This is a short post of a different kind. I do not usually burden readers with poetic effusions, but here I make an exception. I recently le...

 The Den o' Fowlis , also termed Spinkie Den , lies several miles north-west of Dundee. Its common name spinkie comes from the profusio...

     The parish of Fowlis lies on the Braes of the Carse of Gowrie, part of the southern slopes of the Sidlaw Hills, several miles north-wes...

     This short piece is just a postscript to my previously published article on that most scurrilous of all songs ' The Ball o' Kir...

 Scholar and Tutor to James VI Most people who know about the rather barren early years of King James VI of Scotland associate his teaching ...

 The old fairs and markets is a topic which I have returned to repeatedly (a bit like witchcraft, which I have also covered in many articles...

    The Battle of Camperdown looms large as one of the most significant military events connected with Angus, though of course it happened a...