Finding our ghosts: at a Victorian séance
Finding ghosts and spirits at a Victorian séance in one of Britian’s oldest music halls. Advertisements
Lord of the Seas: Pablo Neruda and a Scottish naval hero
How a friendship inspired the great Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, to write a poem about a Scottish naval hero.
Is this the quirkiest town in Britain?
This town has an abandoned harbour, lost-in-time cafes, a train junkyard, old-world cinema and an astonishing annual fair. You’ve probably never heard of it (unless you live in central Scotland).
Planting trees, freezing nights and talking deer
An amateur dabbler goes tree-planting on Knoydart, mending Scotland’s ecological damage one sapling at a time. Souls were nearly bartered for dry socks.
Why football IS coming home…to Glasgow
Celebrating new English football, drunken tales of the Tartan Army and looking forward to a football homecoming to Glasgow in 2020.
Grangemouth: the beauty in industry
It’s outdated, sprawling, industrial and CO2 spewing. Yet there’s also a strange beauty to be found walking by the Grangemouth Refinery.
The abandoned ruins of Lennox Castle
Lennox Castle is an impressive ruin, lost in the woods, gleaming in winter sunshine and overlooked by the snow dusted Campsie Fells.
