DACE Memorial Blog

"next stop: Toledo" I wrote, eagerly anticipating the continuation of the Michael Scot trail. Melrose was great fun but it yield...

The Michael Scot trail continues to lead in all sorts of amusing directions. I believe Scot's prominence in history, beyond academic tre...

I was fascinated by this account from the BBC: How jealous 'super fans' try to dictate their idols' private lives . Fans of the ...

Greenbank Garden is a National Trust for Scotland property on the very south edge of Glasgow, actually in East Renfrewshire council ar...

This splendid portrait by G F Watts shows Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (1853-1945). Balfour was a Conservative MP from 1885...

How many people nowadays would read a long narrative poem? Students of literature, compelled by reading lists? Maybe people interested in hi...

Regular readers - yes, both of you - will have spotted my current Michael Scot obsession. I'm intrigued by this medieval Scotsman who be...