Famous Scots

Born into poverty in the Scottish Border country in 1757, Thomas Telford rose to become...

Part of a series of guides following key figures and themes, this book looks at the...

Jacobite influences are often found in Scottish culture. Indeed, many of their stories...

Regarded by many as Scott's greatest work, this diary gives an extraordinary day-to-day...

In 1801, some five years after Burns' death, nine of his friends sat down to dinner in...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's finest work dates from about a dozen intensely creative...