People & Places

Rarely-seen footage of the celebrated Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder performing alongside Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin is to be screened to the public at Scotland’s oldest purpose-built cinema next month.

The story of “Britain’s most beautiful shortcut” and the ancient coastal kingdom of Dalriada is set to be brought to life thanks to a £1.5 million project to create a new heritage and community hub at the gateway to the historic Crinan Canal in Ardrishaig.

A violent confrontation between police and crofters broke out during a planned mass eviction on the Isle of Skye 136 years ago today.

The Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, The Grand Canyon; these are just three of the stunning 1073 UNESCO World Heritage sites being celebrated today as part of The International Day for Monument and Sites.

An early medieval handbell and several graves of senior clan figures are among items recorded by archaeologists on a tiny island in a Highland loch.

More than 5 million people have visited Scotland’s heritage attractions in a single year with a new record set by the country’s historic properties.

A much loved miniature railway in the Highlands has gone up for sale.

A rare red post box on the southside of Glasgow has been given listed building status.

The work of a pioneering Scottish photographer who is celebrated in the Far East has been “forgotten” in his home city, it has been claimed.

Around 1,000 people gathered at Culloden to mark the 272nd anniversary of the battle.

Many of Scotland’s 790 islands now lie uninhabited - save for wildlife - but a handful were once thriving communities.

The Battle of Culloden, on 16 April 1746 was one of Scotland’s most famous conflicts and the climax of a decades-long battle to install the descendants of the House of Stuarts to the British throne.

The sex of the first polar bear to be born in the UK for 25 years has finally been revealed.

A mass grave of leading Jacobites killed after the Battle of Culloden may have been found.

Around 30,000 people gathered dockside at John Brown’s shipyard at Clydebank to watch HMY Britannia take to the water for the first time 65 years ago today.

The restoration of the First Minister’s grade A listed official residence has been completed at a cost of £504,216 to the taxpayer.

It was a centre piece of the Glasgow Garden Festival - a giant head that floated on The Clyde like a boat.

They are perhaps the less fashionable little brothers of Scotland’s magnificent standing stones - but no less fascinating.