Ian Bradley

The Coffin Roads journeys along eight coffin roads to discover and explore the distinctive traditions, beliefs, and practices around dying, death, and mourning in the communities which created and used them. These 'coffin roads', along which bodies were carried for burial, are a marked feature of the landscape of the Scottish Highlands and islands. Many are now popular walking and...

This book is the essential companion for anyone exploring the new Fife Pilgrim Way, whether on foot, by car or bicycle, or simply as an armchair traveller. Packed with history, vivid anecdote, and nearly 100 colour illustrations, it brings to life the fascinating communities and characters along the route in whose footsteps modern pilgrims are treading. Setting off with Celtic...

From Romans to royalty and hypochondriacs to holiday-makers, natural water spas have been a common feature in society since the first century. Even today, we periodically abandon the cities to ‘take the waters’. In their heyday, Europe’s spas were the main meeting places for aristocracy, politicians and cultural elites. They were the centres of political and diplomatic intrigue, and were...