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Author: Captain Craigengelt

Captain Craigengelt, an adventurer-soldier, companion of Frank Hayston.
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John Oal, Distiller in Caithness and Nova Scotia

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Robert Flockhart Vickers and the Gorebridge Murders

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Rudolph Hess flight to meet the Duke of Hamilton, 10 May 1941

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HRH the Duke of Kent in Dunbar, 10 May 2019

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The Earls of Selkirk, the most complicated peerage

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The Lord Selkirk of Douglas and the 39 Steps

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Fidra – the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island

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Craigengelt – what’s in a name? and the Wingate connection

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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, the Port Seton and Tasmanian connection

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From the Sudan to Dunbar: General Sir Reginald Wingate

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Janet Dalrymple – the inspiration for Lucy Ashton and Lucia di Lammermoor

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From Poldark to Mustique

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Sir Chris Hoy – Going For Gold

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Rev. John Witherspoon and his reputed Reece and Knox connections

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Murder Most Foul: from Miss Marple to the House of Lords

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Dame Margaret Kidd, QC (14 March 1900 – 22 March 1989)

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The Corn King and the Spring Queen: From the Haldanes of Gleneagles to the sons of Naomi Mitchison

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The Mysterious Affair at Saint Cuthbert’s – an Agatha Christie Mystery

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Dunbar’s most famous son- celebrating the birth of John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914)

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It’s All Coming Back to Me Now – Jim Steinman (01 November 1947 – 19 April 2021)

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