History

This collection of then & now images may well surprise you at the extent of change to a...

This book uses two small countries, Scotland and Jamaica, to trace the story of how and...

In this final part to his bestselling A Force Like No Other series, Colin Breen brings...

Mining expert Guthrie Hutton is the author of this compact overview of the Scottish...

The search for a Northwest Passage, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was one of...

With the advent of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Provisional IRA (PIRA) became...

Early on a wartime winter’s morning in 1941, the 8,000-ton cargo ship SS Politician ran...

In June 1922, just seven months after Sinn Féin negotiators signed a compromise treaty...

An absolute must-read for those of you who love the Island of Arran. Full of anecdote...

The Vikings in the Hebrides provides an introduction to the Viking colonization and...

The harbours and piers of Ayrshire have a long and interesting history. The old creeks...

In the late eighteenth century, the number of people living in rural areas decreased as...