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Scottish place names carry an ancient Gaelic language that describes the land itself. Discover what your favourite Highland names really mean.
From heather to Scots pine, every Scottish clan had a secret plant badge worn into battle for centuries. Discover Scotland's ancient clan plant badge tradition.
In 1930, the last 36 residents of St Kilda signed a petition to leave their remote Scottish island. Here is the story of the day they sailed away forever.
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...
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.
In August 1822, a king who had never set foot in Scotland arrived in Edinburgh wearing a kilt.
Within about thirty seconds of “Strip the Willow” beginning, you will be spinning. You won’t know who’s spinning you. You won’t care.
In the great halls of Fontainebleau and Amboise, and on the blood-soaked battlefields of the Hundred Years’ War, one group stood between France’s kings...
Somewhere along Scotland’s wild northern coastline, a fisherman’s wife would sometimes stand at the shore and gaze out to sea for hours.