Alison Campsie
The Scotsman
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Alison:
The extraordinary Jacobite journal written on a deck of playing cards
Written on the eight of diamonds is the most extraordinary diary entry. → Read More
Scotland's largest sale of taxidermy 'this century' set to be held as country house emptied
Scotland’s biggest auction of taxidermy in recent times is set to take place when the ‘Downtown Abbey-style’ contents of four Scottish estates go up for sale. → Read More
'Bucket list' St Kilda to tackle growing visitor numbers
Growing visitor numbers to St Kilda amid a rise in day trippers and cruise ship passengers are set to be addressed to protect the fragile archipelago from over-tourism. → Read More
Scotland's best archaeological finds of 2022 revealed
A Neolithic axe-sharpening station, evidence of a nationally important island monastery and a piece of 4,000-year-old pottery saved from being washed into the sea have been named as some of Scotland’s most important archaeological finds of 2022. → Read More
More than 8,000 silver coins discovered in Scottish field
More than 8,000 silver medieval coins have been found in a field by a metal detectorist in one of the biggest discoveries of its kind. → Read More
A huge day for humanity and a Scot's role in helping people back to the moon
As the world’s most powerful rocket split the dark skies over Cape Canaveral on Wednesday in a blinding show of sound a light, a new chapter in human lunar exploration began. On earth, a huge day for humanity was declared. → Read More
Tributes paid to historian and leading authority on Battle of Culloden
Tributes have been paid to a Jacobite historian and leading authority on Culloden who helped to change understanding of the battle and the land where it was fought. → Read More
Time finally called on Local Hero pub as owner revamps legendary film bar
It starred as a friendly, smoke-filled Scottish pub where the large drams and pints of McEwans flowed all night long. → Read More
New designs for £6m clifftop St Kilda Centre in Outer Hebrides
New designs for a world-class visitor centre to tell the story of St Kilda, its history and its people have been revealed, with plans to create a “visceral” clifftop experience overlooking the Atlantic. → Read More
The Scots baron who changed sex and pioneered trans rights 60 years ago
The case of a Scots aristocrat, GP and farmer who was declared a female at birth and fought for his true gender to be recognised in court is being brought to light almost 60 years on. → Read More
Armistice Day: Remembering the Edinburgh brother and sister killed by war just a year apart
They were a brother and sister raised in relative comfort in an Edinburgh townhouse. In just over a year, both had been killed at war and their parents left without a child. → Read More
Halloween: The 'intriguing and unsettling' Scottish island tradition of skekling
As winter came, the skeklers moved from house to house, dancing around the fire and banging wooden staves on the floor in a celebration of the supernatural. → Read More
The Scottish village that celebrated Halloween on November 11
Until just over 100 years ago, Halloween was celebrated on November 11 in one Scottish village. → Read More
War in Ukraine: Ukrainian refugees to leave Highland hotel after Scottish Government contract cancelled 'out of the blue'
Around 60 Ukrainian refugees have been given four weeks’ notice to leave the Highland hotel where they have lived for the past three months after agents for the Scottish Government suddenly cancelled the accommodation contract. → Read More
Super rare and heavily censored 'slave bible' leaves Scotland on loan
A rare first edition of a ‘slave bible’ held by a Scottish university has been conserved ahead of its journey to Europe. → Read More
Woman buried in Scottish cave with foetus, a piglet and puppy may have been a 'witch or midwife'
A woman who was buried in a cave on Skye around 2,000 years ago with a human foetus, a newborn baby and the remains of a piglet and a puppy may have been considered a witch or a midwife linked to magic and the supernatural. → Read More
Ian Hamilton KC, taker of the Stone of Destiny, dies aged 97
Tributes have been paid to Ian Hamilton KC, who as a student played a key part in taking the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey and returning it to Scotland. → Read More
Ian Hamilton QC, taker of the Stone of Destiny, dies aged 97
Tributes have been paid to Ian Hamilton QC who as a student played a key part in taking the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey and returning it to Scotland. → Read More
Highland glen to begin repopulation after community buys forest land
A Highland glen is to begin its repopulation after land was sold to the surrounding community for new homes. → Read More
Scot heads 9,000 miles south to take up one of most remote jobs in the world
A Scots woman is set to travel 9,000 miles to take up one of the most remote jobs in the world. → Read More