Alison Campsie
Journalist at The Scotsman
Journalist at Scotland on Sunday
Journalist for @thescotsman and @scotonsunday. Writes mostly about Scottish heritage and culture but will go any time, anywhere. NE Coaster.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Alison Campsie
The faces tell a story of the early days of Edinburgh. Buried hundreds of years ago in the heart of the-then new city of Edinburgh, the faces of some of the capital’s earliest residents have been brought to life once more. Facial restorations of a number of skeletons buried at St Giles’ from the 12th century have been completed to mark the 900th anniversary of both the cathedral and the city itself.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Alison Campsie
The time ball has returned to Calton Hill. A 19th century time ball that helped seafarers set their clocks for decades is due to drop from the top of one of Edinburgh’s great monuments once more. The 90kg time ball was fitted to the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill in 1852 and dropped every day at 1pm to assist sailors in the Firth of Forth with timekeeping and navigation. Made from wood and zinc, the time ball was taken down last year for restoration.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Alison Campsie
A leading historian has suggested that Scottish independence has long been compatible with being British following his analysis of medieval texts. Professor Dauvit Broun, of the University of Glasgow, has found Scottish historians and writers in the 1380s and early 1500s regarded the Scottish kingdom as equivalent to Britain. This was not as common as the tendency to refer to Britain as England, but it was similar, he said.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Alison Campsie
A letter send home to Scotland from New York more than 150 years ago hints that one of the earliest typewriters may have been invented in the industrial powerhouse of Paisley decades before the machines first came on the market. John Galloway was a Paisley man with an inventive spirit - and a determination to succeed.
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3 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | Alison Campsie
Scottish ministers have refused plans for a controversial trotting track at historic Bannockburn battlefield. Heritage chiefs have welcomed a decision by Scottish ministers to overturn planning permission for a development of a trotting track on the historic site of the Battle of Bannockburn.
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Living like a hunter gatherer for health research … my old friend Ginny Hutchison is foraging for her life on Lewis .. great read on the security of food, the deepest connection to nature and all things in Scotland’s most natural larder @thescotsman https://t.co/7nl9ugnXgr
RT @CatrionaStewart: I’m thrilled to have my first column in @TheScotsman - not least because it’s about 20 years since I last had my photo…
Was intrigued to learn Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle is one of three up for sale in the North East. Spent a lovely afternoon there a few years back and chatted to a bloke who introduced himself as Mel. ‘That’s Mel triple L’ @TheScotsman https://t.co/y2BfJR7axV
