On the morning of 13 February 1692, soldiers who had spent 12 days eating and sleeping in the homes of the MacDonalds of Glencoe turned on their hosts and killed them in their beds. Thirty-eight people died. Others fled into the winter hills and did not survive the cold. The Scottish Parliament later named it […]
Discover the legend of Edinburgh Castle's Phantom Piper — a young musician who walked into underground tunnels and never returned — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the Isle of Iona — the tiny Hebridean island where 48 Scottish kings chose to be buried and where Celtic Christianity began — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
The Hermitage near Dunkeld is a Georgian woodland walk to Black Linn Falls and Ossian's Hall — one of Scotland's oldest visitor attractions — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Edinburgh Beltane Fire Festival: Scotland marks the beginning of summer every 30 April with fire, drumming, and a procession on Calton Hill.
Speyside produces more Scotch than anywhere else on earth. Explore the Malt Whisky Trail — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Castle of Mey in Caithness is the most northerly castle on the British mainland — and it tells one of Scotland's most remarkable personal stories — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
There is a glen in the Scottish Highlands that stops people mid-step. No castle. No visitor centre. No gift shop selling tartan scarves. Just ancient trees, cold water, and the kind of silence that makes you wonder why you were ever in a hurry. Photo by Johannes Mändle on Unsplash Glen Affric, in Inverness-shire, sits […]
Discover the remote St Kilda archipelago — a self-governing island community 110 miles off Scotland's coast with its own parliament and way of life — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Stand in a small church hall on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and you might hear something extraordinary. A fiddle plays a reel that has been passed...
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