The Royal Institute of British Architects is hosting an exhibition of Mackintosh’s work from the early 1900s, proving the continued influence of the Glasgow-born designer one hundred years later. The […]
In June, 1975, Tom was concerned about developments for a train line and marching pylon route in South West Ross . . . In the village of Kishorn, against the […]
His rugby career reads like a schoolboy’s dream; captain of Scotland and the British Lions with victories recorded across the globe. But despite his worldwide fame, Scotland – and particularly […]
In May 1975, Tom Weir’s monthly column for The Scots Magazine described his interview with the great world ecologist, Sir F. Fraser Darling . . . I knew before […]
For a man who has sold tens of millions of books and had them translated into 46 languages, Alexander McCall Smith has a lot of critics. But those making suggestions […]
In April, 1975, Tom Weir skied at Glen Shee, climbed Morven with a friend, visited the new Palacerigg Country Park in Cumbernauld, and still had time to write his monthly […]
The riddle of the wartime letter found at Blair Castle has been solved – thanks to a public appeal to identity the writer . . . During the winter conservations […]
A 70-year-old mystery letter, believed to be the correspondence between two wartime evacuees, has been found in Blair Castle. During their winter conservation works the Blair Castle team discovered a […]
Ten Outstanding Women of Scotland 2015 were announced by The Saltire Society yesterday, with Nicola Sturgeon topping the list. The ten women were selected from public nominations, with the key […]
She’s one of the UK’s leading crime writers, and murder mysteries are her speciality – yet she has an unexpected confession to make… “I’m quite squeamish,” says Val, the woman […]
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