In the 1840s, a Scottish minister named John Ferguson accepts the task of traveling to a remote island to evict Ivar, the only man who lives there. When Reverend Ferguson falls off a cliff, Ivar ...

WE HAVE recently returned to Ireland from a wonderful holiday in Scotland. In truth, some of the Scottish scenery surpasses even the Emerald Isle. On travelling from Perth to Aviemore, I was trying to ...

SCOTLAND’S most eminent historian admits he didn’t become engaged in arguably the most infamous and traumatic episode in the nation’s history until he was well into his twenties. “We started going on ...

The Lismore is named after a Scottish island where the inhabitants were forcibly evicted during the Highland Clearances. Author provided If you wanted to see international politics in action, where ...

The evictions reached their peak in 1814 known locally as "the year of the burnings" when Sellar's men moved into Strathnaver. Here, families were turned out of their homes on the spot, with the ...