Bedtime Story | Compare and Contrast

1962: Scotland-born Sean Connery appears in the first James Bond film, Dr. No.

1995: Scotland’s film and tourist industries receive a boost when Braveheart, Mel Gibson’s film about William Wallace, wins five Oscars and makes the world aware, again, of Scotland’s history.

Today: Ireland-born Pierce Brosnan now plays James Bond.

1950: Scottish Nationalists steal the “Stone of Destiny” from Westminster Abbey. This was Scotland’s Coronation Stone, taken by the English in 1296. By tradition all British Monarchs have to be crowned...

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