Ruth and me were housed below the packet-boat’s deck with six sheep, a pen of hogs, three families from Scotland, and fifty casks of dried cod. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumours that a colony of Acromantula has been established in Scotland are unconfirmed. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Scotland. There’s a university there. For Dad to teach particle physics.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I was not at all sure Mike's rods would come from Scotland in time, so we hunted a tackle store and finally bought a rod for Bill up-stairs over a drygoods store. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

We learn to draw the Union Jack, using a ruler and memorizing the various crosses, for St. George of England, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

To invade and overwhelm the indigenous Irish in Ulster, the British Crown called upon recruits from Scotland, which Britain had already invaded and colonized. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Charles Darwin thought Buckland a buffoon–that was the word he used–but Lyell appeared to find him inspiring and liked him well enough to go touring with him in Scotland in 1824. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was no visible line between Scotland and England, although Flodden and Bannockburn had been fought about it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the economist says, “Look, the cows in Scotland are brown.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Being in Scotland, I knew the audience was going to cheer extra loud for the gymnast from Great Britain, who was finishing up on floor right as I mounted the beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To understand why, we must travel north to Scotland and begin with a brilliant and genial man, of whom few have ever heard, who had just invented a new science called geology. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“My mother and I were mostly in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Oxford, England, though. I think I told you in the gym I had to be interviewed at both those places. Mostly the University of Edinburgh.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Born in Scotland and educated in London, England, Bell moved to Canada with his parents when he was twenty-three. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In Britain, “corn” can mean the principal cereal crop in a region—oats in Scotland, for example, are sometimes referred to by the term. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“In the first place,” replied Mr. Gardiner, “there is no absolute proof that they are not gone to Scotland.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When the telephone rang, we were sitting at the kitchen table planning a trip to Scotland to celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t get to Scotland and back on a leave. Besides, I won’t leave you. What good would it do to marry now? We’re really married. I couldn’t be any more married.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And the logician says, “No. There are cows in Scotland of which one at least is brown.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was flying cautiously, making her way along the coast and up the straths, the wide valleys of Scotland, because the cloud was low. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The doctors took trips to France, the United States, Scotland, and Mexico to study new techniques that were being developed—especially those of French surgeon Paul Tessier, whose pioneering work was fundamental. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin often talked to him about his childhood in Scotland as though Matt were another adult. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

England had already conquered Wales and Scotland, but before its assault on Ireland it had never attempted to replace such a large Indigenous population with settlers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“By running as far north as I could go, to Scotland’s wild northern isles. Had your mother no surname?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Businessmen wear heeled boots that never feel a stirrup, and men of great wealth who have houses in Paris and regularly shoot grouse in Scotland refer to themselves as little old country boys. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt remembered something El Patron had said long ago about Tam Lin and Daft Donald: I picked up this lot in Scotland, breaking heads outside a soccer field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she dropped her end she would simply leave, gather her things from her room into her suitcase, and go to Scotland and work as a land girl. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hess had commandeered a fighter plane and landed in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was captured. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hated her mother for moving away from Scotland, hated her father because he didn’t seem to care that she had gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Yesterday he had driven an elderly couple from Scotland, both with spotted faces and fluffy white hair so thin it exposed their sunburnt scalps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Aberystwyth’s a bit of a dive, but Dad says John O’Groats’s just a few houses where Scotland runs out of Scotland. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

That meant that the length of a degree wouldn’t be the same in Italy as it was in Scotland. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But she’d found that people didn’t always recognize her navy uniform with its gold ATA pilot’s wings, or make sense of them, and Scotland was as foreign a land as France to Maddie. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Like all the previous discs, this one begins with her birthday party, a lavish private affair somewhere in Scotland. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The Games were winding down, and the track athletes were leaving early to compete in meets in England and Scotland. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Stuart was in exile, from plundered Scotland still declining, three thousand miles away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Daily Mail, in the United Kingdom, even illustrated the report with a photo of a kilt, explaining that a kilt is “the national dress of Scotland.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Joseph Lister, a surgeon in Scotland, was impressed by Pasteur's work. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Another little boy, this time a king of four years old in Scotland, might be sadly issuing a royal mandate to his Nannie, which empowered her to spank him without being guilty of High Treason. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Couldn't we have kept the man in Scotland?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hello from a castle in Scotland, where my father ate a haggis. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, he insisted on taking me to Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and Scotland—a ten-week trip beginning in mid-June, which meant I wouldn’t go to Beechwood at all, summer sixteen. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been living in Scotland for ten years. There, I sounded like everyone else, and then I came down here, and now I stick out like a sore thumb.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Tibet and Scotland are two of the most persistent offenders. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learn to draw the Union Jack, using a ruler and memorizing the various crosses, for St. George of England, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On my way back to Texas, I suddenly remembered that during my two weeks in Scotland, the World Champions Centre had opened for business. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Colonel Wilson contacted the Norwegian volunteers who were still training in Scotland. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician set off for Scotland on the train. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Father says we’re not supposed to have it. Says we have to keep it hidden up there behind the basket because it’s American and was printed in Scotland. It’s just birds!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A search by Scotland Yard had found no trace of any of them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They were “Scotch-Irish”—that is, from the lowlands of Scotland, the northern counties of England, and Ulster in Northern Ireland. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Erasmus, who was twenty-one, was going to Edinburgh, Scotland, to study medicine; Charles could tag along. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right after high school, she left Pike County, making her way through college and law school, spending time in France, Scotland, and Ireland, and beginning a high-powered legal career. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mum and Julia left first thing 'cause Scotland's a day away by car. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Though the species is usually to be found in the Mediterranean, a superb blue roan specimen was caught by merpeople off the shores of Scotland in 1949 and subsequently domesticated by them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world’s largest kelpie is found in Loch Ness, Scotland. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haukelid and his class were then transferred to Scotland, where they began parachute school. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed towards the moldy headstones of people I never knew, some of them born a hundred and fifty years ago or more in Scotland or Ireland or New Hope, Pennsylvania. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“No: In Scotland there exists at least one field, containing at least one sheep, at least one side of which is black.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“She’s Scotch, so she loves Scotland better than England,” I said in Italian. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Parts of Greenland, Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia have the same rocks as the eastern United States—are, in effect, ruptured outposts of the Appalachians. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I recall quite clearly the very last time we met like that; I was wishing to discuss with Miss Kenton a forthcoming event - a weekend gathering of distinguished persons from Scotland. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They went to Sardinia and Scotland and rode on the upper deck of a London airport bus as it skimmed below trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On a drizzly afternoon ten days later, thirty-four British commandos gathered on an airfield in Scotland. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is the one who used to whistle “Scotland the Brave” when I first came here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He walked through England and Scotland tabulating “beauty”—secretly ranking the women he met as “attractive,” “indifferent,” or “repellent” using pinpricks on a card hidden in his pocket. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Shocking performance. And Wales lost to Uganda, and Scotland was slaughtered by Luxembourg.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Igbo people marry all kinds of people. My cousin’s husband is Yoruba. My uncle’s wife is from Scotland.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘When I’m up in Scotland, they play the bagpipes outside the window while I’m eating. Do play something.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t mean take her to Scotland,” Mama said. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Motorists in Scotland and the North should be careful of black ice on the roads, and the Midlands should anticipate widespread patches of freezing fog. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And the mathematician says, “No. There is at least one cow in Scotland, of which one side appears to be brown.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The following month, as Lavoisier and his wife were making tardy plans to slip away to Scotland, Lavoisier was arrested. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes! They left Brighton together on Sunday night, and were traced almost to London, but not beyond; they are certainly not gone to Scotland.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The meet was in Glasgow, Scotland, this time, and we got there a week early to allow our bodies to adjust to the time difference. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Possession of such material is already an offence in Scotland and could be similarly outlawed in England and Wales if the government closes a loophole in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, they say. Criminalise possession of 'rape porn', campaigners urge David Cameron 2013-06-07T00:59:10Z

In Scotland, another visitor remarked on the "groups of idle, sullen-looking young men" at the street corners, the houses "empty and unemployed like their tenants", the roads "pitted and rent". The King's Speech: How George VI's simple domesticity made him the king his country needed in time of war 2011-01-02T00:05:01Z

Senior arts figures said the project highlighted a deep gap between the levels of funding and political support for the arts in England and Scotland. Scottish artists offered funds to get away from it all in Highland retreats 2011-01-14T20:35:53Z

He grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, where his father worked in the mines, and then in Vancouver. Alan Young, actor who played Willllburrrrr on ‘Mister Ed,’ dies at 96 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

I studied the Metropolitan Police files on the murder, held by the National Archives, and the letters the public had sent to Scotland Yard about the crime. Guardian book club: Kate Summerscale on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher 2013-01-11T20:00:11Z

Where America has Disneyland, Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty, we have nudist beaches in Scotland, the William and Kate walking tour and the Premier Inn honeymoon package. Where not to spend your bank holiday: a guide to Britain's worst days out 2011-08-20T23:06:23Z

"In the Pit of the Stomach," released in October on FatCat Recordings, finds the Glasgow, Scotland, quartet building on its promising 2009 debut, "These Four Walls." Promising band jets into Seattle 2011-11-10T22:22:08Z

It takes time to adjust to the meditative pace of this National Theatre of Scotland and Arches production. Lifeguard – review 2012-10-10T17:31:31Z

I followed her guidance and, for several blissful minutes, I was in Scotland with the sleepy sheep. Airbnb’s worldwide experiences adapt to the times and move online 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

The book’s title is derived from St. Andrews in Scotland, the publicly owned historic course that serves as golf’s holiest shrine and is the site of this year’s British Open. ‘America’s St. Andrews:’ a golfing gem in Pierce County 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

"YouTube wanted to do something to celebrate their fifth birthday," says the director of The Last King of Scotland and State Of Play. YouTube film debuts 2011-01-28T11:18:43Z

And from Scotland came Iron Virgin, creators of the fantastic 1974 flop Rebels Rule, whose frontman sang in a chastity belt with a No Entry sign hanging off it. Alexis Petridis on glam rock 2012-06-17T19:00:04Z

Once sold under the macho slogan “Made in Scotland from Girders!” 'Hands off our Irn Bru': Scots vent fury at sugar cut in popular drink 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Kurzel’s vision plays out among the starkly beautiful mountains of Scotland where the film was shot, returning the story to its original setting. How Marion Cotillard Tackled One of the Most Coveted Roles of All Time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

However, last week Scotland Yard said up to 30,000 people were suspected to have been involved in the arson, looting and violence during the riots. Notting Hill carnival curfew plan is 'pie in the sky', warn police on ground 2011-08-27T21:12:38Z

The groom’s father is a planning engineering consultant for a utility client in Inverness, Scotland. Olivia Blatchford, Alan Clyne 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

He was all for the birds, especially since the promise of Sigurdur Gudmundson's sculpture celebrates one which winters in Scotland but summers in Iceland. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z

It’s almost as if the show is breathing a sigh of relief in returning its characters and focus to Scotland. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 8: Homecoming 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

Romantic jealousy, religious friction and the fates of quarreling nations collide as England’s Protestant Queen Elizabeth and her prisoner, Scotland’s Catholic Queen Mary, go nose to nose. To kill a queen: Mary vs. Elizabeth in Schiller classic ‘Mary Stuart’ at the Folger 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The Ayrshire Alps are a network of hill climbs in the UK’s only road cycling park, set in the north of the Galloway Forest Park in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Make tracks: ride the world's newest cycling routes 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Less than two years after his first film premiered in Cannes, he has worked with directors from Belgium, Scotland, China and France. T Magazine: Changing of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-25T20:22:41Z

It's also highly unlikely there were bears in medieval times: we think they became extinct in Scotland in the prehistoric period. A Scottish historian on Brave 2012-08-29T17:53:15Z

