Biography & Travel Writing

Angus MacLellan was regarded throughout his own lifetime as one of Scotland's finest...

Although related to one of the ruling families of Ireland, Columba (c 521-97) became a...

A fascinating look into the history and landscape of the Hebridean Islands. Madeleine...

In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall....

This is the story of Duncan Napier who founded Edinburgh's herbalist shop in 1860....

A facsimile of Hugh Miller’s notes recording his rambles around Scotland in the mid...

Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a...

This is the first comprehensive study of Coinneach Odhar Mackenzie, the celebrated...

The American-born folklorist and musician Margaret Fay Shaw's passion for the Hebrides...

Margaret Fay Shaw’s life spans a century of change. Orphaned at 11 she left home and...

Peter McNab was reared on Mull, as was his father, and his grandfather before him. In...

We can hardly imagine a Britain without Elizabeth II on the throne. It seems to be the...