Inspiration for a Song? Historic St Kilda Diaries ...

If you're a student of Scottish music, maybe looking for a song idea, then this might spark your imagination:-

Diaries of St Kilda Couple to be put Online

These diaries were kept by the minister and his school-teacher wife, in the early 20th century - see the feature that was in The Scotsman last week.

Getting into Character

Queen Victoria's diaries

Are you an actor getting into character for a play set in the Victorian age?

Queen Victoria's personal journals are now available digitally.  BBC news item here.  (A nice, Royal story appropriate for the Jubilee!)

'We kissed each'
The intimate side of the queen is revealed through an entry after her marriage to Prince Albert in February 1840.  She wrote of her new husband: "He clasped me in his arms, and we kissed each other again and again!
"Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am."