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Tom Weir | Sutherland’s Law (II)
Part Two of a glimpse into Gordon Sutherland’s crofting life – lived on his own terms I volunteered to do the cooking while Gordon lit the fire and finished […]
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OBE for Shirley Spear
The co-owner of Skye’s The Three Chimneys and Chair of the Scottish Food Commission has been awarded an OBE for her Services to the Scottish Food & Drink Industry “Needless […]
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Tom Weir | Secrets of the Muir
The 60-70 tonne Auld Wives Lift stones were ones Tom Weir had passed many times, but he had never thought to look closer until a professor from the University of […]
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Tom Weir | Countrywide (III)
From Peterhead to Kintyre, Tom was always keen to protect the wild Scottish landscape from man’s exploitation Farther east across the country comes a different kind of threat, this time to […]
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Tom Weir | In All Kinds Of Weather
The spring of 1976 wasn’t the best for weather, but from Braemar to Banchory, and from Bearsden to Bridge of Cally, there was no snow, ice or rain that could […]
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Outlander Inspiration at Scot Lit Fest
Diana Gabaldon, author of the hit Outlander series, will join renowned authors Val McDermid, Michael Faber, A. L. Kennedy, Vic Galloway, Juno Dawson and Kirsty Logan for the Saltire Society’s first […]
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Tom Weir | Countrywide (I)
Two worlds. The long: peninsula of Kintyre with its dairy cattle and sheep on the headlands above the sea, was green and springlike, while the Arran hills were Alpine […]
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Magnificent St Magnus Festival
1977 was the year of the Queen’s Jubilee and the birth of Apple computers. Musically, punk rock was slowly emerging, Elvis Presley breathed his last and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was […]
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Tom Weir | Dear Tom…
ONE of the most pleasant things about travelling around Scotland as much as I do, is the number of Scots Magazine readers I meet. This has given me a chance […]
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Tom Weir | Pine Martens
Part 2 of Tom’s column from February 1980 on the surprising boldness of pine martens Animal behaviour is a very strange thing, as Scots Magazine readers Mr and Mrs James […]
