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Scotland Magazine
Editor Sally Coffey Assistant Editor Henrietta Easton Art Editor Clare White Group Sales Director Catherine Chapman Advertising Manager Daisy Welch Senior Sales Executive George Wilson Managing Director James Dobson Publisher Simon Temlett Chief Fina
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The Secret Peninsula
Narrow, rocky roads that seem to wend and wind at will, with ditches either side, can be daunting to the uninitiated. The first time I visited Ardnamurchan, one of Scotland’s most remote peninsulas – a finger of land poking out of the west coast betw
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The East Made Easy
The exposed mountain scenery of Scotland’s west coast has been exported all over the world as the archetypal Highlands landscape. Visitors flock to the West Highlands’ shortbread-tin destinations of Glen Coe and the Isle of Skye, where much of the hi
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Editor’s Diary
So big is his legacy that it’s unfathomable that it is 750 years since the birth of King Robert the Bruce. In 2024 there will be many places marking the anniversary, but I suspect few will do it as well as the city of Stirling, where he scored a deci
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Highland Flings
GORDON CASTLE HIGHLAND GAMES Kicking off the 2024 Highland games season, these games feature traditional events alongside a country fair and a gathering of Gordon Setter dogs. gordoncastle.co.uk BLACKFORD HIGHLAND GAMES Back for its 152nd year, thes
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Quaich Makers
Pewter is an ancient silver-grey alloy metal, comprised mainly of tin, that has been a part of Scottish culture for centuries. Discovered by the Romans in around AD200, it was known as the ‘metal of kings’ because it could only be afforded by royalty
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Gateway To Scotland
Scotland’s cities Hosted by friendly kilt-clad taxi-driving locals with years of tourism expertise, Edinburgh Black Cab Tours offers an award-winning experience that can be tailored to you. As well as day trips and multi-day tours that venture into t
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We’ve Got Mail
In response to your request for suggestions of favourite places discovered, I wanted to share one with you: the Fairy Bridge of Glen Creran near Appin, Argyll. Local legend has it that the bridge was built by faeries to trip the burn that runs beneat
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Win An Escape To The Remote Island Of Luing
With a population of just under 200, Luing is a truly undiscovered, remote part of Scotland, which is why we’ve teamed up with WildLuing to offer one winner and their guest a two-night stay in one of its stylish, unique, and luxurious self-catering h
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Founding the STEWART DYNASTY
The death of David II, son of Robert the Bruce, in 1371 marked the end of the Bruce reign and the bloody beginnings of the Stewart dynasty, one that would rule Scotland for 343 years. While war with England was largely kept at bay through various tru
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The Story Behind…
My new novel is called The Perfect Passion Company, and it is the first in a series accounting life in an old fashioned marriage bureau in Edinburgh. The story is based on a woman who has been working in London and who comes back to Edinburgh to take
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Notes From The Isles
When I got engaged 66 years ago, my husband’s grandmother gave me a Douglas Heart: a multi-faceted, heart-shaped amethyst about the size of a large walnut, with a pearl-studded gold crown on top, to be worn as a necklace on a gold chain. She consider
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Clan Seats
Golspie, Dornoch Sutherland, Gordon Dunrobin is the furthest north of Scotland’s great castles, offering great views over the Moray Firth. With its French-inspired design by Sir Charles Barry – also responsible for London’s Houses of Parliament – dat
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Clan Courier
Funding has been secured to create a new viewpoint in the very place where Scottish tourism was born. Through his Lady of the Lake poem, Sir Walter Scott firelit an interest in Scotland, with crowds of people flocking to The Trossachs and Loch Katrin
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Editor’s Letter
Winter in Scotland is a wonderful time of year – from Hogmanay to the fire festivals, it’s a time for communities to come together and help each other through the colder, darker months. And so it seemed like the right time of year to bring you our cl
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Keep It In The Family
You may have noticed our clan society pages at the back of the magazine each issue (see page 78) but do you know what a clan society is? The short answer is a clan society is a community of people with a shared connection to a Scottish clan or family
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Etiquette Of Wearing Yer Kilt
The question I get asked most often when I swish around in my kilt is the most obvious, and the most embarrassing – “what does a Scotsman really wear under his kilt?” I’ll come to that, but firstly let’s delve into kilt wearing – a serious business a
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A Well Buried Secret
For over 250 years, people have been searching the Scottish Highlands for clues to the location of a buried treasure. There have been plenty of rumours and legends regarding its whereabouts, sometimes even stories of occasional coins being unearthed,
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Beyond Callanish
I’m walking alongside Loch Morsgail, looking for a grassy track, something greener than the russet deer grass that encircles the water. Locating it, I follow the narrow track as it zigzags back almost the way I’ve come. It leads to stepping stones th
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Fàilte
Scotland’s Outer Hebrides has been named one of National Geographic’s Best of the World destinations for 2025, thanks to its ‘dramatic landscapes and Celtic heritage’. The islands, which lie far off Scotland’s west coast and include such beauties as
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Beyond BRITANNIA
For a long time, Edinburgh’s old port was a downtrodden part of the city, but not anymore. As well as being home to the Royal Yacht Britannia – one of Scotland’s most popular attractions – over the past decade it has emerged as Edinburgh’s food hotsp
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A Home Fit For Royalty
In 2025, for a true sense of escapism, why not book a luxury stay in Scotland’s far north? The House of the Northern Gate, situated on Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of the Scottish mainland, was built in the 19th century and was a pioneering
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Land Of Plenty
Once largely presided over by clans, and later swept up into the ownership of rich nobles, Scotland’s vast estates, which number 1,100 and cover over 50% of all the rural land in Scotland, give it the dubious title of having the highest concentration
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Clans Come Together
A new festival is launching in Stirling in September that aims to bring together members of the Scottish diaspora. The Saltire Gathering, from 20-21 September 2025, promises to be a new ‘Festival of Scotland’ that celebrates Scotland’s part, present,
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Editor’s Letter
Welcome to our special Scotland 2025 souvenir edition, an annual designed to help you plan your travels in the year ahead and beyond, by bringing you a curated collection of inspiring travel tales, imbued with the history and heritage for which these
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When BRITANNIA Ruled The Waves
The Royal Yacht Britannia, the Royal Family’s former yacht, aboard which they would host world dignitaries and cruise the Western Isles of Scotland each summer, is now a multi-award-winning floating museum and one of Edinburgh’s most popular attracti
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Truly Awe-inspiring
I’m sometimes amused to think just what a difference a few hundred years makes in Scotland. Of course it’s true that daring to travel at all in the Highlands would have been an act of folly before the 1700s, but entering Argyll and the west (the part
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Shopping List
At the top of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, one of the city’s most famous hotels has now opened a shop, which aims to shine a light on some of Scotland’s best artisans. Visitors can shop for traditional gifts from skilled craftspeople, including an exclusi
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