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Yaldi Tours sees guides dressed in accurate period clothing as people are guided through Edinburgh

New walking tours in Edinburgh to guide people through the Jacobite rising

Scottish-born Adam Smith is the foremost economist of the last 300 years

SCOTONOMICS Adam Smith may be greatest economist of all time, but was he right?

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A crowd watch the unveiling of a statue of Scottish philosopher Adam Smith at the Royal Mile in Edinburgh

Why the right have got it all wrong about Adam Smith, one of Scotland's finest minds

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Chantal de Prez, from the Fine Art team at Lyon & Turnbull, views Robert Brough's Masterpiece 'Sweet Violets'

Scottish artist's 'rare masterpiece with tragic history' set to fetch £150k

A first edition of Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith boo The Wealth Of Nations at the library of the Dutch House of Representatives in the Hague

BACK IN THE DAY The facts about life of great Scottish economist Adam Smith

The Declaration of Arbroath which is to go on Public Display at the National Museum of Scotland

comment This Union flies in the face of ideals Scotland’s historic declaration stood for

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Ivory launching mallet and silver casket from the ill-fated RMS Empress of Ireland

Launching mallet from doomed Scottish-built ship to be auctioned

Locals said the 'insulting' signs appear to have been put together using Google Translate

EXCLUSIVE 'Insulting': Anger at 'pathetic' Gaelic mistakes in Highland street signs

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Nine year old twins Mya and Zara Akinsowon at the publication of the Census 2022 Summary Results

Ireland’s population tops five million for first time since Great Famine

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The Declaration of Arbroath will go on display for the first time since 2005

Rare chance to see Declaration of Arbroath on display starts this week

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The eerie fairy coffins were found on Arthur's Seat and are on display at the National Museum of Scotland

BACK IN THE DAY Enduring mystery surrounds Edinburgh’s eerie fairy coffins

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Skye's Outdoor Access Trust is among those to benefit.

'Resounding success': Fund aimed at boosting Highlands and Islands tourism praised

Bonnie Prince Charlie depicted leading his forces at the Battle of Culloden

EXCLUSIVE 'Clumsy': Scottish museum criticised for description of Jacobite movement

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The TS Queen Mary is to undergo a £10 million restoration project

Historic Scots steamer taken away for restoration works

The Wallace Sword has returned to where it belongs in Stirling

Historic Scottish sword returns to National Wallace Monument

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Bear Grylls discovered his family is linked to Robert the Bruce

Bear Grylls thrilled to discover links to 'inspirational' Scottish king

I consider them to be two of the greatest Scottish mysteries of the 20th century.

BACK IN THE DAY Back in the day: Two sad tales of unsolved mysteries

Robbie Morrison's new book Cast a Cold Eye is set in 1930s Glasgow

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Author Robbie Morrison on his new 1930s crime thriller set in Glasgow

Accommodation at Mount Pleasant Airport. Picture: Getty Images

comment What could the £60m preserving the UK colonial position in the Falklands pay for?

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Robert Cunninghame Graham

New book explores life of key Labour and SNP founder Robert Cunninghame Graham

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A parade through Kirkwall

Orkney celebrates historic Norwegian links on nation's constitution day

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File photograph of tourists at Edinburgh Castle

EXCLUSIVE Edinburgh Castle in embarrassing Scottish king blunder

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The Stone of Destiny has sat in Edinburgh Castle since 1996

The Stone of Destiny returns to Scotland in top secret trip

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Forester Robert Taylor answers questions at the spot on outskirts of Livingstone where he saw a UFO

BACK IN THE DAY Did Robert Taylor have a close encounter with a UFO in West Lothian?

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The Vow is often credited with having helped swing the 2014 indyref vote for the No side

'The Vow' did not win 2014 independence vote for the Union, academics argue

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The Stone of Destiny will be returned to Edinburgh Castle before then moving to Perth Museum in 2024

EXPLAINED When will the Stone of Destiny return to Scotland?

