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Telling Scotland about AIDS

Find out how activists and organisations working on AIDS information campaigns in 1980s Scotland used cartoons, kilts, and candid language to convey their message.

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Talent, tech and visual art

Jamie Hale finds a combination of talent and technology are crucial when it comes to creating great visual art, but how do you keep working when your circumstances are in constant flux?

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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Surviving a flesh-eating disease

Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.

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  • Broch of Mousa, Scotland.
  • A taste of Scotland.
  • A taste of Scotland.
  • Bridewell Prison, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland, as King of Scotland. Engraving, 18-- (?) after R. Elstrack.
  • Robert II, King of Scotland from 1371
  • Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, Scotland. Wood engraving.
  • Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland: exterior. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Prehistoric Scotland and its place in European civilization : being a general introduction to the "County histories of Scotland" / by Robert Munro.
  • Map of Scotland. Engraving by J. Russell, 1804.
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