Scottish History

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

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

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

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

On 13 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, one of the British navy’s top battleships, was...

This island of Lismore boasts a remarkably rich heritage, both in terms of historic...

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