Culture
Remembering a forgotten Scots explorer
William Speirs Bruce’s name has been largely forgotten in the realms of polar exploration and research. He was a Scottish nationalist and naturalist who led...
Robert Burns and the Bard of Bengal
You may have recently found yourself humming some of the Bard’s best-known songs. If not, then it is possible that you may have sung Auld...
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...
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...
