Today is the final column of my series on the ancient history of our eight official cities – and please read to the end for some news about ...

Why 1649 was a time of bewildering transformation. We killed a king and created a republic. It was all over by 1660, but ...

One of the first Irish vessels to have been sunk during World War II has been located north of Donegal’s Tory Island.

A fascinating new exhibition at The R&A World Golf Museum in St Andrews explores golf’s surprising ties to warfare – from ...

I HAVE proved comprehensively during this series that all of Scotland’s cities had ancient fortifications, early religious institutions and ...

James II, who ruled from 1437 to 1460 was born ... finish and perfect’ pictures of the ‘Kings who have reigned over this Kingdom of Scotland, from King Fergus the first king, to King Charles II, our ...

King James II died an ignoble death when he stood too close to one of his war toys — a new cannon design that would further his expansionist ambitions and fulfil his decree to “Make Scotland ...

In little James Stuart, the Catholic King James II finally had the male heir he had ... James claimed the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland with the backing of France.

Prince William stepped out in Scotland with King Charles and Queen ... founded in 809 by King Achaius and later revived under King James II in 1687. King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince William ...

The centuries-old tradition was formally established by King James VII of Scotland, who was also King James II of England, in 1687 to reward Scots who supported him, the U.K.’s official royal ...

Charles Edward Stuart was the grandson of England's James II (Scotland's James VII), who had ... from the Latinized name of the deposed king — was initially successful, and Bonnie Prince Charlie ...