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The Highland Line

David Ross

The Highlands and Islands cover 50% of the landmass of Scotland, stretching from Shetland to the Mull of Kintyre -  further than from Edinburgh to London. Fewer than 500,000 of  Scotland’s 5,254,800 population live here, but the matchless landscape provides Scotland with much of its global image: bens and glens, loch and castles are seen on  shortbread tins and whisky adverts across the globe. But Highland life and Gaelic Scotland are not always fully understood and are still too often the subject of caricature and entrenched myth. This blog will examine the real issues north of the Highland Line, as well as strolling down the the area's historical and cultural byways.

Read David's news stories here

The Highlands and Islands cover 50% of the landmass of Scotland, stretching from Shetland to the Mull of Kintyre -  further than from Edinburgh to London. Fewer than 500,000 of  Scotland’s 5,254,800 population live here, but the matchless landscape provides Scotland with much of its global image: bens and glens, loch and castles are seen on  shortbread tins and whisky adverts across the globe. But Highland life and Gaelic Scotland are not always fully understood and are still too often the subject of caricature and entrenched myth. This blog will examine the real issues north of the Highland Line, as well as strolling down the the area's historical and cultural byways.

Read David's news stories here

Latest articles from The Highland Line

The Highland Line: in celebration of the Blas Festival

The Highland Line: in celebration of the Blas Festival

This, the 10th Blas, has more than 80 music, dance, film and food events over nine days in September across the Highlands and a few islands from shows on board the Jacobite Queen cruise vessel on Loch Ness to the big "Hangar2" dance at Inverness Airport.