The Scottish History Podcast brings together the best of BBC Radio Scotland's history programmes - Time Travels presented by Susan Morrison, the oral history programme Our Story, and more.
By the middle of 18th century Shakespeare was enough of a hit in Scotland to be the butt of one of the greatest heckles in Scottish theatrical history. The play “Douglas” opened in 1756.
prompting worldwide speculation about where she was The most famous ‘not proven’ verdict in Scottish legal history was handed down in Edinburgh’s High Court in July 1857. Madeleine Smith may ...