The abode, known as Barony House, isn't just famous for its grandeur; it's also where Ivanhoe author Sir Walter Scott supposedly kicked off his poetry career and allegedly indulged in opium-fuelled ...

as exemplified in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Politician, author and adventurer Rory Stewart chooses Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott as his Great Life. LISTEN: Politician and author Rory Stewart on ...

A white marble bust of eminent novelist Sir Walter Scott was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey in 1897 by the Duke of Buccleuch. It was the gift of a group of Scott's admirers and is a copy ...

as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, in a series of adventures aimed at a children's audience. The characters were drawn loosely from Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel.

Ashby boasts a castle which was the setting for Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe, and is also the home town of Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole. It holds an arts festival every May, and a travelling ...