This issue of History Scotland marks an important milestone for the magazine. A bi-monthly publication since its inception in 2001, we are now moving to a quarterly format, with new issues appearing each February, May, August and November. Since these new quarterly editions will be longer than the old bi-monthly ones at around 100 pages each, readers will still be getting just as much fascinating Scottish history content, and we are also planning to develop a range of exciting new regular features in the months ahead. The future of History Scotland, therefore, looks bright indeed!
For this, the inaugural quarterly issue, we bring you exciting news about two significant archaeological finds related to the bronze age (p.12) and the Roman period (p.28). Our shorter features cover topics as diverse as the transportation of two Aberdeen servant girls in the 1830s (p.62), mid-Victorian electioneering (p.80) and the development of global radio communications (p.91). Our in-depth features, meanwhile, look – among other things – at working class libraries (p.19), the Gaelic poet Duncan Bàn MacIntyre (p.44), and, in the first instalment of a two-part feature, the strange case of a dead elephant that turned up near Dundee in 1704 (p.54). And, of course, we have all our regular columns, including a fascinating interview with David Taylor, winner of the 2023 Saltire Society History Book of theYear award. Happy reading!
“The future of History Scotland looks bright indeed!”