In 1925, a distinguished professor of chemistry stood up at the Cairngorm Club and confessed something that shocked the room.
Easter in Scotland is a celebration that weaves together ancient customs, family traditions, and the beauty of springtime in the Highlands, Lowlands and...
In 1746, the British Crown banned the tartan, the bagpipes, and the wearing of arms across the Highlands.
The Scottish surnames of Clan MacLeod carry one of the most remarkable origin stories in all of Highland history.
If you drove the full length of the Spey and stopped every time you passed a distillery, you’d barely get out of first gear.
For nearly two centuries, a father could not give his own surname to his child. A gravestone could not bear the family name.
Every summer, from North Carolina to Hawaii, men in kilts hurl a 6-metre telegraph pole into the air and hope it lands correctly. They are not in Scotland.
Somewhere in Scotland, as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, a dark-haired stranger is standing on a doorstep. In one arm: a lump of coal.
In August 1822, a king who had never set foot in Scotland arrived in Edinburgh wearing a kilt.