History Scotland
History Scotland is the world’s premier Scottish history magazine, written by a team of historians, curators, archaeologists and authors and enjoyed by thousands of readers around the world.
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History Scotland, Spring 2024
The new-look Spring 2024 issue of History Scotland is packed full of in-depth expert features and shorter reads, covering centuries of the country’s history.
On Sale: 28 February 2024
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January/February 2024
In-depth features in this issue: The return of POWs at the height of Spanish Flu, Scotland's women singers, Calvinist emotions, the Treaty of Union: a necessary evil?
On Sale: 09 December 2023
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November/December 2023
Special issue: Scotland between revolution and union (1689-1707)
On Sale: 07 October 2023
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September / October 2023
In-depth features in this issue: Decoding hidden messages in Mary Queen of Scots' embroidery, onerous travel restrictions in WW2, King Malcolm III: a complicated legacy.
On Sale: 12 August 2023
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July / August 2023
In-depth features in this issue: The sinking of the Clyde steamer Daphne, the dazzling splendour of the royal court of James IV, the bitter controversy over how Scotland’s rocks were formed.
On Sale: 10 June 2023
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May/ June 2023
In-depth features in this issue: The battle of Killiecrankie reassessed, the role of women in early modern baking, holidays on the home front in World War Two.
On Sale: 08 April 2023
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March/ April 2023
In-depth features in this issue: the role of Scottish soldiers in Britain’s postwar retreat from Empire; petitions and public opinion in Early Modern Scotland; Sir Henry Stirling: a Jacobite spy in…
On Sale: 11 February 2023
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January/ February 2023
In-depth features in this issue: ‘A golden age’: craftworkers in 19th-century Scotland; the story of St Ninian – Scotland’s forgotten patron saint; new series on the Highland War (1698-91)
On Sale: 10 December 2022
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November/ December 2022
In-depth features in this issue: ‘Gilderoy’, 17th-century bandit king; the buccaneer who inspired Robinson Crusoe; deindustrialisation and the making of contemporary Scotland; the 18th-century…
On Sale: 08 October 2022
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September / October 2022: Themed special – Life in the Middle Ages
Annual themed special: life in Scotland in the Middle Ages
On Sale: 13 August 2022
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