Heritage and Retro

Heritage

The Museum of Childhood is based on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

Entry fees on the cards for museums and galleries in Edinburgh
Admission fees are being explored for council-run attractions in Edinburgh

Sir Michael Palin's Big Three Adventures, available as BBC DVD box-sets, benefit from regular viewing. Picture: Scott Reid

Humour, insight and passion: Michael Palin takes top honours in TV travel world

The 21 best Scottish movies voted by Scotsman readers

Joaquin Phoenix stars as Napoleon in the new Ridley Scott film (Picture: Sony Pictures)

How Scots played a key role in the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte

The agreement marks the return of a dedicated shipbuilder in Stornoway for the first time in 100 years.

Shipbuilding returns to Stornoway for first time in 100 years

Jason Barrett has been appointed chief executive of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Picture: Ian Georgeson

The ex-US marine aiming to take the Edinburgh Tattoo into a new era

This little box may be billed as an upscaling DVD player but it just might also be the biggest CD playing bargain available.

CD hit: Why my £18 supermarket player is the greatest hi-fi bargain in 40 years

A SRPS first class compartment which seeks to convey the golden age of rail travel. (Photo by SRPS)

Rail operator forced to halt most historic tours for £500,000 safety upgrade

Rishi Sunak meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 Summit last year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak goes all Alan Partridge over 'Elgin Marbles'

Here are 10 terrifying Christmas creatures from around the world

The jetty at Hushinish in Harris with boats bound for Scarp in the background. PIC: Dr Mary Gilham Archive Project/Creative Commons

The island that everyone left and the abandoned house now sold as a second home

A decent compact disc player is the perfect way to listen to Dire Straits' 80s classic Brothers in Arms. Picture: Scott Reid

Passions: Forget the vinyl revival, compact discs make sweeter, cheaper music

Eilean Musdile lighthouse on the isle of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. The only shop and post office on the island - which has a population of around 160 - has been saved after the community bought out the store. PIC: Eugene Birchall /geograph.org.

How the only shop on a Scottish island was saved with help of second home owners
The shop and post office on Lismore, which has a population of around 160, struggled to attract a new buyer until the community stepped in.

Here are 80 of the Billy Connolly's best jokes to give you a laugh

A mosaic in a church in Chile portaying Saint Andrew.

St Andrew’s Day: Who is Saint Andrew and why Scotland celebrates him?

Reed Hudson, Historic Environment Scotland metal conservator, inspecting the Crown of Scotland. Picture: HES

Honours of Scotland return to display at Edinburgh Castle

The years running up to the 1745 Jacobite rebellion were dangerous times for many (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Kidnapped: A true story of intrigue, abduction and Jacobites in 18thC Scotland

It is hoped Edinburgh's Filmhouse cinema will be able to reopen by the summer.

Edinburgh Filmhouse: Council agrees crucial funding to help cinema reopen

Alistair Wilson, a double Olympian sprint canoeist, adventurer, inventor and engineer, photographed earlier this year at home in Lendalfoot. PIC: John Devlin.

Scottish double Olympic canoeist, adventurer and paddle designer dies aged 84

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Retro

The Techmoan channel has built up a following of around 1.3 million subscribers and more than 323 million total views.

Passion: Retrotech hit Techmoan proves there's more to YouTube than dancing cats
For a bit of tech that was launched less than 20 years ago, YouTube can boast some pretty impressive stats.

19 Beautiful Scottish Lighthouses built by the iconic Robert Stevenson

A fireman tackles the blaze at the Scottish Tar Distillers' plant at Camelon in November 1973. Pic: TSPL

Remembering the tar works fire 50 years on

The 1980s will be a decade remembered for many things including bold fashions and big phones. Picture: John Phillips

Scott Reid passions: Larging it up for the decade that can't be topped

Here are the 10 best Scottish poets...that aren't Robert Burns!

The John Buchan Story Museum highlights The Thirty-Nine Steps novel and films and is a top attraction in the Borders town of Peebles.

