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The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester
The Picts liked to blend drama, devotion and mystery in their sculptures - or so it seems to us now - and this is one of their most spectacular offerings
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Culross Abbey
High on the hillside above Culross Palace are the peaceful ruins of a very old monastery with links to St Mungo and St Serf
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Book review: ‘Scotland’s Merlin’ by Tim Clarkson
“And in the battle of Arfderydd my torc was of gold…” From ‘Yr Afallennau’ (‘The Apples’), a poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen I don’t know about you, but when somebody mentions the name ‘Merlin’, an image of a bearded sorcerer pops straight into my mind, quickly followed by King Arthur and several valiant Knights of the Round Table. Add a couple of fire-breathing dragons, a gleaming but inaccessible sword, and a darkly beautiful villainess, and by this time I’m probably thinking about re-watching the excellent TV series starring Colin Morgan in the title role. I have always been interested in the theories about the origins of Merlin, the…
The Hazel Tree
by Jo Woolf
