A 'remarkable' piece of rare tartan gifted by Bonnie Prince Charlie to a revered Jacobite heroine will remain in Scotland following its recent sale at auction. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

THE tangled history and powerful imagery of the Jacobite period is rich territory for Calum Colvin’s thoughtful and clever show Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

Peter MacDonald, Head of Research & Collections at The Scottish Tartans Authority, examines a common claim that tartan was banned following the doomed 1745 Jacobite Rising. One of the widely believed ...

At the behest of England’s national Anglican church, 1688’s Glorious Revolution—also called the Bloodless Revolution—deposed the country’s last Catholic king. It is widely considered Britain’s first ...

Tim Newark is impressed by the exotic threads in an outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of tartan Following the Battle of Culloden, wearing tartan was considered an act of ...

Archaeologists have been excavating a site they call the birthplace of Scotland's modern tartan industry. Hundreds of people worked at Bannockburn's Wilson Mills at the height of production in the ...

At the behest of England’s national Anglican church, 1688’s Glorious Revolution—also called the Bloodless Revolution—deposed the country’s last Catholic king. It is widely considered Britain’s first ...