The GWCT Scottish Game Fair is set to return once again to Scone Palace in Perthshire this summer, here’s our top things to do…
Traditions
The last craftmakers of handmade bapipes
Bagpipes have been a rich part of Scottish heritage for centuries. Here, Jeremy Flint meets the last craftmakers of artisan handmade bagpipes in the…
Portsoy: ACE Winches Scottish Traditional Boat Festival
Every July the small Aberdeenshire fishing town of Portsoy welcomes around 15,000 visitors for a weekend celebrating the northeast’s maritime heritage, here’s how the…
The Prince’s Foundation: The King’s legacy
Through the Prince’s Foundation, Scottish traditions and crafts are being given the support they need to thrive at both Dumfries House & The Castle of Mey
New York Tartan Week 2023: Gail Porter announced as Grand Marshal
New York Tartan Week 2023 have announced that Scottish TV personality Gail Porter will be the Grand Marshal of this year’s Tartan Day Parade,…
Fair Isle knit: Woven with love
We explore the history of the Fair Isle knit, and the story of how one remote island became known the world over for its…
The history of tartan: A chequered history
As a major new exhibition on tartan opens in Dundee, we look back at the rise to prominence of this most Scottish of patterns.…
King Charles goes crofting in Scotland
In the 1980s our future king spent a week crofting in Scotland. Ensconced in a farming community on a small Outer Hebridean isle, his host remembers his visit well…
Whisky distilleries in Scotland: The water of life
Our pick of some of the best experiences, tours, shops and whisky distilleries in Scotland where you can learn about, taste and buy our national drink…
What is Burns Night: The history behind the Scottish celebration
We prepare to have “a glass o’ whisky punch wi’ honest men” on Burns Night, accompanied by a forkful of historic ceremonies and sentiment
