Against the paranoid backdrop of the Scottish witch trials, a murder plot involving King James and some of his lovers took ...

A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released ...

In the 1590s, King James VI of Scotland's fear of witchcraft began stirring up national panics, resulting in the torture and death of thousands. Toil and TroubleAn engraving reproduces Henry ...

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This show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery uses portraits, letters, clothes and elaborate jewellery to evoke the monarch’s times ...

A childhood thank-you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition. In the letter, the first known to have been written by ...

A rare letter penned by King James VI of Scotland when he was just seven years old is set to go on public display for the first time later this month. The historic document, held by National ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A childhood thank-you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition.