The Day the Ink Ran Red: 1638 and the Birth of the Covenanters The National Covenant of 1638 was a stunning gesture of defiance and declaration of independence against the King In the long, mist...
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20 February 1472
Shetland and Orkney formally become part of Scotland under an Act of Parliament, so settling the northern extent of the kingdom.
When I look across the long arc of British history, I’m struck by how rarely the monarchy has been forced to confront real accountability. For centuries, the Crown has existed in a space above...
A Valley Betrayed On 13 February 1692, a narrow Highland glen became the site of an act that would lodge itself in Scottish memory as both atrocity and allegory. Glen Coe’s steep slopes and river...
A Candle in Two Kingdoms: Writing on the Anniversary of Mary, Queen of Scots Every anniversary invites a particular kind of listening. Not the loud, modern kind—hot takes and hurried summaries—but...
How one parish entry moved my ancestor from legend into landscape—and tied her more clearly to the Buchanans of Gartincaber. For years, I carried my understanding of my 7th...
We slipped out of Kings House before first light, breath fogging in our headtorch beams while the glen held its breath. The river murmured behind the hotel and the pyramid of the Buachaille was just...
For years, our Walker family history rested on scattered records, family stories, and a handful of names passed down through generations. But as anyone who has chased their ancestry knows, paper...
The History of Hogmanay in Scotland From the end of the 17th century to the 1950’s Christmas was not really celebrated as a festival in Scotland, regarded as a Catholic celebration and banned...