Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is Scotland’s national bard, a status he has achieved through his popularity since his death in 1796. He wrote some of the country’s ...
Secret, coded letters penned by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers.
Was Mary the victim of Queen Elizabeth’s dynastic ambitions or the perfidious plotter not only against the English queen but against the English church and the liberties of its populace?