The magazine

Issue Eight

Spring and summer 2024. 160 pages.

We’re delighted to share with you the eighth edition of Hidden Scotland magazine. Welcome to our Spring and Summer 2024 issue. 

£15.00posted from Scotland

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  • Posted worldwide from Scotland, postage at the checkout (£3.99 in the UK)
  • Replaced if it arrives damaged, no questions
  • Comes with the first nine pages on screen, free to anyone

160 pages · Printed in Scotland · ISSN 2634-8659

What is inside?

Twenty pieces across 160 pages, every one written and photographed for this issue.

  1. Arts and CultureBack to Orkney
  2. Things to doGardens
  3. Things to doA Weekend Exploring Royal Deeside
  4. Food and DrinkA Whisky Business
  5. Arts and CulturePloterre
  6. Nature and WildlifeBeaver, Is That You?
  7. Nature and WildlifeThis Farming Life
  8. PeopleMeet Anna: A Focus on Guardswell Farm
  9. FolkloreThe Cailleach and the Hunter
  10. HistoryKilmartin Glen
  11. HomewareThe Hidden Scotland Shop
  12. Things to doFife: Discovering the Nooks and Crannies
  13. BooksScotland's Little Free Libraries
  14. Things to doWhat's On in Scotland
  15. Things to doA is for Arran
  16. HistoryThe 900th Anniversary of Stirling
  17. Food and DrinkCafé Canna
  18. Food and DrinkForaged Kelp Miso Ramen
  19. Arts and CultureAuld and New
  20. WalksNew Town Walking Tour
Turning the pages, Conor Gault
Back to OrkneyBack to Orkney
GardensGardens
A Weekend Exploring Royal DeesideA Weekend Exploring Royal Deeside
A Whisky BusinessA Whisky Business
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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.

Isle of SkyeCafé Cùil
The CairngormsCairngorm Coffee
St AndrewsSpoiled Life
EdinburghRoyal Botanic GardenStor Lifestyle
DunkeldHairy Coo
PortreeIsle of Skye Distillers
All the stockists
Lifestory, EdinburghLifestory, Edinburgh

Questions people ask.

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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.