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King Charles could learn a thing or two from one of his predecessors

BACK IN THE DAY The new King could learn some lessons from Charles II

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Jane McAllister (right) engaged with both sides during filming around the 2014 independence referendum

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW The documentary about the 2014 referendum that all Scots should see

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Prison records show ‘grittier side of life’ in 19th-century Scotland

Bodysnatchers among prisoners in new online records of 19th-century Scotland

Edinburgh was one of the locations where the public could watch the coronation on a big screen

Scots most likely in Britain to have ignored coronation coverage, new survey shows

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St Ninians former opencast coal mine has been identified as a site for a memorial to those killed after being accused of witchcraft

Women killed under witchcraft laws to be remembered at two-day event

The plume of smoke from the stricken HMS Dasher, taken from one of the nearby ships, HMS Isle of Sark, on March 27, 1943

BACK IN THE DAY Will the full truth of the HMS Dasher tragedy ever be known?

Viv’s father, she tells me, was in fact quite close to the 1950 retrieval of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey.

ESSAY Bringing home our Stone from the King's Coronation

Many in the traditional arts and music sector have seen their incomes disappear completely

Stark impact of Covid pandemic on traditional arts in Scotland revealed

Gavin Vernon , Ian Hamilton and Alan Stuart in 1951

COMMENT Stone stealing and the unforgettable legacy of Ian Hamilton

Royals William and Kate, pictured in Trench town, faced criticism and protests during the 2022 tour of the Caribbean

VIEW FROM JAMAICA 'What coronation?': How Jamaicans are viewing the crowning of a British monarch

New Zealand MP Rawiri Waititi said the British crown was stained in blood

SPECIAL REPORT 'Pay what you owe': Global voices tell King to face up to past ahead of coronation

President of Barbados Dame Sandra Mason, pictured with the then prince Charles

COMMENT Barbados's move to republic has been smooth. Will other nations follow?

Most Australians would vote to see King Charles III removed as their head of state, according to recent polling

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER As Australia confronts its colonial past, the crown's shadow looms large

The Honours of Scotland are currently held in Edinburgh Castle

Everything you need to know about the Honours of Scotland

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King Charles is facing calls to own up to Britain's colonial past

King Charles must begin to pay reparations for colonisation, global movement says

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A bid to have Dundee Cake listed as protected food has been rejected

Exclusive UK Government rejects bid for protected status for Dundee Cake

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Janey Jones is the author of The Edinburgh Seven

EXCLUSIVE New book tells story of seven pioneering Edinburgh medical students

King James VI approved a colonisation effort in Lewis, which failed. He later tried a similar venture in Ireland

COMMENT Reuben Duffy: Kings and queens were no bystanders in ugly colonialism

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Clues to our Pictish past can be found in our stones

BACK IN THE DAY The stones which hold rare clues to the culture of our Pictish ancestors

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The rare medieval coin was unearthed by an amateur detectorist

Rare 12th-century Scottish coin depicting Malcolm IV to go on display

Patrick Geddes's work is ongoing

ESSAY Patrick Geddes: The story of a major figure in Scotland's cultural history

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Cecilia Grierson's name is on buildings in Argentina, where her legacy lives on

HISTORY The Scottish descendant who was a pioneer for feminism and health in Argentina

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Alex Salmond said taking a stand could have resulted in worldwide publicity

Alex Salmond: Humza Yousaf shouldn't have let Stone of Destiny go to England

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The King underpins the British constitution

COMMENT John Drummond: The truth about the King and the constitution

The David Livingstone statue at Glasgow Cathedral

HISTORY Remembering the abolitionist work of explorer David Livingstone

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Tom Devine argues the current state of the SNP leaves independence more unlikely than ever – despite polling showing otherwise.

Tom Devine claims independence ‘dead for a generation’ after SNP turmoil

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The Stone of Destiny, which is also known as the Stone of Scone, is being transported to be placed beneath the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King Charles III.

LETTERS Time we 'got off our knees' and tell English establishment to 'get stuffed'

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The report reveals that Glasgow Cathedral contains memorials to people who profited from the slave trade

Report reveals Church of Scotland's historical connections to slavery

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