Articles written by Maggie Craig

The ninth Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running took place under blue skies around Loch Ness and Inverness in Scotland on Sunday 3 October 2010.

Oct 8, 2010 - Maggie Craig

In July 2010 an 18th century broadsword with a 14th century Scottish blade which commemorates Scotland's hero king, Robert the Bruce, was sold at auction.

Aug 9, 2010 - Maggie Craig

William Wallace is Scotland's greatest hero. One of the most impressive statues of this towering figure is in Aberdeen, Scotland's oil capital.

Aug 1, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Launched on July 26 2010, a new summer waterbus service for Loch Lomond links several popular ports of call around Scotland's largest loch.

Jul 26, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Orkney's Italian Chapel: The Story of an Icon is a non-fiction account of how this beautiful place of worship came to be built on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Jul 19, 2010 - Maggie Craig

This atmospheric novel is a robust and fast-moving thriller and love story set in the Irish immigrant community of Glasgow, Scotland in the 1880s.

Jul 15, 2010 - Maggie Craig

In 2010, in celebration of of the 200th anniversary of the first publication of The Lady of the Lake, a handsome new edition has been issued.

Jun 10, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Experts say we ain't seen nothing yet when it comes to Icelandic volcanoes and that it's only a matter of time until the much larger Katla erupts.

May 4, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Scottish veterans of World War II Arctic Convoys have been presented with commemorative medals by the Russian consul-general at a ceremony in Edinburgh.

Apr 25, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Scottish airports re-opened at 07.00 BST on Tuesday 20 April 2010. However, the situation remains fluid as the volcanic eruption has now strengthened.

Apr 20, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Britons stranded overseas by grounding of flights due to the dangers posed by the drifting plume of volcanic ash are to be rescued by Royal Navy warships.

Apr 19, 2010 - Maggie Craig

On 13 April 2010, Aberdonians voted by 55% to 44% against plans to cover over historic Union Terrace Gardens with a City Square.

Apr 15, 2010 - Maggie Craig

One of the best-loved tributes to Robert Louis Stevenson can be found in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, where the great Scottish writer was born and grew up.

Mar 30, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Trump International Scotland has asked Aberdeen fashion design students to create a new tartan for Donald Trump's proposed new "best golf course in the world."

Mar 21, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Tycoon Donald Trump wants to create "the world's greatest golf course" on the Menie Estate on the east coast of Scotland, around ten miles north of Aberdeen.

Mar 14, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Afternoon tea in Scotland is a wonderful treat, especially when enjoyed in the gracious surroundings of some of the country's most luxurious hotels.

Mar 11, 2010 - Maggie Craig

In November 1824 a catastrophic fire ripped through Edinburgh's Royal Mile and historic Old Town. Out of the ashes stepped James Braidwood, father of modern firefighting.

Mar 10, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Scotland and tea are intertwined. Visitors to Glasgow can experience the history of the city's tea rooms and enjoy a nice cup of tea for themselves.

Mar 8, 2010 - Maggie Craig

This charming book tells the moving story of a group of Italian prisoners of war who built a beautiful chapel on the Orkney Islands out of Nissen huts and scrap metal.

Mar 2, 2010 - Maggie Craig

The Scottish Government is asking the Scottish people if they favour more powers for the Edinburgh Parliament and/or full independence for Scotland.

Feb 26, 2010 - Maggie Craig

St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, played a central role during the troubled times of the Protestant Reformation. Vivid reminders can be seen there today.

Feb 25, 2010 - Maggie Craig

On Thursday, Feb.18, 2010, the first public debate on the future of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen took place. Around 300 members of the public attended.

Feb 24, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Mother Mary MacKillop is to become Australia's first saint. There is delight not only in Australia but also in the Scottish Highlands, birthplace of her parents.

Feb 20, 2010 - Maggie Craig

St Giles' Cathedral in Scotland's capital of Edinburgh, the mother church of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, is open to worshippers and visitors all year round.

Feb 18, 2010 - Maggie Craig

This thoughtful book tells the true stories of some notorious murders committed in the Scottish Highlands over the past sixty years.

Jan 29, 2010 - Maggie Craig

The controversial proposal to cover over Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens and place a piazza and city square on top of them has divided opinion in the city.

Jan 26, 2010 - Maggie Craig

This classic Scottish cookery book, with its mixture of recipes, history of food and cooking traditions, has been loved and appreciated by generations of cooks.

Jan 25, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Mother Mary MacKillop, who died in 1909, is widely expected to be canonised by the Vatican, making her the first native-born Australian to become a saint.

Jan 19, 2010 - Maggie Craig

There are lots of books which offer advice on the art and craft of writing. Here are some of the best.

Jan 5, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Tablet is the classic Scottish confectionery. Atthough similar to fudge, it is hard rather than soft and not at all chewy. The best tablet should melt in the mouth.

Jan 5, 2010 - Maggie Craig

Walter Geikie lived and worked in Edinburgh in Scotland in the early decades of the 19th century. His favourite subject was his home town and the people who lived in it.

Jan 2, 2010 - Maggie Craig

The David Welch Winter Gardens, Duthie Park, Aberdeen are one of the major attractions of Scotland's oil capital, offering a blaze of colour at all times of year.

Dec 29, 2009 - Maggie Craig

Published in 2009, 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birth, this new edition of his Sherlock Holmes mysteries includes all four novels and 56 short stories.

Nov 18, 2009 - Maggie Craig

First published in 1932, Sunset Song is a lyrical evocation of rural Scotland, the land and its people, in the years before and during the First World War.

Nov 10, 2009 - Maggie Craig

Edited by noted battlefield archaeologist Dr Tony Pollard, other contributors to this book offer additional perspectives on Culloden and the 1745 Jacobite Rising.

Nov 4, 2009 - Maggie Craig

This new edition of The Merry Muses of Caledonia offers a scholarly context for these famous/infamous bawdy Scottish folk songs traditionally attributed to Robert Burns.

Oct 11, 2009 - Maggie Craig

In the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Flora MacDonald helped save Bonnie Prince Charlie from Government forces, bringing him safely over the sea to Skye.

Oct 9, 2009 - Maggie Craig

The healing well of Scotlandwell near Loch Leven in Scotland has attracted people seeking a cure for a variety of illnesses for at least the last 2,000 years.

Oct 6, 2009 - Maggie Craig

Fought on 16th April 1746, the Battle of Culloden remains an emotive issue for many Scots, as visits to the battlefield arouse strong feelings.

Sep 17, 2009 - Maggie Craig

This delightful, illuminating and entertaining book brings together for the first time in one volume the collected love poems of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Sep 16, 2009 - Maggie Craig

Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, the beautiful Art Nouveau stained glass window representing Saint Michael the Archangel is a treasure of Fyvie Parish Church.

Sep 2, 2009 - Maggie Craig

The Hill o' Many Stanes in Caithness in the far north of Scotland is an ancient monument of low standing stones thought to have been set up some 4,000 years ago.

Aug 12, 2009 - Maggie Craig