Ian R.Mitchell looks at the tale of Ewan Macphee, Scotland's last true outlaw
Scotland’s most famous outlaw is undoubtedly Rob Roy MacGregor.
Rob has inspired countless books since Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy and, a decade ago, was the subject of a successful Hollywood film. But who knows that a century after Rob Roy’s death in the 1730s, there existed an equally colourful ...
Scotland Characters
from Issue 39 published on 23/06/2008
Ian R Mitchell explores Scotland’s reborn Forth & Clyde canal
It is easy to close a canal, much harder to re-open it. Finished in the 1790s, the Forth & Clyde Canal was the artery of Scotland’s Industrial Revolution. Largely devoted to carrying commercial freight, as this declined so too did the canal and it was closed in 1962, large sections being subsequentl...
Scotland Waterways
from Issue 34 published on 30/08/2007
Ian R Mitchell looks at where you can find traces of the Roman invasions of Caledonia, the only territory their legions failed to conquer
Scotland’s Antonine Wall is currently the subject of an application that it be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites existing in Scotland, these already include Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, St Kilda, and New Lanark. Such a listing would raise the profile of Scotland’s Roman sites in gen...
Scottish History
from Issue 30 published on 01/12/2006