Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

On February 8, 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) opened. In 1960, the ...

The Queen Mother was pushed into an arranged marriage with the man she'd already turned down twice - but only after her true ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

The Old Edinburgh Club draws our attention to what happened in the capital in years and centuries gone by. Day Event 1st: In 1918, Dame Muriel Spark (author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) was born ...

Work is under way to try and save an ancient sycamore tree in Glasgow after it was destroyed by Storm Eowyn. Half of the ...

Modern global regulatory bodies should draw upon the repertoire of strategies used by their 1930s predecessors to survive today’s threats.

More than 2,000 Scottish households are still without power, days after Storm Éowyn hit Scotland, damaging property and ...

Glasgow historians say they are "optimistic" that an ancient sycamore with links to Mary, Queen of Scots can be saved after it was badly damaged in Storm Éowyn. The Darnley Sycamore in the south of ...

In Glasgow, a 400-year-old tree with connections to Mary Queen of Scots was severely damaged. A number of branches on the ...

A plaque next to the tree informs visitors of its historic connections. It states: “According to legend, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley and Mary Stuart Queen of Scots, his cousin, sat under this great ...