Angus M’Diarmid, a Scottish hunting guide whose first language was Gaelic, wrote a local guidebook, describing in animated and inane English the rugged Highland landscape.

Haggis, loch monsters, whisky, tartan – Scotland is known for many different things to different people and is a fascinating country with an intriguing history. Here are 69 interesting facts ...

Loch Ness and its mythological sea monster hogs the limelight, but Scotland has about 30,000 other lochs. And it’s Loch Tay that keeps pulling me back.

In his late 50s he embarked on a doctoral thesis at Glasgow University, examining the treatment of Gaelic history and culture in the Scottish tourism narrative of the 21st century.