Long before the American Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Arbroath made clear the responsibilities of royal rulers I’m going to take a wee break from castles – just […]
Celebrate Scotland’s UNESCO Sites On World Heritage Day April 18 is World Heritage Day, promoting awareness of the vast diversity of humanity’s cultural heritage. In Scotland we’re lucky enough to have […]
Author and storyteller Jess Smith remembers growing up as a Scottish Traveller for the Historic Environment Scotland’s What’s Your Heritage? campaign When I was a child, every spring at the […]
Memorials to the Bard exist all around the world MANY years ago I met with members of the Atlanta St Andrews Society in Georgia, USA. They told me how, […]
In 1796 Scotland mourned the death of Robert Burns, and so too did The Scots Magazine, dedicating six pages to his obituary. Here is its final message… Upon the whole, we […]
For Burns Night we’ve dug deep into our archives to find our first printed review of the poetry of Robert Burns, published in The Scots Magazine way back in December 1786… Surprising effects […]
Discover the Scottish roots of Alexander Hamilton, feisty right hand man of George Washington and the inspiration behind one of the most successful Broadway musicals of the decade Hamilton […]
The internet sensation of forgotten Glasgow images has a new pop-up exhibition in the city Photographic exhibitions can be fascinating, informative and breath-taking – but I’ve never before experienced […]
The Historic Environment Scotland want to hear what heritage means to you When you think about where you live, what are the places and buildings that are important to […]
Actress Molly Weir wrote this piece for us in 1968 on “those hard-up wonderful Christmases” of her childhood – less extravagant, but no less cheerful When we were children it was the […]
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