Scotland

The city of Bagan set against the rising dawn. Credit: Nicholas Kenrick, flickr.
10 Ancient Wonders to Visit This Year
Of the famous ‘Big Seven’ ancient wonders, the Pyramids of Giza are the only monuments that remain extant. The others, such as the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, now only exist as foundations and…
William Brassey Hole, detail of The Landing Of St. Margaret at Queensferry AD 1068, 1889. Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Reframed: William Hole’s “St. Margaret”
Saints canonized by the Catholic Church come mostly from two major categories: those who lived with or were martyred for Jesus Christ, and those in the centuries since whom performed miracles.…
group of small children close their eyes in prayer
Scotland’s Photograph Album
The current exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland’s Photograph Album: The MacKinnon Collection, showcases the infinite, multiform beauty of Scotland, its people…
Scottish ruins of abbey
The Curious Time England's Coronation Stone Went Missing
On Christmas day in 1950, the original stone pedestal of Scone mysteriously vanished from Westminster Abbey. Months later, it turned up in Arbroath Abbey, wrapped in a Scottish flag.