Dreghorn in Ayrshire: Nicola Sturgeon's Hometown
Recently the Guardian newspaper sent one of its "big city" reporters to the village of Dreghorn in our humble shire to dig u...
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Ayrshire is set to lose its clear identity at Westminster after proposed boundary changes to the electoral districts for parliamentary ... -
IT’S official - The Kandy Bar is the best bakery in the country. They have now become the first bakery to hold the Scottish Baker of ... -
James Lee Ewing taking a letter from James C. Neill at the Alamo. It is well known that the Texas Revolution of 1835-36 featured many ... -
The first invasion of Ayrshire that history has some record of was the Roman invasion of 81 and 82 A.D., led by the Roman general Agri... -
Every month, North Ayrshire Council pays over £1 million to service debts to a private contractor, as part of some extremely bad deals...
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Old Monkton Kirk, where Wallace had his inspiring dream. Photo by Roger Griffith. I have made this point before that the evidence of W... -
Back in 1960, piano virtuoso Liberace actually visited Irvine. Yes, I know, it's pretty unbelievable, but it's true. The occasion w... -
Scottish weans admire the coronation stone of Scotland's kings. IT IS said to be the ancient royal seat of Scotland, a place wh... -
Despite its solid contributions to popular music (Gallagher and Lyle, Biffy Clyro, Trashcan Sinatras, etc.), Ayrshire is a little off t... -
In the 2017 general election to the Westminster Parliament, the four Ayrshire constituencies voted as follows:
28.06.2024 - 0 CommentsWhat do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could…- 29.01.2022 - 0 CommentsIn its long history, the territory we now know as Ayrshire has changed hands quite a few times. In fact, it…
22.02.2018 - 0 CommentsEvery month, North Ayrshire Council pays over £1 million to service debts to a private contractor, as…
17.04.2024 - 0 CommentsAI-generated image of a woman in men's clothes from the period, Helen Fielding would have looked a lot…
10.11.2024 - 0 CommentsAnnick Lodge is a late 18th-century manor house in the Neo-Classical style then in vogue, built on the site…
08.06.2018 - 0 CommentsEdgar Allan Poe and the school he went to as a boy Edgar Allan Poe is in many ways the most…
14.09.2019 - 0 CommentsStretching a third of a mile, the giant UPM paper mill along the A78 Ayrshire has always punched above…
07.03.2015 - 0 CommentsJames Lee Ewing taking a letter from James C. Neill at the Alamo. It is well known that the Texas…
29.08.2019 - 0 CommentsAn animated historical account of the famous Battle of Large in 1263, when Scots and Norwegians came to…- 29.01.2022 - 0 CommentsDorrans with "Paddy's Milestone" in the distance.The 2019 General Election saw a landslide for the SNP in…
