"Lies of the Flesh" by Fiona Watson weaves an atmospheric tale around the lives and secrets of the villagers of Warcop in 1314. In the aftermath of the Battle of Bannockburn, the villagers await the ...

Tarves Heritage Centre can be found in the corner of the attractive square in the heart of Tarves in Aberdeenshire. It ...

Approaching from the south-west, the first you see of Cruden Bay is St James the Less Church, prominently positioned on ...

"Edinburgh: The Autobiography" edited by Alan Taylor is a fascinating book. It has been published to coincide with Edinburgh's 900th anniversary celebrations in 2024 and tells the story of the city ...

The Scottish Cookbook" by Coinneach MacLeod is one of those very rare books. The say you shouldn't judge a book by its ...

"Edinburgh: A New History" by Alistair Moffat has been published to coincide with Edinburgh's 900th anniversary celebrations in 2024. What you find between the covers is a thoroughly readable ...

The Vikings are one of the best known groups to have emerged from the early medieval era . Yet despite being so often ...

"Scotland From the Air" by Shahbaz Majeed is a magnificent book that would make the perfect gift for Scotlandophiles ...

"The Gravity of Feathers: Fame, Fortune and the Story of St Kilda" by Andrew Fleming is an important book and one that ...

The main A82 departs Spean Bridge in the direction of Inverness by first climbing up the side of Glen Spean. As the road leaves the glen it turns to head north, and as it does so, it passes the ...

Slains Castle is a large imposing ruin fronting directly onto south-east facing cliffs about a kilometre east of Cruden Bay. You can walk to it from a car park in the village itself, or from another ...

The gaunt ruins of Castle Tioram stand on the tidal island of Eilean Tioram near the point at which the River Shiel flows into Loch Moidart. It is reached along a little over two miles of narrow and ...