Culture
'An Orkney Miracle Drink': How wildflowers heal us, inside and out Members only 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.
‘Storm worse than ever today’: how schoolteachers tracked weather in the Outer Hebrides Members only 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.
A journey through the Cairngorms – and through time Members only 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.
Stories in the peat Members only Members only
Through the earth's natural archives, Annie Worsley explores the history of her Highlands home.
How the Ordnance Survey shaped the Scotland we see today Members only Members only
By unveiling the secrets of landscape, mapmakers contributed to the deforestation and clearance of the Highlands and Islands.
A Gaelic christening for Scotland's newest species Members only Members only
A new project is naming the plants and animals that have recently arrived on these shores due to climate change.
The End of Sled Dog Racing Members only Members only
At the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally, snow is becoming a rarity. This year, the huskies raced on mud.
