Something About Occult Britain

Ghosts will haunt it still.

Something About Holyrood, Edinburgh

Crossing Britaine's Other Eye.

Something About Mount Stuart

It’s a Bute, Clark.

Something About the Tartan Day

Forever plaid.

Something About Scotland Autarchs Cover illustrations

Quips from the Question Box.

Who’s Who: David Rizzio

Before bed, Lewis reads Stoddard’s account of the murder of this member of the Scottish court [The House with a Clock in its Walls; 19].

Time Capsule: 1566

March 9, 1566: When you settle down for the night, what sort of book do you dig out of the shelves? History?  Mystery?  Romance?  A book Lewis finds in his uncle’s house is Volume IX of Stoddard's Lectures, labeled "Scotland, England, and London":

Something About the Lewis Chessmen Stalemate

We mentioned the conflict a few weeks ago but now some comments about the push to relocate the Lewis Chessmen from their home in the British Museum to Scotland, the country they were found:

• The Closet Grandmaster
  
• Jeffrey J. Cohen
  
• Derek.Fincham

In addition, someone is using the pallid little dwarves as inspiration for a writing project.

N-QB3: Chessmen on the Move!?

There are efforts to move the famed Lewis Chessmen from their perch in the Europe AD 1000-1540 gallery at the British Museum back to their native Scotland, where they were found in the early 1800s off the Bay of Uig on the Isle of Lewis.

The fight for the pallid dwarves has been long-running but recent activities have brought the story back into the news: