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It is the country that has turned cursing into something of an art form. Now a new TV documentary is set to reveal Scotland’s new claim to fame as the birthplace of the F-word. Did you know with ...

Tucked away between the Scottish Highlands and the wind-swept Moray coast, the town of Forres is a bit of a local secret. A unique combination of year-round floral displays and a cluster of ...

To celebrate their success in contemporary art – and the Commonwealth Games - National Galleries of Scotland have put on a nation wide show called GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in ...

Scotsman art critic Susan Mansfield selects ten must-see art exhibitions for the year ahead. ... Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 26 July until 2 November. Untitled, 1961, ...

One of the earliest records of the word is in John Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in 1808. Despite its timeless meaning, hurkle-durkle has largely fallen out of use.

This 13-Word Paper Ballot Will Decide Scotland's Future. A simple "yes" or "no" will suffice. By ABC News. September 18, 2014, 1:30 PM. NaN:NaN.

It's one of the most precious manuscripts of Scottish history, described as Scotland's birth certificate. And it's in France. The chronicle, which provides the first documented reference from ...

A few are the surviving work of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, etched into the glass centuries ago. Others are from contemporary poet celebrating his 255th birthday on Saturday.

While Scots are sometimes stereotyped as a taciturn lot, the run-up to the referendum on Scotland's independence occasioned free-flowing political give-and-take. Fittingly, for a matter striking ...