Glasgow will be the first city in Scotland to host the prize. Glasgow to host 2015 Turner Prize 2013-01-11T12:46:26Z

The first in a trilogy of “Tartan noir” tales from Scotland kicks off this month’s selection of crime fiction. New crime fiction: Sterling Scottish noir; deadly politics in Houston 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

Harris tweed piled hight in Catherine Campbell's Harris Tweed Company shop and warehouse in Tarbert, on the isle of Harris, Scotland. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "Inquiries into the circumstances of the robbery and collision are ongoing." Professor Green drink-drive arrest 2013-11-08T10:38:13Z

It's also a big year for the National Theatre of Scotland: we're going to open a new creativity centre that will allow us to develop new Scottish talent. Laurie Sansom: incoming artistic director, National Theatre of Scotland – profile 2013-02-19T10:31:29Z

It is also, of course, a time when Scotland is preparing to make a big decision about its own future. Zadie Smith to headline Edinburgh book festival 2012-06-21T08:00:05Z

He never removed the “Scotland Forever” tattoo that he placed on his arm when he was 18. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

In policy terms, Miliband hinted that he would be in favour of a stronger controlling hand on the banking sector, and said he would be in no hurry to denationalise the Royal Bank of Scotland. Ed Miliband at Hay festival: Coalition was betrayal of Lib Dem principles 2010-05-30T19:04:00Z

In the mid-18th-century, "it is to Scotland that we look," said Voltaire, "for all our ideas of civilisation." Scots: an auld dug with plenty of bite 2010-06-04T21:00:00Z

"I have a big dream, which is to come to the north of Scotland one day and photograph there," Salgado said. Photographer Salgado captures untouched nature in new UK show 2013-04-09T17:21:48Z

The west coast of Scotland was particularly thrilling – I learned to sail and fish, I caught wild mackerel for breakfast and saw sea eagles with two-metre wingspans. I gave it all up … to cycle the world with my dog 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

From Friday, masks will be mandatory on public transport in Northern Ireland, and Scotland is also extending that to shops this week. How to stop your glasses steaming up – and 19 other essential facts about face masks 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

But after filming was completed, and Mr. Guadagnino departed for Rome and Ms. Swinton for her home in rural Scotland, they got word that it was snowing in Milan. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino?s Film Partnership 2010-06-12T03:44:00Z

In the late 90s and early 00s, Scotland provided a rich seam of material for Loach and this one – nominally a teen movie – is one of the finest. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

There are few obvious dangers on a walk across Scotland. Hillwalking from sea to sea across Scotland 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Cox writes eloquently about his origins in Dundee, Scotland, as the youngest of five children who occasionally had to beg for batter bits from the local chip shop. Brian Cox Takes Stock of His Eventful Life on Stage and Screen 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

Yet despite his antiwar stance, Mr. Sokolov on Monday learned that the Glasgow Film Festival in Scotland had dropped his latest movie, “No Looking Back.” To Boycott Russians, or Not? In Film and Beyond, That’s the Question. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Then his parents divorced and he spent his childhood shuttling between England and Scotland, where his grandparents lived. Old music: John Martyn ? Sweet Little Mystery 2012-02-10T09:00:00Z

A series of debates from across the length and breadth of Scotland on all BBC platforms which will be broadcast throughout 2014. BBC to boost referendum coverage 2013-05-21T13:43:33Z

A million children under 10 in England and Scotland are facing “Dickensian” material deprivation during the festive season, the charity says. Why aren’t we outraged by child poverty in Britain and the US? | Mary O’Hara 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

In an earlier version of the web, a band in Scotland receive news via electronic mail from a friend in Japan in Looper's Modem Song. Readers recommend: songs about the internet – results 2013-02-28T14:00:00Z

The demographics of Scotland afford Warner the opportunity to explore class relationships in detail; and the isolated, rural Port is a place where the bampots and the aristos live side by side. The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner – review 2012-06-01T07:00:03Z

In Scotland, though, it seems there are enough theatres – just not enough theatre to put in them. Seven days on stage: Sam West calls for lock-ins to save theatres 2012-07-20T12:43:46Z

The filmed version for the retrospective was shot in 2019 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. A Decade of Puppets in Organized Chaos 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

Then there was New Scotland Yard, courtesy of a PBS special, “Secrets of Scotland Yard,” archived on YouTube. My trip to London was canceled, so I took it on YouTube instead 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

In the New Forest you are never too far away from ponies, but even in the remoter parts of Scotland you should come across the odd sheep. Living Wild by Bear Grylls 2010-05-24T23:05:00Z

This month’s criminal activity includes a Scotland Yard detective, a motley collection of fictional figures paired off with each other, and a sweet old lady who once was a spy. Crime fiction: Richard Jury’s return; an unsuspected spy 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

“The End of Eddy” comes to New York from Scotland’s Untitled Projects and the London-based Unicorn Theater, which bills itself as Britain’s leading producer of plays for young audiences. Fleeing Home, but Not Homophobia 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

I was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1966, in the Maryhill district, which was a Third World hidden within the first. I’ve always been hungry 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Every year thousands of performers head to Scotland to take part in the festival. This Was Voted the Funniest Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

He and several other virtuosos of Indian music had gathered with some Scottish and Irish musicians for a week-long collaboration in Glasgow, Scotland, that was commissioned by a Scottish arts organization. Like ‘long-lost cousins,’ Indian and Celtic musicians find common notes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

When I started reading Conan Doyle, I wanted to be a detective in old Scotland Yard. Gregg Allman: ‘I learned to play mostly from black people’ 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

Stars and Birds in Scotland Britain is a land of walkers. Europe, in 9 Walks 2013-04-19T14:51:25Z

The east coast of Scotland is a slightly different place, and certainly Dundee where I'm from there's this huge tradition of kind of absurdist comedy. PBS' "Guilt" examines what happens to estranged brothers after they finally bond over killing someon 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

