Scottish History

Set between the central belt of Scotland and the Highlands, Stirlingshire has long...

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

Port Glasgow is in Renfrewshire, not in Glasgow. Its earliest building is the...

The story of the Jacobite Rebellions really began in 1534, when King Henry VIII changed...

Putting the later Covenanter Rebellions in their proper socio-economic, political and...

In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess, Stuart McHardy explores the pre-Christian beliefs of the...

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

Merlin is a legend, but legends seldom come from nothing. His true story sheds light on...

All the important events in Scotland are covered, spanning over 5000 years, and...

Ken Hall takes us on a spectacular new journey round Arran, using archive material from...

No book on South Queensferry would be complete without a picture of the Forth Railway...

Twenty Years Down the Mines, Fife, Scotland. A first hand account of the everyday work...