Culture
How Robert the Bruce gave the English a bruising
Rather than overcoming a far larger English force, a controversial theory says Robert the Bruce fought far from the accepted battlefield and won by a...
RNLI hero Bill Deans MBE gives us his Credo
Bill Deans MBE has worked for the RNLI for over 44 years. In that time he has most certainly seen it all - from beached...
A history of the Borders – delivered on foot
In compelling study Walking The Border, Ian Crofton documents his trek along the Anglo-Scottish Border, on foot or by train, digging deep into historical archives...
16th century Scots ‘rappers’ had verbal jousts at the flyte club
What do hip-hop music and sixteenth century Scotland have in common? Not much, you’d assume. But hip-hop – which developed in the The Bronx, New...
