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We share some of our favourite winter images on Canmore
A good Boxing Day walk is the perfect remedy for that Christmas over-indulgence. Here are our favourite Boxing Day destinations to help you dust off those cobwebs!
Not just the drinking hall featured in the Orkneyinga Saga – Dr Colleen Batey explains what she uncovered during years of archaeological excavations of the Viking/Norse settlement at Earl’s Bu, Orphir, Orkney.
Historian Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart take a look at Christmas traditions in Renaissance Scotland.
It’s panto season again! HES Interpretation Manager and former pantomime star Andrew Burnet takes a nostalgic look at the history and tradition behind the festive theatrical favourite. Oh, yes he does!
Bryony Donnelly strolls through the history of three of Scotland’s most beautiful gardens, and discovers the incredible stories of the people who created them.
Up Helly Aa is a series of fire festivals held every winter in the Shetland Islands. Find out more about them in this guest post by Elsie Maclean from Tobar an Dualchais
Did Scotland invent figure skating? What can the famous Skating Minister tell us about Scotland’s role in the sport of ice dancing?
We explore what’s left of Eastriggs Munitions Factory, once part of an enormous operation adding firepower to Britain’s war effort and recently recognised as a historically and culturally significant site.
Discover the life and literary legacy of Emily Gerard, a Borders-born travel writer who shared Transylvania – and vampires – with the world.