We look at the life and charitable work of Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864)

A brief history of Perth Prison and stories of its prisoners from the registers

Deborah Kerr, on-set of the film, 'The Grass is Greener', 1960. Image credit: Mary Evans Library

The tale of the snail in the bottle and marriage of Henry Donoghue to Margaret Houston.

Remembering those who lost their lives in Scotland's deadliest football disaster.

The ‘Devil’s Porridge’ of HM Factory Gretna and the brave women who worked there

A quarrelsome couple and an introduction to witchcraft in early modern Scotland

Our feature on Scottish forms of marriage, the impact on people’s lives and how they were recorded by the church.

Discover more about the history of poor relief in Scotland