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Bonnie Prince Charlie’s medicine box used at Battle of Culloden to be exhibited

The medicine chest of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s personal physician, used at the Battle of Culloden, will go on display for the first time. The historic item, which includes medicines made from beetles, beaver anal glands and turpentine, will be part ...

05 Sept 2022 at 12:08

Scotland

‘Hogwarts Express’ train services cancelled amid safety concerns

A train that featured in several Harry Potter movies has had its services cancelled amid safety concerns. The “Hogwarts Express”, officially known as The Jacobite, has been temporarily shut down by operator West Coast Railways. A popular tourist ...

21 Jul 2023 at 18:36

‘Hogwarts Express’ train services can resume, says safety body

A train service that featured in several Harry Potter movies can resume after being granted a temporary exemption to a safety rule. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the Jacobite – often referred to as the Hogwarts Express – can run until ...

08 Aug 2023 at 22:05

Scotland

Face of Bonnie Prince Charlie recreated using death masks

The face of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been recreated using death masks, depicting him as he would have looked during the Jacobite rising. The prince was renowned for his good looks and has captivated a new generation of audiences through TV ...

18 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Shoe buckle which may have belonged to clan chief among finds at Culloden

Archaeologists have uncovered artefacts including a shoe buckle thought to have belonged to a clan chief wounded in battle at Culloden. A large number of musket balls and grapeshot have also been discovered in a 60 square-metre area close ...

12 Apr 2024 at 12:34

Scotland

Axed Robert Burns manuscript could have put career in jeopardy, says scholar

A Robert Burns scholar has unearthed an early version of one of the poet’s songs he believes could have cost him his livelihood had it been published because of its revolutionary ideas. The cancelled working manuscript of the song Ye ...

24 Jan 2024 at 16:53

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Russell Crowe reveals he is related to Jacobite lord who ‘laughed his head off’

Russell Crowe has revealed he is the distant relative of a notorious Jacobite lord who was the last man to be executed by beheading in Britain. The Gladiator star has been exploring his ancestry and his research uncovered some ...

04 Jan 2024 at 11:53

‘Hogwarts Express’ operator loses High Court challenge over door safety

The operator of a train service that featured in the Harry Potter films has lost a High Court challenge against a rail regulator over the safety of doors on its carriages. West Coast Railway Company Ltd (WCRCL) took legal ...

22 Dec 2023 at 12:51

New William Hogarth exhibition to feature artwork not seen for 300 years

Paintings and engravings by one of Britain’s best-known artists are to be displayed in a new exhibition exploring their links with an infamous uprising. Works by the renowned 18th-century artist, satirist and theorist ...

06 Mar 2023 at 10:00

Sir Walter Scott’s Rob Roy manuscript going on show at National Library

Hidden from all but a few scholars and saved from being sold off at auction, Sir Walter Scott’s manuscript of his novel Rob Roy is set to go on show to the public for the first time in at least 100 years. Written in ...

03 Jan 2023 at 11:00

Culloden cannonball sells for almost £19,000 at auction

A cannonball recovered from the battlefield at Culloden has sold for almost £19,000 at auction. The cannonball, engraved with the words “Ogilvy Culloden 16 April 1746”, had been expected to sell for between £3,000 ...

21 Aug 2025 at 13:19

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