Birlinn Origin

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

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

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

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

For nearly forty years John Wilson travelled the length and breadth of Scotland as a...

In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter...

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

In 1830, the little Hebridean island of Lismore was one of the granaries of the West...

In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son...

This book explores the western seaboard of Scotland - the Hebrides, Argyll and the Isle...

Two thousand years ago, southern Scotland was part of a great empire, the Roman Empire....

Known as 'Britain's most beautiful shortcut', the Crinal Canal runs from Ardrishaig on...