Birlinn Origin

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...

This is a fabulous treasury of legend and wonder; tales of monsters who dwell in lakes,...

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...

For much of its history, Orkney had its own language, culture and institutions. The...

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...

One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves...

The medieval earldoms of Orkney and Caithness were positioned between two worlds, the...

Christina MacDonald MacQueen (1884–1959) was born on St Kilda and grew up there at the...

In this best-selling biography of John Knox, Rosalind K. Marshall traces the life of...