Scott Reid passions: Stepping into a world of adventure in pretty Peebles

Forza Horizon 4 (2018) | © Microsoft Studios / Playground Games / Microsoft Corporation

5 Video games set in Scotland starting with Forza Horizon

A small part of Scott Reid's growing collection of landmarks, buildings, planes and vehicles, acquired as an adult fan of Lego.

Scott Reid passions: Piecing together my obsession for Lego

Waverley first cruise of 2023 gets underway

Doon the watter with the SS Waverley

HP Sauce is named after the Houses of Parliament and displays a picture of the London landmark on its label.

Passions: Exposing my saucy secret passion

More Scottish Heritage and Retro

A kimono owned by Freddie Mercury will be going on display in a Japanese fashion exhibition at V&A Dundee next year. Picture: Victoria and Albert Museum

Freddie Mercury kimono worn at home to go on show in V&A Dundee exhibition

This 1953 collage will be will be among the Eduardo Paolozzi works going on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art next year. Picture: Paolozzi Foundation

100 years of ‘Pop Art’ pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi to be celebrated in Edinburgh

Exclusive Game On: 60 years of videogaming to be celebrated in Edinburgh

'Groundbreaking ‘Gaelictronica’ group Niteworks are to disband after 16 years. Picture: Ryan Buchanan Photography

Groundbreaking ‘Gaelictronica’ group Niteworks to disband after 16 years

The EMI TG12345 Mk I recording console used by The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios is up for auction. Picture: Courtesy Bonhams/SWNS

Beatles Abbey Road recording console up for auction for more than £1m

Robert Bruce killed Henry de Bohun at the Battle of Bannockburn after the English knight launched what was considered to be an unchivalrous attack (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bannockburn is a timeless reminder to never give up hope, no matter the odds

The Station Hotel building in Ayr was severely damaged by a fire in September (Picture: John Devlin)

Every effort must be made to save Ayr's Station Hotel from wrecking ball

Images released by South Ayrshire Council show the damage caused to the hotel following the blaze.

Hotelier 'interested' in acquiring fire ravaged Station Hotel in Ayr

The best and most beautiful castles to visit in Scotland (Getty Images via Canva Pro)

The 14 most magnificent castles to visit in Scotland

Protestors from This is Rigged say they have smashed the glass case in Edinburgh Castle's Crown Room. Picture: Historic Environment Scotland

Three people arrested as protest targets Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle

Actress Tilda Swinton will play the artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham in the new film A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things. Picture: Frazer Harrison

Tilda Swinton to portray celebrated Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Islanders get ready to board SS Marloch 100 years ago to emigrate as part of a controversial scheme to create a new Catholic settlement in Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The long 'silence' around a Scottish island emigration as it marks 100 years

The British war graves in Doirani, Greece. Picture: Alastair Stewart

Why there is a Scots-style war memorial on a Greek hillside

Exclusive Descendant of Scots dynasty opposes plans to rebury ancestors’ bodies

Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has published a new report imagining what Edinburgh could look like in 2040.

Radical Princes Street revamp predicted under ‘imagined’ 2040 Edinburgh vision

The images, held by Fife cultural charity, OnFife, have long been a mystery. Picture: OnFife

Mystery of striking photographs solved after nearly a century

The identity card of John Cumming Sclater, of Kirkwall, who survived the Rohna attack. PIC: Contributed.

A search for truth over a hushed-up World War Two sea attack that killed 1,000

Exclusive ‘Existential crisis’ as up to 700 churches predicted to close by 2030

British Expeditionary Force soldiers en-route to Mons in Belgium on August 17, 1914. Picture: PA

Lord Mulholland remembers those from judiciary who fought in World War One

Members of the Scottish Women's Land Army at Eaglescairnie Farm, East Lothian, during World War Two. Thousands of records now released illuminate the efforts of the 'land girls' in keeping the nation warm and fed during the conflict. PIC: East Lothian Museums.

Scotland's 'Land Girls' : Hard work, skill and fighting sexism