Lorna Wallace

Joined: Mar 24, 2022

Lorna Wallace has a Ph.D. in English Literature and is a lover of all things science fiction and horror. She lives in Scotland with her rescue greyhound, Misty.

10 Facts About King James VI and I

13 Facts About Mount Fuji

11 Facts About Shakespeare’s First Folio

10 of the World’s Most Terrifying Hikes

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of writes like Francis Bacon, Edgar Allan Poe, and Mark Twain were anything but ordinary.

13 Authors Whose Deaths Were Stranger Than Fiction

Unusual deaths aren’t just found on the page. A number of authors have themselves died in bizarre ways—and sometimes, they seem even stranger than fiction.

Amelia Bloomer popularized the pants that would come to bear her name—but she didn't invent them.

9 Fascinating Facts About Amelia Bloomer

Amelia Bloomer’s impact on the women’s rights movement went much further than inspiring a fashion revolution.

The Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

8 Facts About The Giant’s Causeway

In Northern Ireland, thousands of hexagonal stone columns of various heights rise out of the North Atlantic Ocean and climb up to the foot of a cliff, as if they had been placed by a massive mythical creature.

9 Facts You Should Know About Robert Burns and Burns Night

Robert Burns was voted the greatest Scot over iconic warrior William Wallace in a 2009 poll.

10 Unusual Libraries From Around the World

While there are many beautiful libraries in the world, there are also a number of more unique ones—from creative architectural wonders to libraries that aren’t housed within buildings at all.

Ring in the New Year Like a Scot With First Footing—As Long as You Have Dark Hair

If you’re at a New Year’s Eve party in Scotland, don’t be surprised if a guest leaves the house a few minutes before midnight just so that they can re-enter as the first footer after the bells.

Scotland knows how to ring in the New Year.

9 Festive Facts about Hogmanay, Scotland’s New Year’s Celebration

Celebrating the New Year is a big deal in Scotland.

John Dee lived quite the interesting life.

11 Facts about John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s Court Astrologer

John Dee served as Queen Elizabeth I’s court astrologer and conducted séances in an attempt to speak to angels.

Sci-fi literature and short stories inspired these bright ideas.

11 Scientific Advancements Inspired by Sci-Fi Stories

These sci-fi tales have gone beyond predicting technological advancements to directly inspiring scientific progress, from robotics to rocketry and everything in between.

A page from Beinecke MS 408, also known as the Voynich Manuscript.

10 Books and Texts That Are Actually Impossible to Read

Some are written in codes or ciphers that haven’t been cracked, while others are purposefully designed to remain incomprehensible forever.

A surprising amount of lost books have found their way into flames—sometimes courtesy of the authors themselves.

11 Books That Are (Probably) Lost Forever

Every so often the literary world is rocked by the discovery of a work that was thought to be lost forever—but there are many books that remain lost to this day, much to the sadness of readers everywhere.

Two hikers descending Ben Nevis, Scotland's tallest mountain.

10 Facts About Munros, Scotland’s Tallest Mountains

Scotland is known for the rugged beauty of its mountainous landscape.