Scotland and England are two nations divided by their experience of history. That divide was never wider than during the Wars of Independence in the 13th and 14th centuries when a chance event brought ...

John Balliol did just that. Even though the bully was the man who made him King in the first place! In the year 1290, Margaret the Maid of Norway, heir to Scotland’s throne died. The chief ...

In 1307, with Scotland in sight, Edward died at Burgh-on-Sands. The campaign for the conquest of Scotland passed on to his son, Edward II. The Scots were relieved to find that the brutal and effective ...