King Creosote is a singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland, who has has released more than 40 albums to date. Mercury prize shortlist 2011: what Guardian and Observer critics said 2011-07-19T13:07:52Z

Perched on a rock overlooking a sea loch, Dunvegan Castle is the residence of the MacLeod clan, who claim that this is the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Scotland. Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

However, there were plenty of military successes in what is now Scotland. Five historical clangers in Kevin Macdonald's The Eagle 2011-03-15T17:44:43Z

At times it was difficult – try being the only sassenach in a class in Scotland – but it was different and it was an adventure. Why didn’t I contact my father before it was too late? 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

His arms includes the three Lions for England, a Lion rampant for Scotland and a stringed Argent for Ireland. God Save the King: Here are 6 things we learned from King Charles’ coronation invitation 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

The Arts Council promptly withdrew the company's grant, and the project languished until revived in the new National Theatre of Scotland in 2006. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

I loved it when I was young, and the west coast of Scotland went a bit rockabilly-ish. John Hannah, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-04-30T13:52:23Z

A series of events will be held in Scotland, Damascus and Beirut in May. Scottish films to be shown in Middle East 2011-04-17T12:14:36Z

Mr Dixon said: "The project will provide millions of future visitors with an iconic welcome and an ever-changing contemporary symbol of a confident, creative Scotland." Star selected as border landmark 2011-07-04T13:03:38Z

Given the current flock of aerial Dutchmen – with new stagings last month in Belfast, next in Scotland – this is not the place to dwell on the story. CBSO/Nelsons: Beethoven cycle, The Flying Dutchman; Eugene Onegin – review 2013-03-24T00:07:02Z

It is the latest iteration of what now looks like an unbreachable rift between the Scottish arts community and Creative Scotland. Scottish writers and artists protest over 'deepening malaise' at funding body 2012-10-09T16:22:42Z

No. 2 turned up recently at a location very far from Stevenson's native Scotland - the library at Syracuse University. Long-lost essay by 'Dr. Jekyll' author published 2013-03-14T11:45:09Z

Worth £5,000 to the winner, this is the first competition to be held since Morgan – Scotland's inaugural Makar, or national poet – died last year, aged 90. All-female shortlist for inaugural Edwin Morgan prize 2011-07-08T10:57:26Z

Scotland has previously been mentioned as a potential location for the Hobbit films, along with eastern Europe. Hobbit films 'could be on way to UK' 2010-10-21T11:43:00Z

She was taking a train down to London from her native Scotland when the conductor approached. Police drama ‘Line of Duty’ is unlike your usual cop show 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

In this folk sport, indigenous to Scotland, competitors are initially locked into a clamp-like hug, before trying to wrestle each other to the ground. Wrestling With Identity at the Edinburgh Festival 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z

Here are exhibitions centered on literary figures, scientific personages, paintings of war at sea and a look at Scotland’s links with Pakistan in the form of portraits of the Scottish-Pakistani community. Art: New Beacon of Scotland's Identity 2011-12-17T08:00:10Z

Sandilands, we learn, performs many odd jobs at Scotland Yard, including running the Special Branch, then a ragtag bunch of espionage agents in charge of national security. ‘Diana’s Altar’ by Barbara Cleverly beckons fans of P.D. James 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

From work in New Zealand, Scotland and other regions, Goulson believes restoring habitat is a key beginning. ‘A Sting in the Tale’: The essential bumblebee 2014-04-23T19:16:01Z

Trevor Nunn told us he would “photograph the text”, by which he meant there would be no distractions in the film – no Scotland, scenery or even much costume – it was all in closeup. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

In 2007, he notes, Scotland Yard broke up a Qaeda plot to destroy the London Internet Exchange from the inside. Books of The Times: ‘Tubes,’ by Andrew Blum, Explores Physical Reality of the Web 2012-06-19T14:31:24Z

The SNP needs to establish that its motivation has more in common with Small Is Beautiful than "Scotland the Brave" if it is to be the credible answer. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

Born in Scotland, he became an American citizen in 1999 and a Commander of the British Empire just last year. Books 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sand Hills Golf Club is only twenty years old, but it ranks right up there with St. Andrews is Scotland. A Prairie Prologue in Nebraska 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Her cousin, Mary — to some, the queen of Scotland, dowager queen of France and the rightful queen of England, but to her enemies, “that conniving Scottish witch” — languishes in the Tower of London. Murder, Murder, Everywhere 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Drew Farrell It's hard to believe that the National Theatre of Scotland has been going only seven years. Let the Right One In; The Amen Corner; Sweet Bird of Youth – review 2013-06-15T23:05:22Z

Really, Scotland's second city is UK clubbing's first city because it embraces such a wide variety of music, especially relative to its size. By weight of Numbers 2010-04-08T21:10:00Z

The "national narrative" must surely give due recognition not just to the interconnectedness of past events in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland but to their relative autonomy too. Michael Gove's history wars 2013-07-13T07:00:05Z

A folk singer from the Outer Hebrides, who lives in the Scottish Highlands, was called up by Disney/Pixar to sing on the soundtrack for an animated film, set in 10th century Scotland. AUDIO: Disney call on Scottish folk singer 2012-08-14T07:31:25Z

I almost wrote "back home in Scotland," but Ferguson is an American citizen now, with American-born kids and Benjamin Franklin's "Join, or Die" snake cartoon tattooed on his forearm. On 'The Late Late Show,' Craig Ferguson became best host on TV 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

The trail is part of Visit Scotland’s Year of Homecoming celebrations; 2014 marks the centennial of Muir’s death. In Transit Blog: A Scottish Trail Will Celebrate John Muir 2014-04-16T20:00:38Z

Our hero is Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, who is a badger. Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot ? review 2011-01-02T00:05:02Z

Now, as ground breaks on new distilleries around Scotland — and the world — it feels as if another golden age is upon us. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Gillan is also to appear in Not Another Happy Ending, a film set in Scotland about an author with writer's block. US horror film for Who's Gillan 2012-07-14T14:52:23Z

