THIS week’s Icon is frequently referred to as “the Scottish Samurai” and “the Scotsman who made Japan”. We deduce from these ascriptions that he was Scottish. Thomas Blake Glover was, to say the least ...

An 'exceptional' 3,000-year-old trove of objects that was found by a metal detectorist in 2020 has been saved for the nation. The Bronze Age Peebles Hoard, which includes a sword and decorated ...

CLIMATE activists have been arrested after the display containing William Wallace's sword was vandalised. Two demonstrators spray-painted and smashed up the glass box which holds the historic weapon.

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