In 1822 George IV of Scotland visited Edinburgh. Walter Scott had planned a great ‘gathering of the Gael’, and the citizens were bemused by the sight of their King, andRead More
Eviction and famine, by 1860s the Highland population was a fraction of what it had once been
Desperate to increase rents and improve the lives of their tenants, Landlords turn the lives of Highlanders upside down
The 18th century would see a transformation of rural society and economy – in the lowlands as much as the highlands