“For a country like Scotland,” Mr. Holloway said, “which is part of a bigger whole, it is a statement of national identity that is very important on a cultural level.” Art: New Beacon of Scotland's Identity 2011-12-17T08:00:10Z

Day would drive 1,200 miles from his home in Scotland, across to Calais and up to northern Denmark to catch a ferry. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Does Scotland hosting suggest that, in the film’s universe, the U.K. miraculously triumphed the year before, or did Scotland win Eurovision as a newly independent country? Netflix’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest’: Here’s What You May Have Missed 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

From what I've seen, it lives up to the promise Peppiatt made to Scotland on Sunday in May about testing tabloid "proclamations about privacy." Peppiatt turns the tables on tabloid editors in Edinburgh fringe show 2012-08-03T16:34:00Z

Despite this, the US, Scotland and Canada show a similar pattern when it comes to GAD. Is anxiety more common in our 30s and 40s? | Mona Chalabi 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh until 21 October Ian Hamilton FinlayThe poet and artist whose garden is a national treasure gets a welcome showing in the Edinburgh art festival.• Susan Philipsz guns for glory at Edinburgh festival – the week in art 2012-07-27T11:55:18Z

One of the major art shows of 2013 in Scotland will be an exhibition at Edinburgh's modern art museum called Witches and Wicked Bodies. Witches have always cast a wicked spell over art 2012-12-17T15:09:03Z

Shades of pink and green, drawn from heather and plaid, but avoiding that clichéd view of the Highlands, made this a strong collection with the soul of Scotland. Special Report: Fashion: Illuminating Shades of Gray 2011-01-19T19:14:24Z

Mikhail Baryshnikov will star in a new play, “In Paris,” and Alan Cumming will appear in a one-man production of “Macbeth” by the National Theater of Scotland. ArtsBeat: Lincoln Center Festival's Menu 2012-03-21T21:20:23Z

They will be funded to work alone or as part of public arts projects in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK, or overseas. Scottish artists offered funds to get away from it all in Highland retreats 2011-01-14T20:35:53Z

The Famous Grouse is the most popular whisky at the R&A clubhouse at St. Andrews and the the biggest seller in Scotland. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Scotland Yard said further toxicology tests are needed and the results are expected in two to four weeks. Amy Winehouse's father thanks fans for their tributes 2011-07-25T12:39:36Z

Since those glorious days on the Florida beach, my wife and I have moved to Scotland. How Doing Nothing Became the Ultimate Family Vacation 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

It will include some of the most historically important works created in Scotland over the last 25 years, as well as re-creations of significant shows. Space Pod Alights at the Serpentine Gallery 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

"Listen, I love Scotland - I hope they remain part of Britain and if they don't, I still love them." From Austin Powers to documentary maker 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

The 70 chess pieces found are divided between the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh; 30 from the British Museum are in New York. The Week Ahead: Nov. 13 ? 19 2011-11-11T14:58:50Z

The duo’s recently released memoir, “Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll,” includes silly memories of aimlessly stalking Paul McCartney across Scotland as well as accounts of drug abuse. Pop & Rock Listings for April 4-10 2014-04-03T22:33:52Z

Mr. Byrne was born in Scotland, moved with his family to Baltimore when he was 8, and didn’t trade his Green Card for United States citizenship until 2012. Inside David Byrne’s Cheerful Dystopia 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Set in a remote fishing village in northeast Scotland, the film follows the aftermath of a strange boating accident in which four local men drowned. Serious film fans will appreciate 'For Those in Peril' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Last month brought “Golf in the Kingdom,” an adaptation of Michael Murphy’s 1972 novel, in which a young man playing a round in Scotland gets a lot of New Age-sounding input from a mystical teacher. The Week Ahead: Aug. 8 ? Sept. 3 2011-08-28T04:30:07Z

Christian returned to Scotland for the first time in 34 years to attend the screenings. Lost joys: Hunting down missing movies 2014-03-07T01:01:19Z

Jenny Brown, the festival's first director, back in 1983, said there was nothing like it in Scotland at the time, and in fact there were only two other similar events in the UK. Book festival celebrates 30 years 2013-08-09T23:04:00Z

Born in England, Blackshaw nonetheless developed a passion for Scotland's mountains and matchless diligence in a long legal challenge to the legitimacy of the law of trespass in Scotland, which saw no English equivalent. Ramble On by Sinclair McKay – review 2012-06-22T21:55:19Z

A bride, groom and best man were reportedly arrested after an “disturbance” at the wedding reception in Scotland that allegedly included somebody biting off a guest’s finger. Guest reportedly gets finger bitten off during 'incident' at wedding reception 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

The National Theatre of Scotland will be performing a play in the café in April, during Tartan Week. The Magnificent New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

There’s a part of India in the south, called Coorg, that the British call Scotland of India, because it’s misty and mountainous and cool. Madhur Jaffrey: ‘Indian vegetarian food . . . is the best in the world’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

In Scotland the baby box is accompanied by other improvements to the support available to new and expecting parents and offers health professionals the opportunity to engage with parents at timely intervals throughout pregnancy.” Finland disputes Scotland's baby box claims after expert warning 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

But after Tennyson’s death in a plane crash in Scotland, she slowly withdrew from film work. Nova Pilbeam, British teen star of 1930s Hitchcock films, dies at 95 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

I was 17 at the time, and at my high school – in the west coast of Scotland – it was a pre-university rite of passage. 'A holy Blackpool' 2010-03-30T20:00:00Z

Prince Charles later presented her with the honour at his fishing lodge in the far north of Scotland. Film-maker hooked on fly fishing legend 2013-06-26T00:38:10Z

Twenty-three bands are featured, including 18 finalists from U.S. schools, and appearances by five international groups from Spain, Japan, Scotland, Australia and Cuba. Seattle-area high school bands taking part, virtually, in this year’s Essentially Ellington high school jazz competition 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

