Best-kept Secrets of Scotland

North, South, East and West, Scotland is a land of contrasts, with towering mountain ranges, rolling hills, sandy white beaches, rushing rivers, wild moorland and glassy lochs. From its islands and highlands to its lowlands and coastline, the country contains some of Europe's most breathtaking scenery.

Michael Kerrigan lives in Edinburgh, where he writes regularly for theScotsman newspaper. He is a book reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement and theGuardian, London. As an author, he has published extensively on both British and world history and prehistory. He has been a contributor to Flame Tree'sIrish History and World History as well as to The Times Encyclopedia of World Religion.

Dennis Hardley was born in blitz-sieged Liverpool in 1940, where he spent his teenage years doing odd jobs for The Beatles before becoming a Concorde engineer. Dennis first became a photographer as an RAF civilian in 1972, supplying pictures toThe Scots Magazine. In 1973, he moved to Scotland with his family and established himself as a professional photographer. He has since driven over a million miles in his pursuit of photographing the Scottish landscape.