It was, by any measure, a remarkable coup - a politician pulling off the seemingly impossible by announcing a new tax which ...

A group of students from Heriot-Watt University are spearheading calls for a historic Edinburgh rail route to be reopened, ...

IT will soon be schools out time again when the kids enjoy class-free days for the February break. So how to keep them occupied and happy? Well the experts at VisitScotland have come up with a ...

The Old Edinburgh Club draws our attention to what happened in the capital in years and centuries gone by. Day Event 1st: In 1918, Dame Muriel Spark (author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) was born ...

The most recent episode was number six meaning that there are still five more left before a new winner (or winners) is ...

If the Egyptian Halls were in Edinburgh, would they be in this condition? Specific buildings, this being one of them, should be better protected ...

The BBC show has caused a 60 per cent surge in people searching for castle holidays, according to new research ...

Romantic getaways don’t have to be sauntering down a Parisian street in the City of Love, or relaxing on the white sands of the Maldives – there are plenty of stays all over the UK that can provide ...

The National Trust for Scotland has launched an appeal to support emergency work needed to deal with the destruction caused by Storm Éowyn.

Located in a tiny building near Ireland’s windswept Cliffs of Moher on the westernmost edge of Europe, the rustic Homestead Cottage restaurant might be considered an unlikely winner of a Michelin star ...

Hamilton College competed alongside South Lanarkshire neighbours Fernhill, St Columba’s (Renfrewshire), Glasgow schools Belmont House, Jordanhill and Hutchesons’ Grammar, Merchiston Castle (Edinburgh) ...

Cables Wynd House has a notorious reputation while tenants say the reality of the Banana Flats - made famous by Trainspotting ...