Scotland cashes in as Americans drive surge of ancestral tourism in search for their family 'roots'
The story of Scotland's famous clans has always captured the imagination of those with a Scottish connection, and now more ...
America is obsessed with its ancestry – and Scotland is cashing in
US tourists are flocking to Scotland, and more than a third claim ancestral links are inspiring their visit There are Bruces ...
‘Green lairds’ are buying vast estates in Scotland for carbon credits
A new class of landlords in Scotland is cultivating forests of native trees and monoculture conifer plantations with an eye ...
Five of the UK’s biggest playgrounds to take the kids to as weather to hit 16C
WITH the weather finally getting better in the UK, it’s time to get back outside with the kids. According to the Met Office, ...
6 Destinations Where You Can Relive the Romance of Famous Love Stories
Verona, a small city in northeastern Italy, has been synonymous with romance since Shakespeare immortalized it in Romeo and ...
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The Massacre of Glen Coe
The MacIains were constantly involved in trouble with the law and with neighbouring clans for their consistent ... whole way of life as a hindrance to Scotland, which would be better served ...
The surprising secret life of Scotland's gay king that caused scandal
Historian Gareth Russell has written Queen James, a biography of King James VI and I - the last king of Scotland - who moved to London ...
The Stewarts
The Stewarts formed one of the most enduring and turbulent royal dynasties in Scottish history. Through war, policy and ...
Sex-mad Scottish Samurai Tam could not keep his sword in its sheath
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The Lords of the Isles
One of the major figures in the history of the Western Isles is Somerled. Born around 1117 and with a mixed Norse and Gaelic pedigree, Somerled was challenge the might of both Norway and Scotland in ...