Christmas banned for 400 years?
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Elsie Inglis: who refused to ‘go home and sit still’
Imagine, at the beginning of the First World War, offering your not insubstantial (and much-needed)...
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When we think of the Scottish Witch Trials, most of us probably think of Early Modern Europe: a time...
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Halloween as we know it today is rooted in Celtic and Pagan traditions, a world of spirits and fairy...
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Can't decide what to do this Halloween? Here are our top 7 Halloween events in Edinburgh you can...
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