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The creepy Edinburgh Wax Museum that 'scared local children witless'

It was the Edinburgh attraction that locals still wax lyrical about to this day - mainly because it scared them 'witless' when they were children and guaranteed them nightmares for months to come.

Edinburgh Live

Island castle an hour from Glasgow with links to Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Scots reopens

The beautiful stronghold sits on an island that is only accessible by boat and has strong links to famous historical figures such as Mary Queen of Scots and Robert the Bruce.

Glasgow Live

Most popular Royal baby names in Scotland as Charles misses out on top five

Baby name experts listed the most popular names in Scotland that have Royal links.

Daily Record

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LPO/Gardner review – Brett Dean provides tantalising prelude to cool Mahler

World premiere of this extract from Dean’s ‘planned opera’ was full of vivid colour and ear-catching textures. The Mahler that followed was stylish and unsentimental

The Guardian - UK

The Scottish museum that is home to the 'world's oldest football' from the 1500s

You may be amazed to learn that a small museum in Stirling is home to what it said to be the oldest football in the world, which may have once been used by Mary, Queen of Scots.

Daily Record

Inside house that's been home to one family for 600 years as it opens to the public

Traquair House is Scotland's - and one of the UK's - oldest continuously inhabited house which has been home to the same family since the 1400s and was once visited by Mary Queen of Scots

Daily Mirror

Scotland’s ‘oldest’ tartan discovered in peat bog

NEW research has revealed a piece of tartan found in a Glen Affric peat bog could be the oldest tartan in Scotland.

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Oldest tartan in Scotland to go on public display for first time

The Glen Affric tartan, which is thought to date to between 1500 and 1600, will go on display at V&A Dundee next month.

The Independent UK

Gogglebox stars among those to headline Boswell Book Festival in Ayrshire

The line-up for this year's festival has been announced and tickets are on sale now.

Daily Record

The stunning Scottish castle by the sea where a Shakespeare movie was filmed

You may be surprised to learn that a 1990 film based on Shakespeare's Hamlet starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close actually shot many of its scenes in Scotland despite being set in Denmark.

Daily Record

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Kate Forbes being treated like Mary, Queen of Scots

JACOB Rees-Mogg has compared SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes to Mary Queen of Scots following the row over some of her views.

The National (Scotland)

3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history

Cryptologists found and decoded over 50 long-lost letters that Mary, Queen of Scots wrote during her time in captivity. A historian calls them the most important new findings about her in 100 years.

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Codebreakers uncover secrets of Mary Queen of Scots lost letters

Experts said the codebreakers' work is the most significant discovery about Mary for 100 years.

Daily Record

Secret messages from Mary Queen of Scots’ prison letters finally decoded

Experts said the codebreakers’ work is the most significant discovery about Mary for 100 years

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Codebreakers crack secrets of Mary Queen of Scots’ lost letters

The letters date from 1578 to 1584, a few years before Mary’s beheading 436 years ago.

Daily Record

The ghosts in Scotland that 'emerge every February' after they were massacred

On one night in February, the ghosts of 38 Scots who were mercilessly slaughtered in 1692 are said to appear in the Highlands and re-enact the massacre on its anniversary.

The National (Scotland)

Plans floated for protected Loch Leven wild swimming hotspot

ONE of Scotland’s most famous freshwater lochs could become a protected wild swimming hotspot if a bid by the Scottish Greens to see it given…

Daily Record

The historic castle Mary Queen of Scots fled to can be rented out this winter

Those looking for a truly luxurious winter getaway can rent out an entire castle that sleeps 26 guests, which counts Mary Queen of Scots among its most famous residents.

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Scotland's funniest gritter names as snow ploughs hit the roads amid blizzard

Scotland is known for its hilariously named fleet of gritters, featuring the likes of Sleetwood Mac and Gonnae Snow Dae That.

The Guardian - UK

Mary review – Douglas Henshall’s courtier defends a Queen in quick-fire debate

Rona Munro’s engaging debate drama has some thrilling exchanges as three characters argue the case for and against Mary Queen of Scots

Nottingham Post

What ER stands for as it is set to be changed to CR following Queen's death

It is seen on postboxes and police helmets

Daily Mirror

Watch Queen's funeral live: Nation comes to standstill to pay respects

The Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey is expected to be the world's most watched broadcast of all time as up to 4.1 billion people tune in to watch the hour-long ceremony, which is due to start at 11am

The Guardian - UK

Queen of the Fight: the royally revelatory drama about James IV’s court

After her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century

ABC News

Queen Elizabeth makes her final journey through Edinburgh as King Charles walks behind

It was a simple ceremony on a royal road but emotions were high as Scots farewelled their Queen.

The Guardian - UK

With sorrow and song, Scotland bids emotional farewell to ‘our Queen’

Service of thanksgiving at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh pulses with history as nation pays its respects

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