Jess Smith is a writer, singer and traditional story-teller who lives in Perthshire (near Crieff). She has written several novels and is both a historian and commentator on and from the Travellers of Scotland. Jess Smith is the mother of three children and grandmother to six. As well as writing, […]
Professor Donald B McIntyre – geologist (mountaineer, piper, scholar and writer) – was born in Edinburgh in 1923. He was educated at Giffnock, George Watson College (Edinburgh) and later Grantown Grammar School in Inverness-shire. After attending Edinburgh University from where he graduated in geology, McIntyre continued his studies in Switzerland. […]
The Threipland Family of Perthshire are recorded as existing in Perth from 1600. Patrick Threipland was a merchant, magistrate and Provost (1665). He was knighted in 1674 and made a Baron in 1687. In 1672 he bought the estate of Fingask (Carse of Gowrie). As a result of being an […]
There is a suggestion that William Shakespeare came to Perth in 1589 as part of a troupe of English players. This company performed at the Amphitheatre in Perth – located outside the city walls and close to the Dewars Centre roundabout. William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and mother […]