There are numerous accounts of plant lore noted in Carmina Gadelica and within the notebooks at the Centre for Research Collections,...

Beltane is an important day in the Celtic calendar that marks the beginning of summer, and the day is still widely celebrated. Fire was, and...

This Friday the Carmichael Watson Project object catalogue, based on Carmichael's collections at the West Highland Museum and the Natio...

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh a handful of objects collected by Carmicahel are on display: a baptismal font, a stone font ...

Targe, West Highland Museum The targe, or target [ targaid ], is a circular wooden shield that was popular in the 17 th and 18 th ce...

The interest in and debate concerning clan tartans was kick-started by the famous Sobieski Stuart brothers, alleged grandsons of Bonnie Pr...

Innovative Learning Week at the University of Edinburgh is a week-long programme of learning events that provides students with an exc...