Scotland

Edinburgh

The visually spectacular Scottish capital witnessed fierce dynastic struggle before it welcomed the spirit of the Enlightenment, as Patricia Cleveland-Peck discovers.

A Prophet in his Own Country

Rebecca Abrams discovers the history of a forgotten Aberdonian doctor who could – if anyone had listened to his ideas  – have saved the lives of countless women in childbirth over the following centuries.

Hadrian and the Limits of Empire

The emperor Hadrian presided over the Roman empire at its height, defined its borders and was one of the most cultured rulers of the ancient world.

Pipes and Drums

R.S. Taylor Stoermer takes a transatlantic perspective on the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707.

The First Union Flag

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of King James I's creation and proclamation of a union flag, on April 12th, 1606.

The Hunt for William Wallace

Andrew Fisher asks who William Wallace really was, and why he has become an icon of Scottish resistance to the English.

Scotland's English Clan

Murray Watson looks at the historical roots of a phenomenon few commentators have noted: the sizeable English presence in Scotland.