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The Dwindling and Extinction of Gaelic in Angus
The date at which Gaelic ceased to be a living, spoken language in Angus possibly presents more of an enigma than when it started to be spoken in the...
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General Monck's Massacre
Conventional folk memory (if there is such a thing) in Dundee recalls the sack and occupation of the town by General Monck in the middle of the 17th...
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Over Frae Angus
Over frae Angus and intae the Mearns, check in the howe whar the gulls sing like bairns. Over the Tay and on into Fife, the haunts o the hunted, the...
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Up, up and Away! The First British Balloonist
For a pioneer in both flying and literature, James Tytler is sadly neglected figure, but one whose life was sadly inconsistent for all his...
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Sir John Kirk and the End of Slavery in Zanzibar
There were few places as strange to the intrepid foreigner in the mid 19th century as Zanzibar , even in an age when the whole continent of Africa...
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