The Scots Magazine

9 December 2021

The Scots Magazine - January 2022 - Take a trip around the country with singer and presenter Michelle McManus, read our exclusive interview with sports commentator Andrew Cotter, and enjoy a wee blether with Scots actor Stuart Martin on his new film. Marvel at Falkirk's astonishing feats of engineering, iconic cars and exterminating aliens, and take a train trip back in time, Polly Pullar visits the animal hospice inspired by a dog that saved the owner’s life, Kenny MacAskill looks at how Robert Burns inspired anti-slavery activists, and get snapping and enter our competition to become The Scots Magazine Photographer Of The Year 2022. Plus more people, places, wildlife, culture from around Scotland. --- The Scots Magazine was first published on February 9, 1739, as a 48-page pamphlet, priced sixpence monthly. It was edited and printed in Edinburgh. In its present form, The Scots Magazine dates from April 24, 1924, when it was re-established by the St Andrew Society (Glasgow) as the official organ of the Scottish Societies throughout the world. D C Thomson and Co., Ltd, Dundee, took it over in 1927 since when it has continued to be published monthly. With a monthly average readership of over quarter of a million The Scots Magazine is the world's best-selling Scottish-interest publication. It offers something for everyone: culture, history, the great outdoors - including some of the best photography from some of the country's best photographers. For Scots at home and abroad, the magazine captures the essence of Scotland with an attractive blend of interesting and in-depth articles.