A cold snap in 2018 has been blamed for the losses but there has been an upturn in visitor numbers this year The trust which manages Sir Walter Scott's former home has announced a loss of more ...

Poems and songs compiled by Sir Walter Scott will be performed at his former home in the Borders, Abbotsford. It will be held on 11 November - the feast of St Martin which traditionally marks the ...

Sir Walter Scott was devoted to the gardens at his Borders home, ... Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford garden still blooming. By ANTOINETTE GALBRAITH. Published 25th Oct 2015, 13:51 BST.

Sir Walter Scott's Abbotsford home (Image: Historic Environment Scotland) His elaborate stories took readers on a meandering journey back in time, to Jacobite uprisings and days of feuding clans ...

Sir Walter Scott's former home draws visitors from around the world Sir Walter Scott's former home in the Borders is to receive £2.45m of funding, it has been announced. The money will be used to pay ...

Today I realized that Sir Walter Scott, the great Scottish historical novelist who wrote Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, would have been appalled at what has become of the Fraser Valley city of Abbotsford ...

Some of the 9,000 books in Sir Walter Scott’s library at Abbotsford. Image by Lorna Baldwin. Jason Dyer, director of development at Abbotsford, maintains Scott’s work is still relevant and ...

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 ...

One of my pleasant recollections is that of seeing Sir Walter Scott out on a stoll with his dogs, the scene being in the neighborhood of Abbotsford, in the Summer of 1824, while as yet the gloom ...

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, historian, poet and playwright. The prize is managed by the Abbotsford Trust with support from the Hawthornden Foundation, ...

A cold snap in 2018 has been blamed for the losses but there has been an upturn in visitor numbers this year The trust which manages Sir Walter Scott's former home has announced a loss of more ...

Traditional ballads from the so-called "debateable lands" of southern Scotland will be celebrated at a special event to mark Martinmas.