Biography & Travel Writing

Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the...

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

Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone,...

A Croft in the Hills, first published in 1960, is now acknowledged as a classic among...

This is the first biography of linen manufacturer William Sandeman (1722-1790), a...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands?...

Thomas Telford, the son of a shepherd, was born in Westerkirk, Scotland in 1757. At the...

The classic story of Robert Blair Mayne, late commanding officer of the first Special...

In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with...

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

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

Button Bog is about the power of ‘Story’ and those who keep it alive. For every tale...