The Luxury Private Steam Yachts built by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith before WW1

The Luxury Private Steam Yachts built by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith before WW1 is Eric’s latest article in the Scottish Local History Forum Issue 107, released September 2020.

  • Ramage & Ferguson as Builder of ‘bespoke’ yachts for the rich
  • The Yacht Designers
  • The New Market in Building Auxiliary Steam Yachts
  • Employment as Naval Vessels
  • Ramage & Ferguson yachts in American Ownership
  • After the War
  • The End of Steam Yacht Building
  • The End of Ramage & Ferguson as an independent yard
  • The Scientific Legacy

Scotland’s Racist Role: How minstrel shows spread stereotypes through country’s theatres

An Exhibition of Black Minstrelsy at the Museum of Edinburgh explores shameful chapter in Scotland’s past as part of Black History Month 2017.

Read Eric’s article published in the Daily Record:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/big-read-how-minstrel-shows-11300746


Eric’s article “Black Minstrelsy in Scotland”, published February 2011 by Scottish Local History Forum is available to download as a free PDF here:

https://www.slhf.org/sample-journal-articles