BOOKS

Remembering a forgotten Scots explorer
William Speirs Bruceās name has been largely forgotten in the realms of polar exploration and research. He was a Scottish nationalist and naturalist who led...

The story of Britain’s most beautiful shortcut
The Crinal Canal runs across the Kintyre peninsula - and by 1854, 33,000 passengers had been transported along it. Marian Pallister explores the canal from...

Exploring the Highland distilleries on a Vespa
After a successful tour of Tuscany by Vespa, Ben Birdsall has taken on the ultimate whisky tour - three weeks, one thousand miles and many...