PICTURES: Power of soul on show in Perth as Lionel Richie gets fans dancing all night long
A huge crowd packed McDiarmid Park for last night’s Lionel Richie concert.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Fair City residents were unwilling to give German gypsy visitors a fair go
United Free minister JW Slater occupies just a footnote in our archives but he was an unsung hero who prevented bloodshed or even the loss of life in Scone.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Wily urban rogues led ploughmen up the garden path
Ploughmen occupied a special place in rural Scotland before the dawn of the tractor. Their skills set them apart from orramen and many guarded their trade knowledge in a secret society. While they held elevated status in the rural hierarchy, that counted for nothing in the cities.
Victorian Perth…Where missionaries fought for others’ souls and their own lives
A spirit of lawless disobedience greeted missionaries from Dundee who dared to preach the Gospel in Perth.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ridding the railway line of a monstrous phantom
The life of a ghost in Victorian Scotland was not an easy calling.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Young vandal soon learned “A taxi driver can spank well”
One of Dundee’s early taxi drivers finally snapped when he caught a boy dragging his tackety boots down his polished paintwork.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Tragedy of a child’s death was no obstacle to wicked Dundee criminals
Possessed by unbridled avarice and wicked indifference, John Kirkcaldy and Alexander Hay prowled Dundee hunting for easy prey and money.
August 1892: Kirrie conman crafted out a daring prison escape
William Bremner’s cunningly inventive mind, audacity and rubber-like limbs made him a prince among Kirriemuir’s thieves.
Beast from the East? It’s cold when sheep start fighting
Forget the Beast from the East, the Thirteen Drifty Days was a grown-up storm in 1674 that devastated much of Scotland.
Grim tales of when things go wrong right at the death
What was intended as a regal send-off for a Dundee man in 1895, descended into a macabre farce.