Issue Thirteen
One hundred and fifty-plus pages of original photography and writing. Sam Heughan on Galloway and whisky, an off-grid hut on a Perthshire hillside, 16 bookshops for autumn, a weekend on the Isle of Mull, the glens of Angus, and a long look inside Scottish Mountain Rescue. Designed, published and printed in Scotland.
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Inside Issue Thirteen
Every feature is commissioned, photographed and written for this issue. Cover photography by Peter Dinsmore, at the Waterloo Monument.
The Hut on the Hill: A Family Trip to Guardswell Farm
16 Bookshops to Fall For This Autumn
Discover Isle of Mull: A Local's Weekend Guide by Shelley Richmond
Romantic Rituals: The Magical Allure of a Scottish Elopement
The Unsung Corner: Sam Heughan on Galloway, Whisky and Coming Home
Wilderness Watch: Inside Scottish Mountain Rescue
The Best of Angus: A Hidden Scotland Guide
Mountains of the Mind: Created by Mandy Maria
The Art of Staying Put: Places to Stay in Scotland You Won't Need to Leave
Creative Nature: Morvern Graham on Folklore, Printmaking and Seasonal Folktales
The Last Stop Before Nowhere: Rannoch, in Highland Perthshire
East End Press, with Ellie Hodesdon
Tall Tale: Gordon Buchanan on Buachaille Etive Mòr
A Taste of the Highlands: Great Glen Charcuterie
Into the Gloaming: Finding the Light in the Darker Months
Hidden Scotland Recommends: 50 Places to Stay This Autumn & Winter
Plus a Scottish folklore tale, a recipe from Great Glen Charcuterie, and seasonal craft with Rosie Steer.
The photography does the talking
Wilderness Watch
"When plans unravel, Scottish Mountain Rescue volunteers step into the wild without hesitation, putting their lives on hold to bring adventurers home."
Tall Tale
Gordon Buchanan grew up on Mull and has spent 35 years filming in the world's wildest places. It took two mountainless years in the Amazon before he properly saw Buachaille Etive Mòr.
The Last Stop Before Nowhere
Rannoch, in Highland Perthshire — where the road runs out and the railway carries on.
The Hut on the Hill — a family trip to Guardswell Farm
16 bookshops to fall for this autumn
The Best of Angus — the glens and the coast
A recipe from Great Glen Charcuterie
"We've had the good fortune to gather a truly wonderful selection of stories, features and interviews into the following 150-plus pages, crisscrossing the national map."
Every issue is designed, published and printed in Scotland, and made the long way: we visit the places, sit at the kitchen tables of the people we write about, and photograph most of it ourselves. Issue 13 runs from an off-grid hut on a Perthshire hillside to a weekend on Mull, the glens of Angus and the long road to Rannoch, with a special feature on the mountain rescue volunteers who were called on more than 1,200 times in 2025 alone.
Made for dark afternoons and the long way home.
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Words & Pictures By
Ben Lerwill · Rosie Morton · Rachel Rowley · Emily Rose Mawson · Emma Gibbs · Rosie Steer · Graeme Johncock · Athina Kontos · Julia Bryce · Morvern Graham · Gordon Buchanan · Karla Rose Hall — with photography by Peter Dinsmore · Simon Hird · Athina Kontos · Shelley Richmond · Christian Watson · Kimberley Grant · The Kitcheners · Gordon Buchanan · Jack Cairney
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