Welsh history
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An Englishman’s castle?

May 15, 2012
Wales is blessed with some beautiful fortresses. But which ones are truly Welsh?
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

The love of St Dwynwen

January 24, 2012
A beautiful Welsh princess who lived a life of seclusion after suffering a broken heart, St Dwynwen has her own …
  • History

Shifting sands and phantom bells

September 17, 2011
Wild flowers and rolling waves greet visitors to Harlech beach in North Wales; while far out to sea, the …
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I'm honoured to be Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This book celebrates the lives of 50 great explorers......
BRITISH TREES
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest
  • The holly bears the crown
  • The majesty of the beech
  • A wand of hazel
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Smailholm Tower
  • Castle Sween: still watching for the sails
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
  • Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last
MEGALITHIC
  • Kintraw’s lonely watcher
  • Croft Moraig: circle of light
  • Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen
  • The stones of Kilmory Oib
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Kirkstall Abbey – ancient heart of Leeds
  • St Mary’s Church, Grandtully
  • Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary
  • Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan
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