Opals may have been around for thousands of years, but they’re having a major resurgence in the jewelry world right now.

You can visit on a day trip (Entrance £19.50) and admire its impressive collection of antiques ... can be arranged and Floors Castle and Sir Walter Scott’s home at Abbotsford are also nearby.

The Diamond Belt Tiara is the most significant of a reputedly sizeable collection of heritage tiaras belonging to the Scottish Peerage of Buccleuch. The seat is now headed by Richard Walter John ...

The next in our 150 th Anniversary series of Museum Nights events is now live! Back by popular demand, ‘What’s in a Name’ focusses on the very beginning - the stories and myths surrounding the naming ...

The Melrose Hill gallerist (and born and bred Angeleno) loves Koreatown and the space and light of her home city ...

It can take some perseverance to get into. I remember reading Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. I almost put it down, but I persevered. The reward was that, when I reached the end, I felt like I was ...

Pump Park Vintage Photography/Alamy The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps is the mightiest mass of ice in Europe. Covering a staggering 66 square miles (171sq km) it has always attracted ...

Davy was a chemist and became president of the Royal Society at a young age. His friends included Sir Walter Scott, and fishing was one of his passions. Davy ought to be better known for his work ...

To my mind, however, the man who invented Scottish tourism was our greatest literary figure of the early 19th century, Sir Walter Scott. Apart from his invention of tartanry that marked the visit of ...