A mother and daughter are transformed by a sojourn in western Scotland. At four in the morning, far from civilization on an island in the Inner Hebrides, I woke to the drumming of rain on the canvas ...

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Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

The Scottish poet Robert Burns was one of the sharpest wits ever to put pen to paper. Of humble birth, sporadically schooled and a great observer of everyday life, Burns, who lived from 1759 to 1796, ...