The Scottish Borders contain key geological evidence that a wide ocean once separated Scotland from England around 420 million years ago. But this evidence is complex, cryptic and obscured by later ...

IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

Possession over the borderlands between Scotland and England echo in ballads that trove a sound of untouched, forbidden beauty. Cattle raids, battles, betrayals and family loyalties are all ...