There’s something wonderful about Scotland – and about its islands. The wild and rugged terrain of the Highlands alongside the green and fertile Lowlands. It’s a country rich in history and heritage. I’m very fortunate to live close to the West Coast of Scotland and from my home I can head north and west: into the Highlands and to all the islands that lie off these western shores. Below is a list of articles that I’ve written for iScot, Scottish Islands Explorer and The Island Review: all excellent publications that are a great source of information about life in Scotland and on its islands – past, present and future.
| Date | Article Title | Publication | Island/Location |
| Nov/Dec 2013 | Scalpsie Bay: a Walk through Time | SIE | Bute |
| Mar/Apr 2014 | Plague, Priests & Pirates: Islay’s intriguing Past | SIE | Islay |
| July/Aug 2014 | Corrie Connections | SIE | Arran |
| Jan/Feb 2015 | South Islay Distillery Path: a new walk | SIE | Islay |
| May/June 2015 | Eilean Ban: dwarfed but not diminished | SIE | Eilean Ban |
| July/Aug 2015 | Islands of Adventure: Islands in fiction | SIE | Arran, Bute, Lewis, Islay |
| Sept/Oct 2015 | High Corrie: Isle of Arran | SIE | Arran |
| Nov/Dec 2015 | Islands Beyond: Saaremaa in Estonia | SIE | Saaremaa |
| Mar/Apr 2016 | Inchmurrin: a jewel in Loch Lomond | SIE | Inchmurrin |
| May/June 2016 | In Search of Tintin | SIE | Barra, Arran |
| January 2017 | Scottish Scenic Routes | iScot | Loch Lomond/Trossachs |
| February 2017 | A Walk on the Wild: Bute’s West Island Way | iScot | Bute |
| March 2017 | ‘A Distant Isle, where dark Deeds are done’ | Island Review | Scottish islands |
| March 2017 | The Bone Cave of Inchnadamph | iScot | Assynt |
| April 2017 | Cape Wrath – the turning point | iScot | Cape Wrath |
| May 2017 | King’s Cave Arran – a walk back in time | iScot | Arran |
| June 2017 | Spacemen and Spies – Glenelg has it all! | iScot | Glenelg |
| July 2017 | “Mind the clachan of Aberfoyle!” | iScot | Aberfoyle |
| July/August 2017 | Guest Columnist | SIE | Why islands? |
| August 2017 | Not so Bloody Scotland! | iScot | Rannoch, Islay |
| Sept/Oct 2017 | Coire Fhionn Lochan | SIE | Arran |
| September 2017 | Glen Finglas | iScot | Glen Finglas |
| October 2017 | Tragedy in the Gareloch (the K13) | iScot | Gareloch, Fairfields |
| November 2017 | A Rich Blend of History and Whisky | iScot | Islay |
| December 2017 | The Kellas Compass | iScot | Scotland/India |
| Jan /Feb 2018 | Not All Plain Sailing! | SIE | Barra, Canna, Colonsay |
| January 2018 | Weighing the World | iScot | Schiehallion, Perth |
| February 2018 | Tintin’s Scottish Adventure | iScot | Arran, Barra |
| March/April 2018 | From Tramway to Walkway | SIE | Bute |
| March/April 2018 | Island Innovations: E-Sgoil | SIE | Western Isles |
| March 2018 | Quines: the poetry of Gerda Stevenson | iScot | Scottish Women |
| April 2018 | Where the Wild Things are | iScot | Mugdock Country Park |
| April 2018 | Monks, Marauders and Madmen | iScot | Inchmurrin Island |
| May/June 2018 | Dun and Sticir: North Uist’s Finlaggan? | SIE | North Uist, Islay |
| May 2018 | Behind the Scenes at the Museum | iScot | Dr Elspeth King, Stirling |
| June 2018 | Old Ways through the Glens | iScot | Highlands, Stoneymollen |
| July 2018 | Val McDermid: Labels are for Jam | iScot | Fife, Oxford, Assynt |
| August 2018 | Atoms of Delight: Art Of Christian Small | iScot | The Scottish Borders |
| August 2018 | Garioch Women for Change | iScot | Aberdeenshire |
| Sept/Oct 2018 | In Search of Saints | SIE | Eileach an Naoimh |
| September 2018 | A View from the Bridge | iScot | Eilean Ban, Kyleakin |
| October 2018 | Devils on my Doorstep | iScot | Finnich Glen, the Whangie, Auld Wives’ Lifts |
| Nov/Dec 2018 | Coillabus: the future of island building? | SIE | Islay |