"I'm delighted that through Homecoming Scotland, we can support the Borders Book Festival and make it an important part of Scotland's 2014 celebrations." 'Stellar' line-up for book festival 2014-04-10T10:46:45Z

When members of the royal family traveled to Buckingham Palace last week to receive the queen’s coffin as it arrived from Scotland, pearls emerged as an item of poignant homage. Queen Elizabeth: A Visual Dictionary 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

But this gleeful import from the National Theater of Scotland, which opened on Tuesday night, does transport you into infernal eternity. Review: The Devil Went Down to Chelsea to See ‘Prudencia Hart’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

What I didn’t know until I entered this tidy little shop was that Scotland is responsible for a small but superb array of farmhouse cheeses. | Explorer: Unforgettable Foods, from Austrian Apricots to Parisian Butter 2011-09-30T19:03:18Z

Ms. Chung said that YanYan, which means “everyone” in Cantonese, uses yarns from Italy, Scotland and Japan but is proudly “Made in China.” The Designers Who Are Making Knitwear Cool 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Now, to mark Book Week Scotland this week, she has been enticed into making a comeback, with five new sculptures inspired by classic Scottish stories hidden around the country. Sculptor returns 2012-11-30T12:52:04Z

They were happy we thought about them and asked me 'Why Scotland?' Asterix steps unwittingly into Scottish referendum debate 2013-10-24T12:46:13Z

That’s exactly what happened to a 20-year-old from Scotland who claims that she didn’t realize that she was wearing her swimsuit upside down. Woman doesn't realize that she's wearing her bathing suit upside down, accidentally exposes herself 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

“I’ll try and keep it together because it’s not a laughing matter with the weather in Scotland today,” Lear said as she wiped away tears of laughter. BBC Presenter Laughs Uncontrollably During Weather Report 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Richard flees to Scotland with a map she was carrying to escape her killers and find the leader of the plot. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Deuce’ Series Finale and an Early Hitchcock 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

In Scotland, where it's showing in 15 cinemas, it's a different story. Bad weather makes life Misérables for UK box office 2013-01-22T12:33:26Z

Emerging from The Worst Toilet In Scotland, precious pills in his hands: “Ya dancers!” Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

Rushdie, 65, said he met Thatcher just once, at an annual Scotland Yard gathering held for those being protected. Rushdie remembers Thatcher's `great life' 2013-04-08T18:49:08Z

Set in the far north of Scotland, the people, the life and the landscapes jump off the page and surround you. Reader reviews roundup 2012-07-20T14:54:13Z

I was angry when Scotland released one of the Lockerbie bombers. John Lydon: ‘Without punk I would have probably become a drug dealer’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

You do get some pretty wacky restaurant owners: I trained for five years as a pastry chef in a little place in Scotland where the owner was absolutely crazy. Chef Norman Mackenzie on Whites 2010-10-03T21:30:00Z

It’s a beautiful part of the UK, home also to some of the true sacred and pagan sites in Scotland. 10 of the best horror movie locations 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

One is Boots and Beards, a cohort of Asian Glaswegians who regularly hit the trails and tackle Scotland’s mountains. Trail blazers: the Asian hiking group tackling Scotland's treks – and diversity | Nazia Parveen 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

The Picts, the indigenous people of what is today northern Scotland, were documented by Roman historians as having complex tattoos. Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world — and also to colonialism 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z

While the production is too insistent on its portrait of medieval Scotland as hell on earth, it compensates with arresting human detail. Macbeth 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z

McAvoy has been for his role as the doomed, homicidal ruler in the play, set in a dystopian Scotland around fifty years into the future. McAvoy shares Olivier award doubts 2013-04-22T10:41:11Z

I saw a host of surgeons across Scotland: at first, two plastic surgeons; the two I mention in this article. ‘I had a huge swelling’: why my life as a female cyclist led to vulva surgery 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

It sees Lord and Lady Grantham and family heading for a summer break in The Highlands of Scotland, leaving most of their servants back at home. Fourth series for Downton Abbey 2012-11-23T18:47:33Z

Carnegie, who had risen from poverty in Scotland, gave away nearly his entire fortune, endowing libraries, schools and other public institutions all over the country. The New Gilded Age: A bigger con job than the first one 2014-04-26T16:30:00Z

DeeDee made plans to move to Scotland, Bob’s home country, where they hoped to find work as a comedy duo. How we met: ‘When my wife was dying, she told me to look up my old friend DeeDee’ 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

This announcement follows the Memorandum of Understanding on Culture between Scotland and China that was signed by the first minister in 2011. Exhibition tells tale of two cities 2013-06-25T09:56:12Z

Patterns of emigration help to shed light on the historic long-term causes of Scotland's post-industrial decline. To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z

The story of a princess in ancient Scotland who hopes to shake off tradition and choose her own fate, it's a lushly colorful and appealing tale, never quite sublime but always entertaining and often delightful. 'Brave': Pixar's latest is lovable and endearing 2012-06-20T22:25:06Z

Almost every country, or even city, is known for a particular drink or spirit, whether its sake in Japan, whisky in Scotland or tequila or mezcal in Mexico. Six Ways to Drink Like a Local on Vacation 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

Experts from the Scottish Center for Crime and Justice Research reviewed studies from the last 25 years in Scotland, the United Kingdom and United States. Domestic abuse linked to soccer match days: Scottish study 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

Scotland Yard said in a press conference on Tuesday that between 20 and 25 women may have been victims of the late Jim'll Fix It presenter. Jimmy Savile: police pursue 120 lines of inquiry 2012-10-09T13:23:00Z

The lineup of youth orchestras from Canada, Scotland and the United States, and other parts of the music program, nod to Scotland’s Year of Young People, an initiative of the Scottish government. Edinburgh International Festival Embraces Youth at 71 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

National Theater of Scotland is a backer of the New York run, as are the commercial producers Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin, who have been involved in the show since its inception. St. Ann's Warehouse to Present 'Let the Right One In' Onstage 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

