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Photo Credit: Baker, Joseph E. "The Witch No. 1," 1892. Lithograph (Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Library of Congress) In Europe between 1450 and 1750, approximately 100,000 peoplemostly womenwere accused of practicing witchcraft. Of those, about half were put to d…

The Royal Bank of Scotland RBS reported first-quarter 2019 net income attributable to its shareholders of £707 million ($919 million), down 12.5% from £808 million ($1.1 billion) witnessed in the prior-year quarter. Operating income totaled £1 billion ($1.3 b…

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Thanks to my work, I usually experience many interesting road trips each year. But Im rarely able to disconnect quite as well as I did while exploring Scotland during a recent visit. Thats partially beca…

Ferries are often means for getting from point A to point B, added to your travel itinerary out of necessity, not enthusiasm. If you plan ahead, however, a ferry crossing can be one of the most memorable parts of your vacation and much more than a way of gett…

1/62 Archway Studios The majestically quirky Archway Studios is architect Didier Ryans award-winning studio-cum-family home, built into a 19th-century south London viaduct. 2/62 Archway Studios A huge roof skylight draws light in from above, which bo…

Each year, the World Photography Organisation celebrates the very best images and photographers on the planet with the Sony World Photography Awards.  This year, more than 327,000 images were submitted across the four main categories: Professional, Open, Stu…

NOT MUCH happens in Gadheim, a Bavarian hamlet of 89 souls. A handful of part-time farmers cultivate wheat, barley and rapeseed. A hotel trains apprentices in gardening and carpentry. Birds tweet, cars whoosh by. The landscape undulates, mildly. But Britains…

Mr. McEwan, a New Zealander tasked with helping the firm become profitable and further privatised from government ownership following the 2008 financial crisis, said that in a statement that it was the right time to leave as the bank was in a "much stronger f…

Britain's bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday that chief executive Ross McEwan has resigned after steering it to a "stronger" financial position over the last five years. "RBS announces that Ross McEwan has resigned from his role as chief exec…

Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence. The first minister told the Scottish parliament she will soon introduce legislation to prepare for another vote by 2021 if Scotland is taken out of the EU. I write this ju…