| November 2018 | As old as the Hills | iScot | NWH Geopark |
| December 2018 |
Keeping you posted | iScot | Scottish Postal Service |
| Jan/Feb 2019 | Scoraig: almost an island | SIE | Scoraig |
| January 2019 | Tall Tales and Tackety Boots | iScot | Robert Burns, Ayrshire |
| February 2019 |
Unlocking the Past | iScot | Crossraguel Abbey |
| March 2019 | From Pictland to Scotland | iScot | North-east Scotland |
| May/June 2019 | Islands to Die for | SIE | Sanday, Inchmahome |
| April/May 2019 | Wee Macgreegor and the mystery of the Three Nuns | iScot | Glasgow, Blairmore, Craigendoran, Rannoch |
| May/June 2019 | Sending out an SOS: Scottish Health Service | iScot | Garioch Women for Change |
| June/July 2019 | The Falls of Dochart | iScot | Killin and area |
| July/August 2019 | Shining a Light | iScot | Galloway, Lighthouses |
| Sept/October 2019 | Postbuses | SIE | Scotland, Islay, Colonsay |
| September 2019 | Bute Connections | iScot | Bute |
| Oct/November 2019 | Edinburgh: more than meets the eye? | iScot | Gerda Stevenson/Allan Wright |
| Nov/Dec 2019 | A Fyne Day Out | iScot | Glen Fyne/Ardkinglas |
| January/February 2020 | CSI Crime writers and location | iScot | Assynt, Arbroath, Glasgow |
| February/March 2020 | Fort of the Skulker, Dun an Sticir | iScot | North Uist |
| March/April 2020 | Museum of Islay Life | SIE | Islay |
| March/April 2020 | Nuts about book? Wee Mac Book Festival | iScot | Arran |
| May/June 2020 | Sir William Macewan: surgeon | SIE | Bute |
| May 2020 | The Hydro Boys: Power to the Glens | iScot | North of Scotland/Islands |
| June 2020 | Sea Roads of Wester Ross | iScot | Wester Ross (1) |
| July 2020 | The Road to Shieldaig | iScot | Wester Ross (2) |
| August 2020 | Around Loch Torridon | iScot | Wester Ross (3) |
| September 2020 | From Arran to Africa, with love | iScot | Mary’s Meals, Arran |
| October 2020 | History in the Time of Covid | iScot | Scotland/history/identity |
| November 2020 | A Pilgrim People | iScot | Scotland/history/identity |
| February/March 2021 | It’s never too late! | iScot | Creativity in later life |
| April 2021 | Inverie and Scoraig: defying the odds | iScot | Inverie, Scoraig, Knoydart |
| May 2021 | Blood, Brains and Bones | iScot | Sir William Macewen, Bute |
| June/July 2021 | King’s Cave on Arran | SIE | Arran |
| June 2021 | Daring Deeds in Dundonald | iScot | Dundonald, Ayrshire |
| July 2021 | Waiting for the Wheel to Turn | iScot | Morvern, St Kilda |
| August 2021 | High Adventure in Ardtornish | iScot | Ardtornish, Morvern |
| September 2021 | The Show must go on! | iScot | HappySad Productions |
| October 2021 | The Vaccine Challenge | iScot | Covid, Lynne Copland |
| Nov/Dec 2021 | Thank you for the Music! | iScot | WellHappy Band, ukulele |
| May 2022 | Island Tales | iScot | Small Isles, Colonsay, Garvellachs, Barra |
| July 2022 | Stoneymollan Coffin Road | BBC Radio 4 | Stoneymollan, Balloch, Cardross |
| April 2023 | Scottish Pilgrim Routes | Link Magazine | Cowal |
| Jan/Feb 2024 | Stoneymollan Coffin Road | iScot | Balloch, Cardross |
| Feb/March 2024 | Cultybraggan POW camp | iScot | Cultybraggan, Comrie |
| March/April 2024 | Shake, Rattle and Roll | iScot | Earthquake House, Comrie |
| April/May 2024 | Carved in Stone | iScot | Fowlis Wester, Forteviot, Southern Picts |
| May/June 2024 | Eileach an Naoimh: In Search of Saints | iScot | Eileach an Naoimh, Garvellachs |
| June/July 2024 | Coire Fhionn Lochan | iScot | Arran |
| July/August 2024 | ‘A distant isle where darkest deeds are done’ | iScot | Bute, Sanday, Lewis |
| Sept/Oct 2024 | Saints, Kings, Vikings and Shipbuilders | iScot | Govan and the Clyde |
| Oct/Nov 2024 | A Tale of Two Countries | iScot | Austria and Scotland |
| Nov/Dec 2024 | Archie Roy | iScot | Arran, St Kilda, Mull |