Scottish History

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trains and stagecoaches stuck in the snow, wild storms driving sailing ships off...

The small island archipelago of St Kilda, which rises majestically from the stormy...

Neolithic farmers, iron age settlers, clan dynasties and, in the 20th century, the...

"The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other...

The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland's past but they were...

The story of Islay, Jura and Colonsay is one of the most fascinating amongst all the...