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Scottish soldiers have played a part in some of history's most decisive moments. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Why Scotland has consistently punched above its weight in wars Iain MacGregor

Kate Ryan, author of Blood, Guts & Black Pudding.

Scran season 10: The dying art of blood as food

The heritage barley that’s making ‘forgotten’ beer and whisky possible

Alan Winchester is a subject of one of the new chapbooks by Mennie Drinks

Independent publisher launches new whisky history series

A history of Clapshot, including a recipe for making your own

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Glenapp Castle is a 21-bedroom Relais & Châteaux Hotel tucked away on the Ayrshire coast. Located in 110 acres of estate, gardens, woodland, and seascapes to explore, the hotel is renowned for its high level of service, excellent food and drink offerings, and 70+ activities including wild swimming, falconry, curling, stargazing, and the Hebridean Sea Safari – an experience sure to rival the Traitors grand cash prize.

9 Traitors-style Scottish castles to visit this autumn

Lorraine Kelly's Dundee cake recipe

Lorraine Kelly launches appeal to save disappearing family recipes

17 places to visit during Doors Open Days Edinburgh 2026

An 1807 painting of Thomas Cochrane by Peter Edward Stroehling

Why Scotland's real-life Jack Aubrey deserves a statue in Edinburgh Peter Moore

Beverley Knight stars in the musical Sylvia, which is coming to Scotland in October,

Beverley Knight: It's a 100-year-old story but also a story of today

Kinross House on the western shore of Loch Leven

Scotland's richest man buys historic house in central Scotland

Keith Crawley has made 50 miniature models of Edinburgh’s pubs

Edinburgh artist recreating city in miniature

The 16th-century Bible translator William Tyndale depicted on the morning of his death in a 19th-century engraving (Picture: Print Collector)

William Tyndale, the forgotten architect of modern Britain Stephen Kerr

The scene depicting King Harold's death on the Bayeux Tapestry (Picture: Adrian Dennis)

The real winners of the Battle of Hastings? Scotsman comment

Thackray House in Callander

I stayed at historic Scottish hotel that’s reopened after £3m refurb

Jane Haining, the Scottish missionary who was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest

Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz

Blacksmith Joe Shevelan, right, showcases his skills at the new forge in Gretna Green. Picture: Mathias Newberry/PA Wire

Sparks fly as blacksmithing returns to Gretna Green

The last time the event was held in 2019 it attracted 17,000 visitors. Pic: Pete Robinson

A history of Scotland’s only native oysters from Loch Ryan

Frederick Douglass, a leading figure in the abolitionist movement, toured Scotland in the 19th Century. Now, his direct descendant is to follow suit. Alamy Stock Photo

Descendant of Frederick Douglass tours towns visited by abolitionist

Andrew Scott as Captain James Stagg in Pressure, which tells how the Scots meteorologist delayed D-Day by 24 hours.

Pressure: The canny Scots meteorologist who changed the date of D-Day

Five Scottish Tech 50 companies breaking new ground

A lorne sausage roll

Bid for the Scottish morning roll to be given Unesco status

The newly discovered letter was purportedly written by Bonnie Prince Charlie in the summer of 1759. Picture: PA

Exclusive Bonnie Prince Charlie was rallying forces in east Europe, says expert

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the Legacy Museum.

The US lawyer bringing slavery museum to Scotland

Circa 1455, King James II of Scotland (1430 - 1460)

How medieval Scottish kings kept unrest at bay with populist policies

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Bruichladdich Greener Still

Bruichladdich launch Greener Still whisky - a last in the Still Series

The Lockerbie bombing claimed 270 lives.

Lockerbie bombing: Suspect's alleged confession to be used in US trial

Brechin Castle. PIC: Savills

Scottish castle hits market for £1.6m in half-price offer

Chefs at work in the Road Hole restaurant at the Old Course hotel in St Andrews

TV chefs to join autumn cooking series at luxury Scottish hotel

Muirburn, controlled burning in cooler months, can help reduce the risk of wildfires

Farmers: Muirburn licensing 'should be delayed' in wake of wildfires

The property on Calton Hill is the latest to be investigated by historian David Olusoga in his TV series a House Through Time

TV historian unlocks Edinburgh home of a sculptor and a brothel keeper

Bays Geocrab on the Isle of Harris

Isle of Harris community given £1m to buy 11,000-hectare estate

Place at the Table Glasgow - inspiring discussion on food & identity

Wildlife campaigner Robert Pownall dressed as a gannet outside the Waverley Court polling station in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)

NatureScot rejects licence for centuries-old guga hunt for first time

Vandals have targeted Edinburgh's North Bridge with red spray paint less than 24 hours after it reopened after eight years of work

North Bridge vandalised less than 24 hours after reopening

Celebrated chef to launch ‘ever-changing menu’ at rooftop bar

Plans submitted for ‘atmospheric' whisky & jazz den in hidden landmark

Highlanders from The Clanranald Trust for Scotland at Duncarron Medieval Village for the launch of the new Scotland: The Home of Outlander locations guide. PIC: Colin Hattersley / VisitScotland

Replica 12th Century village in central belt stars in Outlander guide

Scottish restaurant calls in liquidators after 47 years in business

North Bridge is due to reopen fully in 2026 after eight years of work to repair and restore the vital link between Edinburgh's Old and New Towns.

'Fascinating' North Bridge exhibition to celebrate reopening

One of two rare Jacobite era pistols representing a "tumultuous" period of Scottish history which are to be reunited for the first time in more than 30 years in a new exhibition, Tartan & Turmoil: The Angus Jacobite Story, in Montrose

Two rare Jacobite era pistols reunite in town once loyal to the cause

Explore the Border Reiver country

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Taste of Scotland Trio of Mains - Amber

How a whisky visitor centre changed fine dining in Scotland

The exhibition brought together nearly 300 works by more than 50 artists spanning five decades of Nigerian artistic production

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Ben Lawers in Highland Perthshire, once home to prolific prehistoric rock artists “enmeshed with their landscape, intimately aware of things we now sense only vaguely”

Upland by Ed Douglas review: 'Lessons from British mountain history'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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