Freedom! Scotland gears up to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath
The Declaration of Arbroath is widely considered to be the most important document in Scottish history. It is a letter, drafted in 1320 by Bernard, Abbot of Arbroath, signed by the noblemen of Scotland with their wax seals attached, and addressed to the Pope. It...
My resolution this year is to read more, and one of the books that’s been on my list for a long time is The Living Mountain. What a wee gem of a book this is! Written in the 1940s and only about 100 pages long, this is Nan Shepherd’s breathtakingly See More
The Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides looking so peaceful and picturesque in the winter sun today! There are various suggestions as to where the island’s name came from, but one suggestion is from Old Norse meaning ‘bare island’. Kisimul Castle, which sits on a small rocky outcrop in See More