News Source: The Guardian
| 1 day ago
Try these for a change Robert Burns, Jock Stein, Billy Connolly – they're all great people. But Jim Baxter, Sawney Bean and Hot Shot Hamish surely have a claim on posterity too The 10 greatest Scots were unveiled last week and all the usual
News Source: The Scotsman
| 5 days ago
Gerard Butler yesterday hailed Glasgow as the "most film-friendly place" in the world, and urged producers and directors to shun the likes of London and Los Angeles for Scotland's biggest city. The 300 star said the city boasted the logistics,
News Source: Dawn
| 6 days ago
You can also bite into a salty chargha or taste a decent serving of mouth-watering fried kebabs...The old, somewhat decrepit residential buildings on whose ground floors many of these eateries do their businesses are not as delectable as the food
News Source: The Scotsman
| 6 days ago
St Andrews academic Robert Crawford told a friend he was thinking of writing a biography about Robert Burns, back came the reply: "That'll be the world's least necessary book." Yesterday, however, his biography, The Bard, beat all others to be named
News Source: The Guardian
| 7 days ago
The cornerstone of the SCO's Homecoming Scotland programme was to be a new symphony by Edward Harper commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. Sadly, Harper died earlier this year with only the first movement sketched out.
News Source: The Scotsman
| 9 days ago
Boris Johnson certainly has the stature to carry off wearing a kilt. And hopes are high that he could be one of the first to don a new tartan being specifically designed for London and Londoners...Organisers are not just looking for exiled Scots but
News Source: The Scotsman
| 11 days ago
Loch Ness Monster toys that dominate Scotland's modern tourist traps. A huge collection of the heavily varnished wooden souvenirs that helped fuel Scotland's tourism trade 150 years ago is now set to generate tens of thousands of pounds at auction.
News Source: Napa Valley Register
| 15 days ago
Spicer took his last flight for his final life’s journey ... though a private pilot himself, he passed away while being flown to an emergency medical facility, taking his last breath in the sky where he loved to be, piloting his life to the very