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Ed was not out to his closest family members and an HIV+ diagnosis prompted him to attempt to tackle issues relating to his sexuality and his health:

Well, it was a double whammy actually: my partner had died of AIDS and I got tested and [the test result] came back positive and I thought, ‘Right!

Lothian - Lothian traditionally takes its name from King Lot and father of Mordred.

In a recent blogpost John D’Emilio argued that AIDS and its impact upon LGBT individuals and organisations, the militancy it provoked, and the heightened attention it drew to LGBT causes needs to be more fully documented and appreciated.

Thomas of Ercildoune lived in the Scottish Borders 700 years ago.

Eilean Donan Castle, Wester Ross - A Spanish soldier, killed in the castle or in a nearby battle is said to haunt the castle.

Boobrie - water-bird of the Scottish Highlands. But Nessie is now so up to date that she now has her own Internet Diary! Perhaps this is due to the greater number of people looking out for the monster or perhaps it is due to the growth in the Scottish tourist industry?

King Edward I removed it to London in 1296 and it was placed under the throne in Westminster Abbey. The Duke of Cumberland is said to have scribbled the order to give "no quarter" on such a card before the Battle of Culloden. She explains how these beliefs have come to influence the way witches and ghouls have been portrayed in popular culture ever since:

It seemed that at a very grassroots level, people believed in the existence of witches and devils.

He was ill when he was diagnosed so he already had liver complications with diagnosis and deteriorated within a year and a half, two years, and died.

Shellycoat - a Scottish bogeyman who haunts the rivers and streams. People were terrified and preoccupied with them – even kings.

In the 16th century, witches and demons weren’t just for Halloween.

Some like the Grave Slabs and Pictish Stones and Stone Circles and Cairns have been around for a long time - well over 2,000 years.

Skibo Castle - although the present castle was built as recently as the 19th century, it is on the site of much earlier buildings. As mentioned, decriminalization had only occurred in 1980 and just as LGBT organisations were beginning to find their feet, and their voices, the hysteria amongst sections of British society and the British press had implications for non-heterosexual Scots.

Ed – Oh the nonsense, the sensationalism, the terrible way they treated children who were positive and they weren’t allowed to go to schools, and people were terrified to touch, you know.

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Listen to The Conversation Weekly via any of the apps listed above, download it directly via our RSS feed or find out how else to listen here. The most famous of these, was Coinneach Odhar, better known as the Brahan Seer, some of whose visions for the future are said to have come to pass.

Kelpie - a water devil.