The Scottish Geographical Journal is the learned publication of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and is a continuation of the Scottish Geographical Magazine, first published in 1885. The journal was relaunched in its present format in 1999, its primary aim being to publish high-quality work on diverse geographical themes. The journal is international in outlook, but its Scottish origin and base continues to be extremely important. Indeed, the Editors seek contributions on, of or about Scotland, where Scotland – as a whole or in its particular regions, landscapes and locales – is the focus of inquiry. We also seek contributions from Scotland, meaning interventions from academic geographers (and others) based in Scotland but maybe working on places elsewhere. Overall we retain a sense of these contributions being gathered in Scotland or, more accurately, in the pages of our distinctive journal edited out of Scotland.