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Sailing stories on film at the Scottish Maritime Museum

The Scottish Maritime Museum launches a collection of short films reflecting on life around local shipyards in the last century. A new collection of personal...

Outlaw King director reveals the film’s secrets

Oscar-nominated filmmaker David Mackenzie recalls revisiting his old Highland stomping grounds for Outlaw King, in an exclusive video by national tourism body, VisitScotland, released on...

A guide to Scotland’s wonderful railways

Renewing Britain’s Railways: Scotland by Gordon D. Webster is a highly-illustrated overview of Scotland’s railways. Scotland boasts some of the most scenic railways in the...

A Scottish family bus business that grew and fell

The McKindless Group by David Devoy is the story of a family business which got out of its depth. The McKindless bus company started off...

The rise and sad fall of the Strathtay Bus Group

Strathtay Scottish Buses by David Devoy is an interesting tale of expansion, contraction, and ultimately the oblivion of the group. Strathtay Scottish was a product...
Poet Niall O'Gallagher

Guest editor of Best Scottish Poems announced

The Scottish Poetry Library has announce that rising star Roseanne Watt is the guest editor of the SPL’s annual online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2019....