Biography & Travel Writing

John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working...

From conducting farm animal caesarean sections in the early hours to missing family...

At the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing...

They say that being a good doctor boils down to just four things: Shut up, listen, know...

Mollie Hughes has explored some of the wildest environments on earth, from the top of...

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wrote a diary nearly every day of her life. Originally...

Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He...

In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the...

The story of the vivacious, confident and striking Sheila Chisholm. From meeting her...

Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north - the island groups of Orkney and...

Desperate to connect with his native Galloway, Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his...

Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy...