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The martyrs who brought Christianity to the Scots

The latest offering from national treasure Alistair Moffat is a deeply lovely account of the ā€˜white martyrsā€™, the Irish priests who, at huge risk to...
Bill Paterson

Boswell Book Festival announces online guests for 2021

This yearā€™s Boswell Book Festival will be a virtual event with some of the most talked about biographers, diarists and writers of memoir appearing at...

A third celebration of powerful Scottish women

Mairi Kidd dedicates a third of her book to powerful Scottish women (the remainder to Irish and Welsh equivalents) whose tales have been overlooked or...

A celebration and history of Scottish art and artists

Have you ever wondered about the backstory of James Guthrieā€™s ā€˜To Pastures Newā€™ painting? Or indeed the tale of Henry Raeburn? Here to fill the...
Paranormal Scotland

A collection of the supernatural in Scotland

Assorted strange phenomena abound in Scotland ā€“ witches, wizards, fairies, sea monsters, yeti-type creatures, UFOs and a plethora of female spirits called glastigs and caoineags...

Casting a spell to protect the world from the Fae

Seeking to protect the world from the Fae, Scottish sigil agent Aloysius MacBharrais is eccentric, and as a sexagenarian he is a welcome change from...