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Religion in Scotland
Scotland has a long and deep spiritual heritage. Our spiritual and religious traditions have shaped Scotland’s cultural norms, defined identities, and influenced the nation’s legal and political institutions. Due to its fundamental role in forging Scottish...
Other peoples money
Anyone passing the skyscrapers of Wall Street or the City of London and its annexe at Canary Wharf will be impressed by the scale and scope of modern finance. Logos display familiar names such as Citigroup and HSBC. More discreet brass plates identify...
John Knox
O God, give me Scotland or I die!- John Knox John Knox; Scottish Reformer AD 1505-1572 John Knox was one of the greatest reformers and preachers the world has ever seen. Although he was a mere instrument in the Hand of God to harvest lost souls in Scotland,...
The Welsh Language
The Welsh is spoken by 27% of the population 650.000 people and don't forget the 250.000 people who speak Welsh who live in England and 11000 who live in Scotland so the Welsh language has in UK over 900.000 speakers and rising every year by 20.000. it...
Google+ is now dead
Google is finally closing the social network it set up in an ill-fated attempt to take on Facebook, the company has confirmed. Google+ will be shut down for good in April, with all profiles and pages to be deleted on that day. What is being deleted? Any...
Banksy in the British Museum
More than a decade after he cheekily stuck a fake artwork to the wall of one of its galleries, Banksy has officially joined the collection of the British Museum for the first time. The museum has acquired its first work by the anonymous graffiti artist,...
“Little Ice Age”
European colonisation of the Americas resulted in the killing of so many native people that it transformed the environment and caused the Earth’s climate to cool down. Settlers killed off huge numbers of people in conflicts and also by spreading disease,...