The magazine

Issue One

Autumn and winter 2020.

We’re delighted to share with you the very first issue of Hidden Scotland magazine.

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The first nine pages are free to anyone. Members read every page.

Printed in Scotland · ISSN 2634-8659

What is inside?

Sixteen pieces, every one written and photographed for this issue.

  1. Why Slow Travel Could be Here to Stay
  2. Things to doVillages of Scotland
  3. FolkloreAberdeenshire's Most Haunted
  4. Food and DrinkThe Story of Springbank
  5. AccommodationTower O'Ess
  6. AccommodationThe Influence of the Outside
  7. FashionShare Warmth with the Tartan Blanket Co
  8. PeopleBehind the lens with Jim Richardson
  9. Things to doThe Nooks & Crannies of Edinburgh
  10. Things to doThe Macdonalds of Skye and Their Castles
  11. AccommodationWinter Getaways
  12. AccommodationStep inside Black h with Jason and Sarah
  13. Nature and WildlifeFive Winter Species to Encounter on the Isle of Mull
  14. Discussing Elopements and Small Intimate Weddings in Scotland
  15. AccommodationCarlowrie Castle
  16. Nature and WildlifeSolitude on St Kilda
Turning the pages, Conor Gault
Why Slow Travel Could be Here to StayWhy Slow Travel Could be Here to Stay
Villages of ScotlandVillages of Scotland
Aberdeenshire's Most HauntedAberdeenshire's Most Haunted
The Story of SpringbankThe Story of Springbank
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One issue in the post, a year of membership, or every issue on screen.

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Issue One, posted from Scotland. Postage at the checkout.

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  • Every issue on screen
  • The next issue when it is printed
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  • Your own guidebook, and every itinerary
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  • The magazine in print
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Scottish Design AwardsScottish Design Awards, Gold, 2026

The only magazine I keep. Every issue goes on the shelf, not in the recycling.A reader, Fife Dummy

It reads like a friend who knows Scotland telling you where to go next.A reader, Glasgow Dummy

Printed so well it feels like a book. We plan our year from it.Readers, Melbourne Dummy

The magazine in its boxThe box, Conor Gault
In the post

From Scotland to wherever you are.

Every copy is packed in a kraft box and posted from Scotland. Postage is worked out at the checkout.

UK£3.99, or free on orders of £50 or more · 2–3 days
Europe£11 · about a week
Rest of the world£11.50 to £13.50 · 10–14 days
Returns30 days, unread, we pay the postage
In the shops

Where can you pick one up?

71 shops across Scotland keep it on their shelves: bookshops, farm shops, galleries, a castle or two.

SelkirkLadhope Farmhouse
ForresULY + RO
ElginAva Innes
StirlingUncommon Life
StockbridgeGolden Hare Books
MoffatFeel Good Farming
All the stockists
Lifestory, EdinburghLifestory, Edinburgh

Questions people ask.

Anything else, write to us.

When is the next issue?

Spring and summer 2027. Members have it posted the week it is printed.

Can I read it without buying the print?

Yes. The first twelve pages of every issue are free on screen, and members read every page of every issue.

Do you post overseas?

Anywhere. Europe about a week, the rest of the world ten to fourteen days.

Can I buy the earlier issues?

Every issue that is still in print is in the shop. Issues 1 and 5 have sold out.