Born on 25 January 1759 in Ayrshire, young Rabbie Burns seemed destined for a life as a farmer but his father had other plans and hired a tutor to make sure his son was educated. At the age of fifteen, in an attempt to overcome the hardships of life on the farm, Rabbie wrote his [...]
On 17 January 1746, the Highland Army of Prince Charles Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) engaged the royal troops of King George II in battle on a moor south west of Falkirk in what would become known as The Second Battle of Falkirk. (The first having taken place in 1298 between William Wallace and Edward Longshanks, [...]
Uisge beatha is the Gaelic name for whisky and literally means “water of life”. Scotland is renowned the world over for its whisky, as well as being considered our national drink. So, on New Years Day, let’s discover the history of Scotch!
The first written reference for whisky is from 1494, when a listing of ‘eight [...]
