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Susan Swarbrick

Susan Swarbrick

Herald Scotland

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Keir Hardie was a pioneering politician - is his legacy now forgotten?

There is a sign that I think about often. It sits at the side of the road between Newhouse and Holytown in North Lanarkshire. Perched on the edge of...

16.03.2025 7

Herald Scotland

Susan Swarbrick

Lost Scotland: What next for historic Lanarkshire hotel much-beloved by generations? It has been a familiar sight for generations of visitors to the Clyde Valley, the distinctive black and white Tudor-style exterior of the Popinjay Hotel at Rosebank seared into the memories of berry pickers, wedding guests, walkers, anglers and day trippers alike.

It has been a familiar sight for generations of visitors to the Clyde Valley, the distinctive black and white Tudor-style exterior of the Popinjay...

02.03.2025 10

Herald Scotland

Susan Swarbrick

Lost Scotland: Poignant story of once-grand Clyde Valley houses wiped from existence

Trace your finger along a map of the Clyde Valley as it meanders south-east of Glasgow, from the outskirts of Bothwell all the way to Lanark, a...

03.02.2025 30

Herald Scotland

Susan Swarbrick

How an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus came to be buried in a Scots cemetery

Throughout history, the eccentricities of the aristocracy have been a source of intrigue and bemusement. There are plenty of stories of this ilk in...

13.01.2025 10

Herald Scotland

Susan Swarbrick