Kate Kane receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council via the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities. Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland ...

The messages, written while she was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, were mistakenly listed as Italian texts in France’s national library. By Euan Ward Reporting from London Deep in the ...

Making its ENO premiere, this critically acclaimed modern opera set 500 years ago tells the story that still resonates today. With hostile forces on every side, Mary I of Scotland attempts to secure a ...

Mary wrote the letter in French around 2 a.m. on the day of her execution. National Library of Scotland On the morning of February 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, knelt at an execution block in the ...

Emily Hay has previously received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The last letter of Mary, Queen of Scots goes on display in 2026 for the first time in almost a decade.

Mary, Queen of Scots, is seeking a strategic marriage to strengthen her claim to the English throne. Her cousin Lord Darnley appears to check all the boxes: He comes from a powerful Scottish family, ...

A computer scientist, a musician, and a physicist enter the archives of a national library. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but the punchline is a serious one: Researchers of various ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wikimedia and National Galleries of Scotland, CC BY-NC Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is Scotland ...