Heritage

Legend of a young man, his family and a gift from the fairies By David Watson Many years ago, a young couple who lived in a cottage near Invernauld Brae were expecting the birth of their first child. They awaited the day excitedly. The future father was very attentive towards

Has our relationship to food changed during the coronavirus crisis? Stockpiling, shortages, local sourcing, and self-sufficiency are now on everyone’s lips. William Mackenzie shares his memories of the time when almost all common foods had been placed under rationing. By W.A.M. MacKenzie Some eighty years ago ( but

300,000 to 1. Those are the odds of being struck by lightening in the UK. 
The chances of being fatally struck are speculated to be around 1 in a million. 
 by Anna MacRae MacDonald In the late spring of 1895, parts of the Highlands were experiencing hot and humid

A day or two after any visitor arrived to St Kilda, the inhabitants suffered from outbreaks of a respiratory tract infection known locally as the ‘boat cough’ By James Currall On August 15th 1727 three men and eight boys were rowed from Village Bay on Hirta, the largest island of

This Irishman based in Culrain was one of the most successful dog handlers in Scotland and quite a character. Born in Donegal in 1929, he came to the Highlands as a teenager to work in Hydro Electric schemes such as the 5-mile tunnel in Lairg. He began to work as

“I hope you will forgive a stranger intruding on your sorrow, which must be so deep, but the story was so heart-rending I could not but write…” These were the parting words of a gentleman from Montrose in a letter written to Mr & Mrs Fraser of Inveroykel, written on