Nominations have officially opened for the Saltire Society’s Outstanding Women of Scotland 2016. Launched last year, the campaign, in partnership with Glasgow Women’s Library, celebrates prominent women from all walks […]
In this column Tom discovers the wealth of history and remarkable landscape to stravaig in the Scottish Borders As the roads get faster, that gentle country of the Borders seems […]
Perched in the bow in oilskins, woollen gloves on against the cold rain and wind, I wondered if I would survive to Tobermory in the yacht Corryvreckan We had sailed […]
Thanks to continued backing from the Racing Steps Foundation, rising Scottish motorcycle racing star Rory Skinner will return to the FIM (International Motorcycling Federation) Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2016. […]
Tom Weir travels the River Clyde, from “God’s Treasurehouse” to Glasgow, and considers the different lives played out on its banks through the ages… Crawford derives its name from […]
In the highest village in Scotland Tom Weir explores its mining culture and remarkable engineering sons In the warm light of the mid-morning sun the Nith Valley was looking better than I […]
Returning to the isle he worked the harvest fields on before the war, Tom Weir delighted in the fascinating history – and future – of Arran in 1978 “A fine day […]
Historic Environment Scotland are asking the Scottish public which figures from history they would like to see celebrated with a Commemorative Plaque. Nominations are now open for the national Commemorative […]
After a glorious year of skiing in 1977, Tom Weir looks back at the rise of Scottish skiing, and why it’s a completely different beast to continental skiing… The year […]
One man’s bid to become the first Scot to undertake a solo, unassisted and unsupported expedition to the South Pole 30-year-old Luke Robertson will set out from the Hercules Inlet at […]
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