Culture
Boswell Book Festival – A Day To Memoir
Our book reviewer, Dawn Geddes, enjoys a day out at Boswell Book Festival, the world's only festival of biography and memoir. Tag along for the ride...
Heritage
Culture
Discover The Lost Tomb Of Robert The Bruce
An amazing 3D reconstruction of Robert the Bruce's tomb is on display at the Dunfermline Abbey Church! The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce can now be viewed in all its glory. How did they do it?
Culture
A Cracking Celtic Celebration: The Beltane Fire Festival
The Beltane Fire Festival brings ancient Celtic traditions to life in an evening of spark and flame, costume and dance, folklore and more. Beltane honours life and celebrates summer! Spark your interest?
Burns
Q-Aye – Burns Edition Part 1
Burns Night is on January 25 so here are a few little-known facts about the bard and his influence around the world, to get ye in the mood for a dram or two
Burns
Q-Aye – Burns Edition Part 2
Mair facts about the Bard himself and his influence around the world… 6. Burns body was exhumed in 1815 to be placed in a new mausoleum in Dumfries. Whilst […]
Culture
Nine Fascinating Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots
How accurate is the Mary Queen of Scots film? Read these fascinating facts and find out for yourself Where was Mary Queen of Scots born? Mary Stuart was […]
Heritage
First-hand Accounts From Culloden Moor
The Scots Magazine's April 1746 issue held first-hand accounts of the Battle of Culloden. We took a copy to the battlefield for live readings - video here.
Burns
Focus On Ayrshire: Burns’ Cottage
Every year thousands undertake the pilgrimage to the birthplace of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns Burns spent the first seven years of his life at Alloway Cottage, just south […]
Culture
A War Of Two Halves
Discover the poignant walking-theatre piece A War Of Two Halves, which tells the tale of the 1914 Heart of Midlothian team who fought in World War One.
Culture
Jane Whyte – Aberdeenshire’s Own Grace Darling
Discover the story of Aberdour's very own Grace Darling, Jane Whyte, who saved the lives of 15 sailors and will be commemorated on a beach memorial.
