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Vintage Tractors, with photography by Allan Wright

New book tracks down Scotland’s old tractors

Award-winning photographer Allan Wright is intent on capturing a lost army - an army that is, of largely abandoned Vintage Tractors. Roaming Scotland’s stunning coastal...

Eight in ten Scots parents don’t get kids’ slang

New research finds 82% of Scottish parents don’t understand their children's modern day slang. ‘Obvs’, 'savage', ‘sick’, 'squad' and ‘awks’ among the words most commonly...

A history of Scotland is brought to book

Scotland: A history from the earliest times from popular historian Alistair Moffat presents the story of Scotland from the Ice Age right through to today....
A portrait of James Clerk Maxwell

The Scotsman who was a hero to Albert Einstein

When Albert Einstein, perhaps the most famous physicist of all time, published his special theory of relativity in 1905, he used the opening sentence to...

Stepping back in time in a historical murder novel

A brutal triple murder in a remote crofting community in 1869, when three people were slayed in Culduie, leads to the arrest of Roderick Macrae...

Ten of Scotland’s most reluctant peers

For many, the ultimate honour would be to have a title bestowed upon them. But they're not for  everyone. We highlight 10 Scots to have...


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