All Stories
A waulk on the wild side
Enjoy this gallery of images of sheep and the wearers of their wool – to coincide with the tweed waulking event on Canna this weekend.
Lottery funding for Mar Lodge Estate
An ambitious project to protect some of Scotland’s most important woodlands is getting underway this year, thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
SOS – Save our Seabirds
The Biosecurity for LIFE project – a partnership between the Trust, the RSPB and the National Trust – recently launched its new campaign: Save Our Seabirds from Invasive Predators.
The spice of life
This battered tin box from House of Dun provides an insight into the role of women in shaping attitudes towards the British Empire during the mid-19th century.
Opening the door to the past at Craigievar Castle
We’re putting the original 17th-century studded door back on display at the fairytale castle in Aberdeenshire.
Honing skills for the future
With the recent launch of the Historic Environment Skills Investment Plan, we’re looking forward to helping to deliver the outcomes for the long-term benefit of our heritage.
Painting a picture with a diary
This is a story of how a minister came to paint two landscapes for Miss Christian Dalrymple of Newhailes, and shows how diary writing can help us paint a more intimate picture of history.
Colonel Gordon goes wild and majestic in Edinburgh
Batoni’s painting features in the Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland from 26 June–10 November 2019.