer and spy, once set off for the Arctic in a dinner jacket. Read all about this tenacious Scot.
A-Z Of Great Scots
Wyndham Halswelle
Wyndham Halswelle set many records but his Olympic triumph was tarnished by the race he was forced to have against himself.
A-Z Of Great Scots
Isabella Elder
Isabella Elder used her wealth to improve welfare in Govan and women’s education back in the 1890s
A-Z Of Great Scots
Josephine Tey
Josephine Tey was a gifted novelist and screenwriter, but what was her real identity?
A-Z Of Great Scots
William Kidd
William Kidd was the flamboyant, risk-taking privateer immortalised in Treasure Island. Discover his wild adventures that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson.
A-Z Of Great Scots
The Lady of Lawers’
The Lady of Lawers’ prophecies have been coming true for three centuries
A-Z Of Great Scots
Marion Patterson
Wartime fire guard Marion Patterson went beyond the call of duty, impressing the king!
A-Z Of Great Scots
Sir Alexander Ogston
Sir Alexander Ogston was the clean freak who discovered a killer strain of bacteria
A-Z Of Great Scots
William Playfair
William Playfair, celebrated architect’s namesake was a scoundrel of statistics
A-Z Of Great Scots
Queen Matilda of Scotland
Queen Matilda of Scotland rose to power from tragedy and a life in the convent
A-Z Of Great Scots
Robert William Thomson
Robert William Thomson didn’t get credit for his new tyres but he made his mum happy.
A-Z Of Great Scots
Henry Sinclair
Scots nobleman, Henry Sinclair, might have reached the New World before Columbus.
A-Z Of Great Scots
Muriel Thompson
Racing driver, ambulance driver, suffragette, war hero, Muriel Thompson broke the mould
