Before a single licensed distillery existed, Scotland was already producing some of the finest spirit the world had ever tasted.
In the hollows of the Appalachian Mountains, old men and women once sat on porch steps and spoke to one another in Gaelic. Not in Scotland.
At its peak, the Lord of the Isles sat in council on a tiny island in a freshwater loch on Islay, governing a territory that stretched from the Outer...
In the Seton Tower of Fyvie Castle, on the outside of a second-floor windowsill, a name was carved that no human hand could easily have left there.
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. Unlike most Scottish clans who trace their roots to a Gaelic king or a Norman knight, the MacLeods descend from a Norse-Gaelic chieftain named Leòd — a man who stood at the very crossroads of two […]
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.