Stuart Campbell, who tweets under the handle Wings Over Scotland, found it difficult to understand that Rowling could support Scotland and and not support Scottish independence. J.K. Rowling Trolled After Showing Support for the Scottish Rugby Team 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

Macdonald, the Oscar-wining director of documentary "One Day in September" and the widely-acclaimed narrative film "The Last King of Scotland," still calls the movie "an experimental film" -- not exactly an experiment. No aliens, no superheroes, just "Life in a Day" 2011-07-29T22:35:30Z

Each of the murders is found to be a copy, down to the smallest details, of murders portrayed in previous novels by well-known writers in America, France, Scotland and Sweden. Book review: ‘Irene’ by Pierre Lemaitre 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

We began at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Plus, I'm not living in Scotland any more. The chaos of writing: still hitting the keyboard after all these years 2012-07-31T11:04:26Z

Oscar winner and Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio visited a cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland on Thursday to raise awareness of the plight of homelessness. Leonardo DiCaprio lunches in Edinburgh to support the homeless 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

It is here that “Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault, Trump’s new director of African American outreach, gives interviews extolling the new Trump golf course in Scotland. This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

I grew up in Scotland and never went anywhere. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z

So the Brobdingnagian shooter will be sent to Scotland where it will rest louchely against a great tree in a sculpture park owned by her wealthy friends Mr and Mrs Wilson. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z

The country had a huge literary heritage, but only Muriel Spark was producing contemporary literature, hardly any of it actually set in Scotland. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z

The upcoming 40th annual meet, Sept. 18 to 20, at Loon Mountain Resort is expected to draw over 60 clans and societies from North America and Scotland. Resort and Tour News: Winter Trips in Yellowstone; Beer History in London 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Jimmy’s line, “What’s done can be undone,” is a nod to Macbeth, and a famous utterance by a Lady Macbeth — the original female gangster — who rues her role in murdering King Duncan of Scotland. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 9 Recap: Bye Bye Love 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

A recent alumna is Jessica Harrison, a contemporary British artist based in Scotland, known for her sly manipulations of mass-produced porcelain figurines. Where Artists Go to Play With Clay 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Sammar, a grieving widow and Arabic translator from Sudan living in Scotland, falls in love with Rae, “an Islamic expert, a label he disliked because, he told Sammar, there could be no such monolith.” Dear Match Book: Religion in Fiction 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Creative Scotland was set up in 2010 by the Scottish government to replace the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. Arts body accused of 'bulldozing' Scottish culture 2012-07-09T14:34:39Z

A month from now, Scotland will decide if it is to be an independent country. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

Other whiskey-making countries, especially Scotland, gained market share with their blended expressions, while in Ireland, distillery after distillery closed down. Irish whiskey was once on the verge of collapse. Now, it’s booming. 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

John Davidson’s “The Salvation of Nature” starts with Scotland being transformed into a theme park, where the costumed visitors pretend to be figures from history and legend, but ends with global devastation. Michael Dirda on the evolution of science fiction 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

This is the post-industrial west of Scotland, though, and the terraces are instead home to grey housing schemes. Art revives the glory of Clydeside shipbuilding 2013-06-08T23:05:45Z

And then, the next September, there they were married and on their way to Scotland. Bread and heaven: how compromising over food can save a marriage 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Next; she had the wherewithal to get hold of a book called, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland. When it comes to table manners royalty should be your benchmark 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

A few years ago, during a stressful period, I returned to the northeast coast of Scotland, where I grew up. Why traveling to a ‘blue space’ is the stress reliever you need right now 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

In March 2022, she openly opposed Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which would improve the process by which trans people can legally affirm their gender. J.K. Rowling removed from Museum of Pop Culture exhibit for her transphobic views 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

After much soul-searching, I followed my heart and moved to Lochinver in the far north-west of Scotland. 'I live with a tribe in Brazil': readers on ditching the corporate life for the wild 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

She has been in post for a week, and previously ran the National Theatre of Scotland. Royal Court puts playwrights in charge for 'summer fling' 2013-04-19T14:57:54Z

I was told that Daddy would be going to Scotland, where he was looking for a house for us to live in. The secret sister my father kept hidden 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Since most of my early concertgoing took place in Scotland, those streets were almost always damp and the temperatures abysmal. The Beatles Awaken a New Sensation 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

In the second episode, “The Balmoral Test,” the relationship between the queen and Thatcher sours during trips to the queen’s private residence in Scotland. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

That part of Scotland is the same latitude as southern Alaska, so only a few weeks before the summer solstice, daylight wasn’t going to be a problem. Hillwalking from sea to sea across Scotland 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

"Book Week Scotland is an ideal time to celebrate these unique pieces of art, inspired as they are by a love of books, reading, and libraries," said Scottish Book Trust chief executive Marc Lambert. Sculptor returns 2012-11-30T12:52:04Z

Bragg, admittedly, was a particularly unobtrusive figure – his silence emanating from a emotionless Blackberry, as the singer songwriter is on tour in Scotland. John Cage cover aims for Christmas No 1 with the sound of silence 2010-12-06T20:36:00Z

Japanese distillers often used sweet potatoes, which were abundant, but they produced a much different spirit than the barley, corn and rye used in Scotland and America. Some Japanese Whiskies Aren’t From Japan. Some Aren’t Even Whisky. 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

The autogyro in the foreground was flown by Scotland Yard to monitor crowds. One million bird's eye views of Britain to go online 2010-09-27T05:00:00Z

Winfrey When I first saw “Last King of Scotland,” I called him up and said: I am so impressed with you, I’d love to have a party for you and your friends. Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker on ‘The Butler’ 2013-08-07T12:00:01Z

Others, such as the adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander saga that US cable channel Starz is currently filming in Scotland, are fantasy tales that would never have been made but for the HBO show's success. Game of Thrones success has cable firms rushing to catch up 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Laborers — partly fleeing potato famines in Scotland and Ireland — arrived in search of sustaining work in the flourishing iron smelts, coal and shipbuilding yards and textile factories. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

