History

Understanding Scotland through facts, not myth.

Explorations of Scotland’s past, separating evidence from myth to understand the forces that shaped the modern nation

Infographic comparing the 1745 Jacobite retreat from Derby with a counterfactual timeline of a Stuart restoration.

Derby 1745: The Jacobite Turning Point That Shaped the Modern World

20 February 2026

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