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The front cover of a book, 'How to read Hands' by Cheiro, shows the palms of two hands with fortune-telling lines marked on them. The back cover shows a lady with a tin of bile beans, with the advert stating 'bile beans banish ill health'.

12 Aug 2020

Predicting the future at the Tenement House in Glasgow

Some items found in the archive at the Tenement House have given us a fascinating insight into the popularity of the supernatural and spiritual in Britain.

A piece of needlework on plain linen set in a dark brown frame. In the centre is a picture of a house with five windows arranged symmetrically around a centre door. The roof is pitched and has three chimneys. Around the house are small pictures of stylised trees and flowers, all sewn in coloured threads that have faded to soft greens, browns and yellow. Along the bottom are the words Jaen Cunninghams work Brea 1833. All set within a vine-like border of green stems and leaves with small yellowed flowers.

11 Aug 2020

Work, rest or play

As children prepare to return to the classroom, we chart changes in education for girls through a selection of samplers from our collection.

A built-in painted dresser with plates on shelves against the wall. The worktop has boxes and jars on it.

11 Aug 2020

The Hill House cookbook

Have you ever wanted to eat like a Victorian? At the Hill House we have an original cookbook by Mrs De Salis, filled with delicious recipes enjoyed by the Blackie family.

Two very old full-length dresses are displayed flat, side by side. The one on the left is a pale pink with a delicate flower pattern and white lace sleeves. The one on the right is a turquoise blue, also with a floral pattern and lace sleeves.

10 Aug 2020

Pretty in pink ... and blue: the conservation of two 18th-century gowns

What does it take to bring two 18th-century gowns back to their former glory, ready for display at House of Dun? We take a look ‘behind the scenes’ at the Trust’s collaboration with The Scottish Conservation Studio.

Black and white image of a woman on board a ship standing next to the rails. On the right is a brochure of the Anchor Line Passenger List.

4 Aug 2020

Margaret Fay Shaw’s diary – the voyage to Scotland in 1920

Read Canna’s Margaret Fay Shaw’s diary entries during her first voyage to school in Helensburgh, on the Anchor Line’s SS Columbia.

Books on shelves in Brodie Castle library

22 Jul 2020

After Dark at Brodie Castle

Theatre maker Al Seed created an after-dark solo tour experience that re-imagined a journey through history, hosted by an invisible yet ever-present guide.

A black and white photograph of a line of women, leaning over a long wooden trough on a shore.

15 Jul 2020

Té an ath-dhoras – the woman next door

We take a look at how ‘ordinary’ women are represented in the photographic collections of Canna House.

Looking towards Culzean Castle, with the Fountain Court garden in the foreground.

14 Jul 2020

Antiques Roadshow seeks stories for Culzean visit

BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow is coming to Culzean in 2020 and is looking for the public to share their stories.

Two images; the one on the left is a black and white photograph of a woman sitting at a spinning wheel outside in front of a house; the one on the right shows the spinning wheel on top of a cupboard.

9 Jul 2020

Bho mhoch gu dubh – from dawn to dusk

Find out how Gaelic work songs fitted into and enhanced the daily life of Hebridean crofters.

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