- July 24, 2019Words in stone network round the crown of the abbey tower read ‘King Robert the Bruce’. Here, before the…
July 18, 2019In all Scottish place names, the prefix ‘inver’ signifies the mouth of a river; near here the River Tote…- June 28, 2019Both road and rail north to Edinburgh from England run through country like this after crossing the border at…
- May 17, 2019‘It’s a far cry to Loch Awe!’ The exact meaning of the old shout is in dispute, but it…
- April 29, 2019First-time visitors to Edinburgh usually have in mind at least two essential sights: the castle and the palace. Holyrood –…
- March 27, 2019The town of Duns, about a mile from the castle, has been the regent county town of Berwickshire since the…
- March 1, 2019When it came into the hands of the Earl of Argyll through marriage in the 15th century, this castle was…
- February 1, 2019In both First and Second World Wars, Scapa Flow was a busy naval base, and in both wars its defences…
- January 21, 2019‘Wi’ isquebae, we’ll face the devil. Burn’s line is touchily ambiguous (strange how the expression evolved as Dutch and not…
- January 5, 2019Cutting through the long tongue on the west coast which comprises Knapdale and Kintyre, the Crinan Canal links the Sound…
