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Ferry joins event to mark 100 years since Iolaire tragedy

A ferry is to support an event to mark the centenary of Britain's worst peacetime marine tragedy. Caledonian MacBrayne has confirmed that, subject to weather...

Could you be a Great British Bake Off contestant?

James Morton, Norman Calder, Marie Campbell, Tom Hetherington and Flora Shedden have all done it - now could you?  They're some of the Scots who...
Joanna Lumley neets youngsters at the Peter Pan Childrens Centre in  Dumfries (Photo: Coin Hattersley)

Joanna Lumley delighted to visit Moat Brae House

Joanna Lumley visited Moat Brae in Dumfries on Friday to see the restoration work on the house where Peter Pan began. The actor and author...
Head elf Gemma Kennedy in Santa's Grotto, at Dumfries House

Christmas events to take place at Dumfries House

A series of enchanting festive events is set to take place at Dumfries House following the arrival of Santa Claus at the estate on Sunday....
Eglinton Castle as it stood in 1876

When Ayrshire was at war with two families

April 2016 marked the 430th anniversary of the Massacre of Annock. Though not an unusual occurrence in the lawlessness of Scotland in the 16th century,...
The nave within Dunfermline Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey hosts screening of Outlaw King

The resting place of Robert the Bruce, which played a starring role in Netflix film Outlaw King, will once again be in the spotlight at...


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