From 90 second leg amputations to the first women doctors to Dolly the Sheep, Edinburgh has been at the cutting edge of medicine for 300 years

Stramash: In football, two teams crowded in a penalty area hacking lumps out of each other to force the ball goal-wards or up the pitch. Best pronounced with a ridiculously exaggerated rolling of the ‘r’, though perhaps not in public.—

Historian Ian R Mitchell shows there is more to the Granite City than meets the eye in a book that will animate
North-east media, residents and exiles alike

An insightful, affectionate look at the often neglected role of cattle in shaping Highland life, from religious practices to cattle-raiding to cowboys

The seven decades between 1638 and 1707 are the crucible from which ‘Enlightenment’ and modern Scotland came. In The Killing Time, David S Ross reveals the period in a completely fresh light.

The most comprehensive publication on the history and development of Scottish Highland Games, from ancient national roots to modern international cultural celebrations

The true stories of the Scots who shaped America’s
unexplored frontier.

A fascinating financial history of Scottish investors and how they built modern America.

Russell Lyon goes back 200 years to reveal the darkest secrets of these mysterious men.