Scotland

The Scottish king fought Malcolm Canmore on 27 July 1054.

Martin Henig, interviewed by Tony Morris, shares a beaker of wine with the Emperor Hadrian.

Retha Warnicke examines the tumultuous career of Mary, Queen of Scots, before her long incarceration by her cousin Elizabeth I of England.

Richard Cavendish describes James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor's wedding on August 8th, 1503.

Raymond Campbell Paterson re-examines the fortunes and friendships of a key figure of Charles II’s administration.

Was Bruce as patriotic or as harmonious in his relationship with Wallace as the view of historical romance has handed down? Andrew Fisher investigates the meaning of patriotism in 14th-century Scotland and suggests the tradition needs revising.

Keith M. Brown on the Scottish nobility in the early modern period.

Michael Hunter tells how a mysterious phenomenon in the Highlands sparked a debate between scientific virtuosi and urban sceptics, in an episode that helps shed light on the vexed issue of ‘the decline of magic’.

In May 1941 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy, landed in Scotland. But historians differ over the true nature of his mission.

Alexander II died on July 8th, 1249, aged fifty. His reign was often later remembered in Scotland as a golden age.