A New Race of Men: Scotland 1815-1914. by Michael Fry. ... Thus in the final pages our attention is drawn to a plain gray octagonal column erected in the Fife village of Ceres in 1914, ...

MICHAEL FRY’S take on 18th century Scotland is enjoyable but flawed, ... Scotland 1707-1815. By The Newsroom. Published 22nd Nov 2014, ... Fife and Lothians; Dumfries and Borders; Recommended.

On this day in 1815, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped force to a decisive American victory against 8,000 British troops in the Battle of New Orleans. The invading British Army ...

The volume will offer a fresh perspective on 19th-century Scotland, they trumpet, which "goes well beyond the conventional analyses of economy… ...

Nicola Sturgeon faces questions from opposition party leaders for the final time in 2015 and MSPs debate legislation that will ban smoking in a car with children ...