Tarves Heritage Centre can be found in the corner of the attractive square in the heart of Tarves in Aberdeenshire. It ...

Approaching from the south-west, the first you see of Cruden Bay is St James the Less Church, prominently positioned on ...

The kirkyard in the village of Tarves is home to the Tarves Tomb, sometimes known as the Tolquhon Tomb. This is the superb monumental tomb in which are buried William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon and ...

The Vikings are one of the best known groups to have emerged from the early medieval era . Yet despite being so often portrayed in in fact and fiction - and in writing, TV and films - they are also ...

"Scotland From the Air" by Shahbaz Majeed is a magnificent book that would make the perfect gift for Scotlandophiles everywhere, for descendents of the Scottish diaspora worldwide, or simply for ...

Thicker Than Water by Ken Lussey (15 September 2024). (Amazon paid link.) A compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Callum Anderson and Jenny Mackay are spending Hogmanay at Sarclet Castle ...

"Edinburgh: The Autobiography" edited by Alan Taylor is a fascinating book. It has been published to coincide with Edinburgh's 900th anniversary celebrations in 2024 and tells the story of the city ...

"Edinburgh: A New History" by Alistair Moffat has been published to coincide with Edinburgh's 900th anniversary celebrations in 2024. What you find between the covers is a thoroughly readable ...

The Castle of Mey is the most northerly castle in mainland Scotland. It looks out over the Pentland Firth to the Orkney Islands from a location a few hundred yards inland from the coast some 13 miles ...

Scottish castles evolved from purely defensive structures into more comfortable and prestigious lordly residences in many different ways. Sometimes a tower house found itself buried within a later ...

"The Gravity of Feathers: Fame, Fortune and the Story of St Kilda" by Andrew Fleming is an important book and one that deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in Scotland and its islands. Over ...

The Castle of Mey is the most northerly castle in mainland Scotland. It looks out over the Pentland Firth to the Orkney Islands from a location a few hundred yards inland from the coast some 13 miles ...