At some time late in life, he may have returned to the British Isles.

[But while his true home looks likely to be the subject of debate for many years to come, what is known about the man is that he spent time abroad making a bit of a...

He became Frederick’s pet astrologer and philosopher,

In that work he appears as the host of a very wizardly dinner party and he is also shown cleaving the Eildon Hills,

If you let imagination run in both towers, you could see why people spin stories about them, … Aikwood is very impressive to look at. Its dark defensible buildings are very Tolkien in stature. It...

[But how similar does she believe the Peter Mullan character also called Michael Scot is to the real figure?] Well, the Shoebox Zoo character really thinks he is ‘nae small drink’ and that he knows...