The British Newspaper Archive is the project to digitise some 40 million pages from the British Library's large collection of newspaper...

by Bob Cowan In the centre of the photo above is Fingask Castle, near Rait in Perthshire. The castle dates from 1594. It remains a famil...

David B Smith, my friend and mentor, died on November 30, 2015, at a nursing home in Ayr. He had many interests in life, but I got to know h...

Review by Bob Cowan Ethnology is 'The study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships betwee...

(or 'Sheet Seven at Crossmyloof') by Bob Cowan The World Curling Federation has clear instruction on the size of the house, the ...

by Bob Cowan In the early years of the twentieth century, mountain resorts in Switzerland became popular as winter holiday destinations....

by Bob Cowan The possible advantages of railways in transporting curlers and their stones to compete in bonspiels had been recognised as...