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Teenagers given a writing boost by Book Trust

The Scottish Book Trust has today announced the seven teenage writers and illustrators who will join the Whatā€™s Your Story? programme. Now in its fourth...

Remembering a forgotten Scots explorer

William Speirs Bruceā€™s name has been largely forgotten in the realms of polar exploration and research. He was a Scottish nationalist and naturalist who led...

The story of Britain’s most beautiful shortcut

The Crinal Canal runs across the Kintyre peninsula - and by 1854, 33,000 passengers had been transported along it. Marian Pallister explores the canal from...
Writer William Boyd

With James Bond writer, you only live twice

You know the name... you know the number - James Bond, 007. As the author of the James Bond novel Solo, William Boyd has shared...

Exploring the Highland distilleries on a Vespa

After a successful tour of Tuscany by Vespa, Ben Birdsall has taken on the ultimate whisky tour - three weeks, one thousand miles and many...

The true story of Robert the Bruce – the Outlaw King

Myth and legend are stripped away to reveal the true and incredibly complicated tale of Scotlandā€™s outlaw King, Robert the Bruce. Highly regarded as an...