Scotland Magazine

Welcome to the latest issue of Scotland, where we’re excited about the longer days that spring brings and are eager to make the most of them. Scotland is synonymous with golf, so if you like to fit in a few rounds on your travels, or indeed if that’s

This year’s Massed Pipe Band Day at Floors Castle will take on added poignancy as it is the first since the late 10th Duke of Roxburghe died. Guy Innes-Ker, who had held his title since 1974, died in August 2019 at his ancestral home of Floors Castle

Robert Burns, or ‘Rabbie’ as he is more affectionately known, is Scotland’s answer to William Shakespeare. Though his writing, largely written in Scots dialect, was indisputably beautiful, his enduring charm is probably down to the fact that he spoke

Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th (Peerage of Scotland) and 6th (Peerage of UK) Duke of Argyll holds so many ancestral titles and historic offices that it sometimes becomes confusing to know what they could all possibly mean in the 21st century. Among them

In the summer of 1745 Great Britain was fighting France, on this occasion an episode in the War of the Austrian Succession. It suited France to shelter the ousted Stuart dynasty. Already there had been four attempts to reinstall it on the British thr

It’s not for nothing that Scotland is known as the home of golf: as well as the game originating here, it offers some of the most challenging courses, many of which have hosted major golf championships and put the world’s best players through their p

YOUR ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME TRIP INCLUDES: ■ Free international flights (if applicable) ■ Two-night London stay ■ Tickets on Caledonian Sleeper to Edinburgh ■ Two-night stay in Edinburgh ■ A British food tour ■ Tickets to Blenheim Palace ■ A night in a C

This April marks the 700th anniversary of the sealing of one of the most famous documents in Scotland’s history: the Declaration of Arbroath. The lead up to and story behind the declaration is as captivating as ever and was awarded ‘Memory of the Wor

Last issue I explained how to locate post-1855 registered birth, marriage and death (BMD) records through ScotlandsPeople (scotlandspeople.gov.uk). The civil registration system was historically administered through the office of the General Register

Edinburgh is one of those cities that just has it all: character, mystery, history around every corner (or should that be under every footstep?), a burgeoning food scene… it even has its own Highland park. All of these attributes can be found in spad

You may have heard MacPherson’s Rant, sometimes called MacPherson’s Farewell or Lament, played in a Scottish pub or at a family gathering – if not, seek out the fine rendition by the late, lamented Hamish Imlach and fiddler Bobby Campbell – but how w

Scotland used to be a forest. The landscape was dominated by ancient oaks and Scots pines. The more sheltered glens had birch, hazel and cherry trees. Scottish cultural history shows how vital trees once were to the Scots. Gaelic folktales have many

Back in the early 1980s, my parents used to take us camping at Kenmore in Perthshire. The village sits at the eastern end of Loch Tay, beside an old bridge that crosses the River Tay as it leaves the loch. We spent our days playing in the loch and cl