A £1m project has been launched by the University of Aberdeen to shed new light on Sir Walter Scott's poetry. The influential author was born in Edinburgh in 1771 and is often considered the ...

It was among many literary gems held in the Honresfield Library. Sir Walter Scott: £1m project to shed new light on poetry Tower light show starts Sir Walter Scott celebrations The private ...

A white marble bust of eminent novelist Sir Walter Scott was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey in 1897 by the Duke of Buccleuch. It was the gift of a group of Scott's admirers and is a copy ...

As an acclaimed romantic poet, beloved of Byron, then a best-selling novelist, envied by Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott wrote into existence many of the myths and legends we still re-tell and he ...

Novels and epic poems by Sir Walter Scott were hugely popular throughout his lifetime, and influenced generations of writers from around the world. While statues, street names and even bank notes ...