Birlinn Origin

The loss of two British ships crammed with American soldiers bound for the trenches of...

Highland Folk Ways vividly describes the many aspects and artefacts of our ancestors...

This is an extraordinary collection of tales from one of the very greatest Gaelic...

In Islay's history, there are no convincing records of the Vikings ever having been...

As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a...

The infamous ‘Beeching Axe’ swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the...

Polly Pullar tells the fascinating tale of one of the Hebrides unique thriving small...

Knoydart - the northern edge of the 'Rough Bounds' is one of the most evocative names...

On 31 December 1918, hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval...

Every year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail...

In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it...

The Clearances are well known as one of the darkest periods of Highland history. Over a...