Skottland

This is the first book devoted to an oral history of a British university during the ‘swinging sixties’. Students, lecturers and support staff are interviewed about teaching and …

On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman and fresh provisions. The lighthouse had been in operation …

How writers have imagined the idea of Scottish independence over 700 years Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish …

Few great cities have shown such character and capacity for reinvention as Glasgow. This medieval seat of learning and pilgrimage became the Workshop of the World, famed for its …

The House by the Dvina is the riveting story of two families separated in culture and geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage. It includes episodes as romantic …

What are the rules of etiquette in a bothy full of strangers?How cold, exactly, can a Scottish summer get?And how many cans of beer can a man carry whilst fording a swollen …

This volume in the Buildings of Scotland series explores the rich architectural diversity of Dundee and Angus. Dundee, the fourth-largest city in Scotland, boasts some of the …

Some 1200 Scottish placenames are listed and their location shown on pictorial maps. The origins and possible meanings of the placenames are described.

Regions within European Union member states (such as Scotland in the UK and Catalonia in Spain) have their own legal systems: how will the process of 'Europeanization' affect them? …