Issue Nine
One hundred and sixty pages of original photography and writing. The Small Isles with photographer Simon Hird, ten historic fishing villages from Plockton to Portmahomack, the whisky country of Moray, Scotland after dark, and the story of the country's bothies. Designed, published and printed in Scotland.
★★★★★ "The photos are beautiful and the stories make me want to visit every place." — Emma L
Inside Issue Nine
Every feature is commissioned, photographed and written for this issue — our Autumn/Winter 2024–25 edition, printed on FSC-approved uncoated paper in Scotland.
The Small Isles, with Photographer Simon Hird
Ten Historic Fishing Towns & Villages: Plockton to Portmahomack
The Best of Moray
Stargazing & Scotland's Night Skies
Tori Gray: Homeware, the Highlands & Life on the Black Isle
Kat Hill on the History & Culture of Scotland's Bothies
Timorous Beasties: Paul Simmons & Alastair McAuley
Landscape Artist Ellis O'Connor
Wild Wellness
Scottish Interior Design
Roast Potato & Herb Gnocchi: A Recipe
Plus walking guides, folklore tales, and the country's most spectacular corners.
The photography does the talking
The Small Isles
Rum, Eigg, Muck and Canna, photographed and profiled by Simon Hird — the archipelago at the quiet end of the Hebrides.
Plockton to Portmahomack
Ten historic fishing towns and villages, from the postcard-famous to the far-flung.
Scotland, After Dark
Stargazing sites and after-dark wildlife — the country at its most spectacular once the light goes.
The Best of Moray — whisky distilleries, salmon streams and windblown shorelines
Tori Gray — homeware, the Highlands and life on the Black Isle
Timorous Beasties — in the studio with Glasgow's design radicals
Bothies — Kat Hill on the history and culture of Scotland's shelters
Where this issue takes you
The most common question we're asked: where are these places? Here's Issue 9, mapped — for when the reading turns into a trip.
The Small Isles
Rum, Eigg, Muck & CannaTen Fishing Towns & Villages
Plockton, and nine moreThe Best of Moray
The Moray CoastTori Gray at Home
The Black IsleTimorous Beasties
GlasgowPortmahomack
Easter RossPlus bothies, dark skies and wild wellness the length of the country.
"This is the ninth edition of Hidden Scotland Magazine, and the articles dive into some of the country's most spectacular corners."
Every issue is designed, published and printed in Scotland on FSC-approved uncoated paper, and made the long way: we visit the places and sit down with the people we write about. Issue 9 travels from the Small Isles to the salmon streams of Moray, with the fires lit and the nights drawing in.
Made for slow Sunday mornings and long winter evenings.
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Questions, answered
When do new issues come out?
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Kind words, unprompted
"Love this magazine. The photos are beautiful and the stories make me want to visit every place."
Emma L"Beautifully packaged and feels special. You can tell a lot of care goes into everything."
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