Portal:Scotland/Did you know/25




 * ...that Miss Cranston (pictured) pioneered the social phenomenon of tea rooms, introducing "fairyland"-like interiors designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh?


 * ...that Saint Gilbert of Dornoch was the last Scot to appear in the Calendar of Saints?


 * ...that Lord Neaves, a judge on the supreme court of Scotland, was quoted by Charles Darwin on evolution, but attributed the concept of evolution to Lord Monboddo, not Darwin?


 * ...that Charles St. Clair was both a Scottish Peer and a York Herald of Arms, and was consequently able to attend the State Opening of Parliament in either capacity?