How a search for a childhood favourite, traditional Scottish treacle scones can take your travels in unexpected directions
Traditions
Folk songs: The Skye Boat song
We explore the origins of Scottish folk song, The Skye Boat Song, a popular if rather sentimentalised air
Folk songs: Sir James the Rose
Our new folk songs series continues with a look at a tragic story between Sir James the Rose and a lady named Matilda
Ori-gin-al makers: Scottish gin distilleries
With over 70 per cent of the UK’s gin made in Scotland, we tour some of the best gin distilleries in the country
How to celebrate Hogmanay in Scotland
Few places in the world ring in the new year with quite the same fervour as Scotland.
Folk songs: The Haughs O’Cromdale
This Jacobite song claims victory against Cromwell, but is that really what happened or is this a case of artistic licence?
Crofting in Scotland: A rural idyll
What is life as a crofter really like? We travel to the Hebridean isle of Uist to find out
Burns Night history
We prepare to have “a glass o’ whisky punch wi’ honest men” on Burns Night, accompanied by a forkful of historic ceremonies and sentiment
The birth of Scottish clan culture
Scottish clans are celebrated the world over but what are the origins of this unique part of Scottish culture?
