DACE Memorial Blog

We (Margaret and I) followed Michael Scot to Toledo in Spain. Well, we travelled eight centuries after him and by train but his memory took ...

The original idea for this blog stemmed from the character of the old Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE), and the increasi...

"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...