Monday, November 10, 2014
The Stone Collector
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by Bob Cowan Most involved in Scottish curling will have come across the name of Andrew Henderson Bishop. The trophy he presented and wh...
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Scotland's Sporting Buildings
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Book reviewed by David B Smith One of the most remarkable - and least publicised - 'by-products' of the Commonwealth Games in Gl...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
A Sculptured Relief by Rolf Brem
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by David B Smith On a recent surf of the internet seeking items of curling interest I was quite surprised to see in a Swiss auction hous...
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Friday, August 08, 2014
Naval Surgeon John Gibson, and Curling on the Columbia River in 1847
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by Bob Cowan It is often glibly stated that Scotsmen took the sport of curling wherever they went, especially in North America. It is rare...
Thursday, June 05, 2014
The Grand Match at Linlithgow 1848
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by Bob Cowan This week has seen Charles Lees's painting of the Grand Match at Linlithgow Loch, beautifully restored, go on display i...
Friday, May 23, 2014
The 'Manly Game of Balls': A Substitute for Curling in 1846
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David Smith writes: Until the arrival in Scotland of indoor ice rinks, the ice of which was made by machine and did not depend on the clim...
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Theft of Olympic Curling Medals
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The Curling Connections exhibition in Dumfries Museum has been a great success. But last night the museum was broken into, and a number of i...
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