Biography & Travel Writing

George's memory is inseparable from Orkney, where he was born the youngest child of a...

Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the...

This is the story of Duncan Napier who founded Edinburgh's herbalist shop in 1860....

Donald MacDonald, “Dòmhnall Ghilleasbuig Sorcha”, was born on 2 February 1897 on the...

Angus MacLellan was regarded throughout his own lifetime as one of Scotland's finest...

John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working...

This is the first biography of linen manufacturer William Sandeman (1722-1790), a...

The Gaelic pharmacy was rich, the sources of which lay almost entirely in nature and...

The discovery of a long-forgotten physic garden and the restoration of an old weathered...

In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter...

Martin Moran has been a man of the mountains since youth. Famously, he made the first...

From conducting farm animal caesarean sections in the early hours to missing family...