The King Penguin
From St James's Gazette - Saturday 07 December 1901 The ’Cutest Thing in the Zoo.' I had a chat the other afternoon with the keeper of my favourite creature at the…
Piracy off the coast of Islay
The Scottish isle of Islay (pronounced eye-luh) is a peaceful place, hardly one associated with piracy, but in the late eighteenth Century, things were very different. From the Caledonian Mercury…
Fireworks Explosion – Marvellous Escape
From the Fife Herald - Thursday 08 September 1842. St Andrews. - Explosion - Marvellous Escape.—Mr Gyngell, the celebrated constructor of fire works, who has entertained the folks here on…
Edinburgh Botanics
From the The Scots Magazine - Thursday 01 June 1809. Suggestions for the Improvement of the EDINBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN. All about grew every sort of flowre, To which sad lovers were…