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Adam Smith and Scotland in the Age of Enlightenment
Read moreby Craig Smith 2023 is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith. Smith is one of the very…
It should not be ‘a matter of £ s d.’: The Crown estate, foreshore and the public interest
One of the reasons for the devolution of the management of the Scottish Crown estate property to the Scottish government…
Glasgow Archaeological Society Celebrates 150 Years of Publishing
Glasgow Archaeological Society has been committed to publishing papers and disseminating information on archaeological findings and discoveries since it was…
Hamish Henderson and our Historical Moment
What’s the artist for in modern Scotland? Curating our accumulated history? Envisioning our possible and impossible futures? Diagnosing the ills…
Viking Law and Order
My new book, Viking Law and Order, paints a rather different picture of Viking Age society from the one we…
John M. MacKenzie on ‘Bogeys’ Past and Present
It would seem that elements of the Anglosphere have always required a bogey or a multiplicity of bogeys. Perhaps other…
Celebrating 70 Years of the Edinburgh International Festival
An extract from The Edinburgh Festivals: Culture and Society in Post-war Britain by Angela Bartie On Sunday 24 August 1947,…
George Mackay Brown and the Scottish Catholic Imagination
What do you imagine when you think about great Catholic art? Perhaps you call to mind the gilded pages of…
Scottish Migration Since 1600
Migration today is an increasingly contentious, even toxic, issue. It is being held responsible for Brexit, the coming to power…
Gaelic Satire and 18th Century Highland History
The benefit of studying Gaelic poetry in conjunction with conventional documentary sources to obtain a fuller understanding of the past…