A-Z Of Great Scots Archives

Josephine Tey was a gifted novelist and screenwriter, but what was her real identity?

Isabella Elder used her wealth to improve welfare in Govan and women’s education back in the 1890s

Wyndham Halswelle set many records but his Olympic triumph was tarnished by the race he was forced to have against himself.

Sir Alexander Glen, explorer and spy, once set off for the Arctic in a dinner jacket. Read all about this tenacious Scot.

Marjory Fleming was a literary prodigy – and could have been so much more…

Architect, Ebenezer MacRae, transformed the living conditions of Edinburgh’s working class during the 1920s.

Helen Duncan, dubbed Scotland’s last witch, was jailed for revealing war secrets and conjuring up the spirits of dead relatives and soldiers.

The fearless Christian Fletcher and her friends saved Scotland’s crown jewels

Richard Henry Brunton brought a mix of lighthouses, lifeboats and railways to Japan

Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar, is a worthy feisty figure. She taught and English Earl to never underestimate a woman defending her home.

A-Z Of Great Scots