Scotland and England are two nations divided by their experience of history. That divide was never wider than during the Wars of Independence in the 13th and 14th centuries when a chance event ...
Dictionaries of the Scots Language defines it as ... An early example comes from William Nimmo’s History of Stirlingshire (1777): “In the months of April and May, easterly winds, commonly ...
Scotland prides itself on being one of the most progressive countries in Europe on issues of sexuality and gender identity but for gay men it was not always such an open-minded place ...
A panel from the Great Tapestry of Scotland that celebrates the construction of the Border Abbeys. Photograph by Michael George The topography of the Borders is sown with this living history.
The Declaration of Arbroath is seen by many as one of the most famous documents in Scottish history. It was written on 6 April 1320 but its words continue to inspire some in the Scottish ...
Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...