Culture

'An Orkney Miracle Drink': How wildflowers heal us, inside and out Members only

In 2022, Victoria Bennett left her apothecary garden in Cumbria to start anew on Orkney. In the accounts of old botanists, she began to learn a new language of flowers.

Victoria Bennett
Victoria Bennett
Culture

‘Storm worse than ever today’: how schoolteachers tracked weather in the Outer Hebrides Members only

School logbooks from the nineteenth century reveal how islanders coped with a period of particularly stormy weather. In their resilience is a lesson for the future.

Chris Baraniuk
Chris Baraniuk
Culture

A journey through the Cairngorms – and through time Members only

The naturalist Seton Gordon chronicled the changing landscapes of the Highlands. His books show how far ecological baselines have shifted over the past hundred years.

Matthew Hay
Matthew Hay
Culture

Stories in the peat Members only

Through the earth's natural archives, Annie Worsley explores the history of her Highlands home.

Annie Worsley
Annie Worsley
Culture

How the Ordnance Survey shaped the Scotland we see today Members only

By unveiling the secrets of landscape, mapmakers contributed to the deforestation and clearance of the Highlands and Islands.

Adam Robertson Charlton
Pebble

A Gaelic christening for Scotland's newest species Members only

A new project is naming the plants and animals that have recently arrived on these shores due to climate change.

Eva Clifford
Eva Clifford
Pebble

The End of Sled Dog Racing Members only

At the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally, snow is becoming a rarity. This year, the huskies raced on mud.

Eva Clifford
Eva Clifford
Pebble

Buain Members only

Air Ghàidhealtachd, thathas a’ buain seann arbhar is ruitheam nan òran Gàidhlig mun cuairt son a’ chiad turas ann an còrr is linn. Dè dh’innseas seo dhuinn mu ar dàimh ris an fhearainn?

David Lintern
David Lintern
Feature