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A scuttled battleship at Scapa Flow

Centenary of the largest single day’s loss of shipping the world has ever seen

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Tory bank holiday changes cost calendar firm £200k

Super Puma helicopter crash inquiry announced

Anniversary marks 75 years since flying bombs targeted London after D-Day

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Jacobite battle remains uncovered by archaeologists 300 years on

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Britain’s biggest meteorite crater unearthed off the coast of Lewis

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How colonialism has shaped the way we view sex and our own sexual identities

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Back in the Day: Textbook case of history rewritten in UK immigrants guide

Hamish MacPherson's Scottish quiz: how many answers do you know?

Battle of Bannockburn rally organiser launches crowdfunding appeal

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Old Man of Hoy triumph for blind climber

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Remembering the Scottish forces who fought on D-Day

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Scotland remembers the D-Day fallen at Bayeux Cathedral

Back in the Day: James Lind – the Scotsman considered a medical hero

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‘Lost’ medieval Lewis Chessman found in Scottish family's home

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An unexplained tragedy made worse by mendacity of the British state

The proof is in the plants for truly extraordinary Scottish explorer

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Scotland's only outdoor Shakespeare festival sees a woman play Hamlet

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Unknown third Roman route for invasion of southern Scotland uncovered

Lords of the Isles’ base is brought back to life by Scottish experts

Letters

Why do so many scholars cling to the myth of the battle of Mons Graupius?

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Historic house with links to Scots monarchs hosts medieval festival

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Scottish history is yet to be fully freed from the Unionist prism

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How Queen Victoria ignited Scotland’s tourist trade and changed our country

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Showband massacre survivor's doubts over memorial calls

Childhood memories of hearing about the Miami Showband massacre

Official tartan celebrates real-life history of Outlander backdrop

William Wallace statue returns to Stirling after restoration

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This is why half of young Scots don't know about Scottish history

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The Scotswoman at the heart of American politics who made the cover of Life magazine

The story of Grace Elliot's incredible life – from high society to spy to author

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Archaeologists herald chance find of ancient burial site on Orkney

Two modern fiction writers whose work inhibits different areas of Scottish life

The fairytale Scottish castle blown up by the Royal Navy in 1719

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Remembering Margaret Thatcher's disastrous legacy 40 years after she became PM

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Two countries with links that go back to time of the Vikings

This is how James Watt started the industrial revolution

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Chapelcross: The UK Government’s Cold War nuclear weapons project

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Lost Robert the Bruce 'tomb' goes on permanent display at abbey

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How a Scots researcher solved the mystery of Nessie's shape

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Back in the day: The killing that helped usher in the Reformation

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St George: What was his story and why is he the English flag's namesake?

This is how close Scotland was to a full union with France

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Joining the dots between the Clearances, colonialism, land reform and climate change

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WW2 airmen whose plane went down in East Lothian to be remembered with memorial

Gravestone rescue documentary celebrates Scotland-Norway links

Scottish volunteers' role in Spanish Civil War celebrated

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Trix the Tyrannosaurus rex is in town and ready for public

This is how a Scottish city's medieval heritage could influence video gaming

Back in the Day: Tommy Douglas – the Scotsman who gave Canada free healthcare

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Joseph Black: Chemistry pioneer and star of the Scottish Enlightenment

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Why Scots are tracing their pasts back to their family trees' roots

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