Darien

A brief look at the Darien adventure of the ordinary Scots.

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French Farce

A good story from the Stuart times and the Act of Union

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Scotland’s Sioux

Conventicles and their suppression

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The Stuarts and American trade; Hudson Bay

How trade boomed with the Stuarts

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The letter carrier

Stories from a rebellion.

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Mayflower and …

Why the Stuarts are so interesting.

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Dalton

The romance of how the name Dalton arose.

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Who really drives change?

I mentioned the ordinary people in the last note and it set me thinking about who really changes history. When the Berlin Wall came down did the West Germans welcome those from the East, or […]

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Ordinary People

So Harry Windsor wants to join the Ordinary People but there’s this worry that he needs to be protected or he, or his wife, might be abducted, mugged, raped or stabbed. Well, I’m sorry, but, […]

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