On Saturday, being spared and well, I shall do something I have not done in six years - drive south from Lewis, with a little ...

Stirling is one of Scotland’s greatest stone castles – an icon integral to how we understand the nation’s story. The castle peaked in importance in the 1500s, but its volcanic crag has been fortified ...

The castle finally fell back into Scottish hands in 1342. Stirling was the preferred residence of most of Scotland’s later medieval monarchs, and most added something to its impressive architecture.