Daniel Defoe on Irvine in the 1720s
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is now mainly famous as the author of the adventure novel "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), but he was a pro...
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Premier Kosygin meets reporters at Hunterston Thanks to President Putin's wars of aggression, relations between the UK and Russia are at... -
It may surprise some, but when WWII started the sleepy Shire of Ayrshire was very much on Hitler's radar and figured greatly in ... -
IRVINE With the heavy rains that Ayrshire has been subjected to this Summer, here are a selection of flood maps sourced from the Sc... -
The biggest gig ever held in Irvine was undoubtedy the 2 nights OASIS played at Irvine Beach Park on the nights of the 14th and 15th of July... -
There has been no more divisive issue in Scottish politics in recent years than the question of Scottish Independence. Ayrshire was pretty m... -
This print, dated 1901, shows the ruins of Kilwinning Abbey, which was in operation from the 12th to 16th centuries. -
Very few British counties contributed as much to defeating the evils of Naziism as Ayrshire. Despite its remote location, far from Lo... -
It is a mistake to conflate the Fascist government of Mussolini's Italy with the National Socialist government of Hitler's Germany. ...
17.06.2024 - 0 CommentsIt's election time again and the good people of Ayrshire are pondering their Democratic choices.…
17.03.2018 - 0 CommentsFrom the Ayr Advertiser: AYR tops the list for the highest number of sex criminals in Ayrshire – with…
28.12.2014 - 0 CommentsTraditional Scottish drumming band Albannach performing their identitarian Scottish music at…
11.08.2019 - 0 CommentsIRVINE With the heavy rains that Ayrshire has been subjected to this Summer, here are a selection of…
12.08.2019 - 0 CommentsGrant examines a post box in his constituency From an objective point of view, the best of the present…
29.08.2019 - 0 CommentsPink Floyd is probably the most respected rock band on the planet for the consistently high quality and…
04.10.2021 - 0 CommentsThe countryside can be a dangerous place. These tractors were working for Lockwood Farm (near Stevenson),…
22.02.2018 - 1 CommentsJewish refugees Lore Zimmerman and Susanne Schaeffer in 1939. Because the Scots share some of the…
08.06.2018 - 0 CommentsThe Irvine Development Corporation (IDC), a quasi-fascist development quango, was given complete control…
07.02.2025 - 0 CommentsA gallery walk-through of "A Playlist for Fionnbar" an exhibition of the art of Frank McFadden at The…
