(Images of Bede and George Buchanan courtesy of Wikipedia Commons) According to the Venerable Bede, the language that linked the varied peoples who inhabited Britain…
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Q. D. Leavis famously scorned detective fiction as one of the evils of the modern world. Other guardians of “high” culture have likewise despised it. The…
Comments closedOn 25 July 1603, James VI was crowned King of England. A “cradle king” in Scotland, he proved to be a moderate and wise monarch,…
Comments closedThe birth of a Prince to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 22 July calls for some reflection in a Legal History Blog, particularly one…
Comments closedTwo hundred and twenty-three years ago today Adam Smith was interred in the Canongate Kirkyard in the Burgh of Canongate, now part of the city of Edinburgh. He…
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