Historian Gareth Russell has written Queen James, a biography of King James VI and I - the last king of Scotland - who moved to London ...

Located just off the A1, in Northamptonshire, is the tiny village of Fotheringhay, of which the historian John Nicholls wrote ...

Scotland's History The Reformation Mary returns to rule Scotland The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this ...

Scotland's History Articles James VI ... The key chapter of his reign involved two women - his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I of England. Throughout his reign James was keen to ...

When it comes to the biggest questions about British history, there is perhaps none more frequently asked than who were the best (and worst) monarchs. YouGov asked the public for their opinion.

Fotheringhay Castle was once the seat of power of the Dukes of York, but now it's a pile of bricks on the site where the ...

Several English locations have been used to represent Scottish settings in the hit Starz series Outlander, with one castle in ...

The prison scenes were filmed at various locations, with an exterior shot of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland standing in for the fictional Wentworth Prison. It's here that Jamie endures brutal ...

Another filming location for Wentworth Prison was Linlithgow Palace in Edinburgh, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. Outlander fans will also recognise Scotland as the stand-in for the New World, ...

In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded. After attempting to restore Catholicism to Scotland and two disastrous marriages, she was forced to abdicate and fled to England in 1567. She was ...

Jill Stephenson (Letters, February 4) has certainly pressed the nationalist "go" button by describing Scotland as a region of the United Kingdom and therefore part of the world's sixth-largest ...