“the inhabitants of Stromness did resolve to assert their natural liberties and therefore did refuse any longer to submit to this imposition”
Civil Disobedience in Stromness: Alexander Graham
Civil Disobedience in Stromness
“the inhabitants of Stromness did resolve to assert their natural liberties and therefore did refuse any longer to submit to this imposition”
Book review: ‘How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and what came of it’ by Charles Waddie, 1891.
Review of ‘How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and what came of it’ by Charles Waddie, 1891, available now on the Random Scottish History website.
On This Day: 20th of October 1714
Georg Ludwig von Hannover was crowned as King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
Poetry Corner: Holy Willie’s Prayer
“On this day, 11th February in 1659 William Carstares, the radical Scottish Presbyterian cleric was born.”
