Mary Queen of Scots is the most intriguing, most studied, and most famous of all Scottish monarchs: probably because she ...

The Art of Scottish Golf is the perfect companion for golfers everywhere, with a mix of golfing lore, history, iconic ...

For over three centuries the nine of diamonds in an ordinary pack of playing cards has been known to card players as "The Curse of Scotland". Why? The most likely answer is a reminder of one of the ...

James Boswell was a Scottish lawyer, a diarist, and an author. He was also a man whose dissolute lifestyle led to a premature death from the effects of venereal disease and alcohol, yet whose two ...

Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending over a mile south-east into the Moray Firth from Fortrose and Rosemarkie. The ness projects so far that Chanonry Point ...

South of Ayr the A719 takes a scenic coastal with some superb views out to the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig. A detour along a minor road takes you to the pretty village of Dunure and its ruined ...

One of the largest areas of reasonably level ground on the Isle of Arran, lies in a broad triangle to the south of the Machrie Water as it makes its way to the sea a little south of mid way down the ...

The Parish of Dryfesdale centres on the town of Lockerbie. The name comes from the local river, the Dryfe Water, which flows south towards Lockerbie before joining the River Annan a little to the west ...

Arthur Anderson lived from 19 February 1792 to 27 February 1868. A native of Shetland, he went on to found the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company: which has since become P&O. The wider ...

As you pass along the A858 in Western Lewis near the township of Shawbost (Siabost) watch out for a brown tourist sign pointing west towards a Norse Mill. From the small car park, a well made path ...

Allan Ramsay lived from 15 October 1686 to 7 January 1758. He was a renowned poet, and is often called Allan Ramsay the Elder to avoid confusion with his son, the artist Allan Ramsay the Younger. The ...

Standing at the east end of Cathedral Street in Glasgow, and not far from where Castle Street becomes High Street is Glasgow Cathedral. One of the few Scottish medieval churches to have survived the ...