The turbulent history of the union jack

The turbulent history of the union jack

Stewart continues: "This was another means of smoothing national sensibilities by ensuring that the precedence given to the Irish saltire – because it lay over the Scottish saltire – was…
Eight of the UK’s cosiest thatched cottages

Eight of the UK’s cosiest thatched cottages

Alamy(Credit: Alamy)Blackhouse thatched cottage in the Hebrides, ScotlandMany thatched cottages in the Hebrides are simple, single-storey structures called blackhouses or taigh-dubh (their name in Gaelic). The term blackhouse probably derives…