Scotland

R.S. Taylor Stoermer takes a transatlantic perspective on the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707.

Alexander I succeeded his father Malcolm Canmore, Macbeth's killer, as King of Scots on January 8th, 1107.

Gervase Phillips explains how and why Henry so badly mishandled his relations with the Scots.

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of King James I's creation and proclamation of a union flag, on April 12th, 1606.

Andrew Fisher asks who William Wallace really was, and why he has become an icon of Scottish resistance to the English.

Murray Watson looks at the historical roots of a phenomenon few commentators have noted: the sizeable English presence in Scotland.

Alexander Wilkinson considers what the French made of the controversial royal who played a pivotal role in the French wars of religion, both as Queen of Scots and Queen of France.

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.