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Peter Goldman - Poet, Doctor, Plague Survivor
Peter Goldman, a 17th century citizen of Dundee, is l;ittle known today, though he should be for two reasons: the prominence of his own life and...
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Plague and Pestilence Down the Centuries
Early Records One of the most iconic moments in the folk memory of Dundee is the image of the Protestant preacher George Wishart preaching in 1544...
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The King's Cadger Road - A Fishy Tale
Forfar as a set of the peripatetic Scottish court in the Middle Ages has definitely been under investigated. Malcolm Canmore and Queen Margaret have...
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St Drostan the Wanderer
Saints should possibly still be honoured, even in an irreligious age; kept in mind in a different way. There is no patron saint of Angus,but if we...
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The Earliest Legends of Glamis and Glamis Castle
Mention the name Glamis to followers of Scottish ghost stories or folklore and they will probably conjure up memories of the 'Monster of Glamis', the...
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