All Stories
Working from home, then and now
With many people currently experiencing the pros and cons of working from home, we wondered how weavers and their families managed to do it almost 200 years ago!
Greenbank Garden and Jim May: an exquisite partnership
An appreciation of Jim May, Head Gardener and Property Manager at Greenbank from 1976 to 2007.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh – a modern couple
Discover more about the Mackintoshes’ romantic relationship and their progressive thinking.
Garters at the National Trust for Scotland
Vikki Duncan, Curator for our North region, takes a look at two very different sets of garters in our collection.
Wildlife spotter’s guide: West Affric
The wild and beautiful landscape of West Affric has much to offer wildlife, with its native forest, beautiful lochs and rugged moorland.
Wildlife spotter’s guide: Inverewe
Over 800 hectares of open moorland, woodland and shoreline offer excellent opportunities for discovering the natural history of Wester Ross. Although this area is known as the wildest landscape in the UK, it remains home to a wide variety of animals, birds and insects, all year round.
The island that time never forgot
Newly published research has revealed how archaeologists discovered evidence of inhabitation over 2,000 years ago on St Kilda.
The Great Eight at Broughton House
Sarah L Jackson, a guide at Broughton House & Garden, tells us what to look out for at the property.
Hebridean fleas, false teeth and fine dirigibles
A new Radio 3 documentary and some newly uncovered letters cast further light on Margaret Fay Shaw’s life in South Uist in the 1930s.