A brand new grant, which includes the restoration of historic high streets in the Borders, could be the answer to the ...

Ten-year-old Abbie Skitt from High Spen, Gateshead, and her Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Wilbur, triumphed at the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club’s Fun Dog Show at Abbotsford House. The pair impressed the ...

WRITER Andrew Miller has won the 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel The Land In Winter.

A Gateshead schoolgirl and her terrier have taken the top prize at a historic dog show. Abbie Skitt, 10, and Wilbur won the ...

Kirsty Archer-Thompson, curator at Abbotsford. Born: 20 June 1987. Died: 24 December 2024, aged 37 ...

Claudia Bolling , from Abbotsford, pictured putting the finishing touches to a Christmas tree display made entirely of books by Sir Walter Scott, in December 2021 (Image: Phil Wilkinson) In 2021 ...

Celebrated Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott's works hit with trigger warnings ... Abbotsford is also home to Scott's globally important collections of more than 9,000 books and 4,000 objects.

THE publication entire of the journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1 though liberal use of it was made by Lockhart, offers the great advantage that the reader, being interrupted by no comment save that of ...

Abbotsford, near Melrose, home of Sir Walter Scott This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American ...

An early 19th century silver pistol, made for Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott, ... The rare piece is engraved with the Scott of Abbotsford family crest on one side, ...

A rare 19th Century silver pistol made for the Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott is expected to fetch up to £20,000 at auction. The engraved firearm will go under the hammer this Wednesday as it ...

It is engraved with the Scott of Abbotsford family crest on one side, and coat of arms with the motto “watch weel” on the other. Sunday marks 250 years since the birth of Sir Walter Scott.