The prize was judged by students and staff at the University of Edinburgh, the National Theatre of Scotland and the Traverse Theatre. Cannibals wins Edinburgh drama prize 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

As his choruses have grown more successful, as the National Youth Choir of Scotland has, he has increasingly seen them getting invitations from other conductors. Review | Christopher Bell strikes soundly in his first D.C. outing 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

The first screenings of the new episode coincided with the release of a letter signed by 200 public figures urging Scotland to vote "No" in the upcoming independence referendum. Capaldi: Doctor 'less user-friendly' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Whittingham, a largely failed fern grower herself, started researching the topic in 1997, after stumbling on restored Victorian greenhouses stocked with ferns in Scotland. Antiques: Fern History, Fry Glass and a Militiaman?s Sword 2012-03-15T21:37:47Z

Last month, Rowling also openly opposed Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which would improve the process by which trans people can legally change their gender. J.K. Rowling organizes boozy TERF lunch amidst protest and march for transgender rights 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

A roughcast fireplace addition in Vienna, Ms. Robertson said, amounts to “a little bit of Scotland clinging to a Viennese cottage-style villa.” A New Forum for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

The team had become victim to another BBC continuity announcement trope they liked to satirise: “Except for viewers in Scotland/Northern Ireland/Wales.” Monty Python at 50: a half-century of silly walks, edible props and dead parrots 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

A man in the United Kingdom was arrested earlier this week after he took a jet ski from Scotland to the Isle of Man to visit his girlfriend. UK man arrested after jet skiing across Irish Sea to visit his girlfriend 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

In 2014 I spent a good deal of time walking in Scotland with my wife. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Perhaps Scotland should retaliate by coming over all postmodern and sending Nessie over to Hollywood to look for "mythical monster, Charlie Sheen"? Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z

Text messages sent by a university student who killed herself following an abusive relationship will be shared on campuses across Scotland as part of a campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence among young people. Texts from student who killed herself shared across campuses 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

British Airways confirmed its 525-mile mistake on Monday, after one of its flights bound for Düsseldorf, Germany, ended up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ryanair tries trolling British Airways for landing at wrong destination, but Twitter isn't on board 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Late one night in Scotland, Edwards explains, Murray ended up at a party with a bunch of Scandinavian exchange students who were already too deep in their cups for him to catch up. Follow ‘The Tao of Bill Murray’ to a better life 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

The National Galleries of Scotland said the complaints were "bizarre". Airport covers up Picasso nude 2012-08-08T12:46:20Z

The road from the skeleton takes us across Scotland to Oxford, the Hague and ultimately to the region formerly known as Yugoslavia. Val McDermid's new whodunit rattles with recent Balkans history 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

England and Wales voted to leave, while Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay. We need to talk about Brexit: Britannia hears her people in new play 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

Others in attendance at the palace were Commonwealth of Nations Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and athletes who are gearing up to compete in the Games. Queen Elizabeth launches baton relay for Commonwealth Games 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Beyond a few official duties, the job, Kay said, means being an “ambassador for poetry” in Scotland. Burns Night in the Age of Brexit and Trump 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

The once proud industrial town has been named the worst place to live in Scotland, battling high unemployment and with pawnbrokers and discount stores dominating its shopping center. Tale of two towns as Scottish independence shows social divide 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Working on “Outlander,” I saw that people were really interested — as was I — in Scotland and in these Highland characters, especially during Seasons 1 and 2. ‘Outlander’ Star Sam Heughan Wants You to Love Scotland, Too 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, its Scottish cousin has pioneered epic cycles of five-minute dramas, transmitted live on the web as they were performed across Scotland. Meet the new guard running British theatre 2013-02-17T20:30:01Z

Plans for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be announced later. Longer BBC local news for election 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

There were some parts of Britain – Wales, Scotland, Sheffield – that didn't see riots. Riots jail sentences 'punish the poor the hardest', says Tottenham MP 2012-08-12T17:58:00Z

Scotland maintains stricter lockdown conditions than England, including telling its citizens to stay at home and advising against cross-border travel. Police warn writer Gaiman over lockdown trip from New Zealand to Scotland 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

Before Salvador, his previous stop was Aberdeen, Scotland, where street art enlivened the walls. When in Brazil, Just Follow the Music 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

The young man he knew was taking art classes at a local college, Lakehead University, and said he was, like Mr. Doig, from Scotland. Peter Doig Says He Didn’t Paint This. Now He Has to Prove It. 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

Some of the appeal is the romance of food from Scotland’s west coast, where Scottish kings are buried and the first Celtic church in Scotland was built in about 563 A.D. In Scotland, Serving Halibut for a Better Planet 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

On Monday a Welsh-language Labour election broadcast will be transmitted, as will a different version of Izzard's Brilliant Britain for Scotland. Eddie Izzard fronts Labour election broadcast 2010-04-15T15:45:00Z

The thistles of Scotland are composites, as are the edelweiss of Alpine lands. Sunflowers: The garden’s late-summer stars 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

In Scotland, that usually means jokes about porridge. Europe – review 2012-11-23T18:55:07Z

AP: If someone going to Scotland asked what to expect, what would you tell them? Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

Though I think a lot of the cast who live in Scotland will feel odd not being there on voting day. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

FIFE, Scotland — Single-malt whiskies are the pride of Scotland, where strict regulations require that they be made only from malted barley. The Old World Turns to a New World Spirit: Rye 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

They hope to win over EU nationals living in Scotland who mostly rejected independence in 2014. Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit... 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

In the story, the narrator describes a Halloween visit to Scotland. Halloween foods from history reveal the holiday’s surprising romantic side — and you can try them yo 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

If a footballer from Scotland doesn’t want to represent the U.K., or one from Northern Ireland would rather play with the Republic, so be it. Why England Should Stop Competing in the World Cup 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The waters of the Hebridean archipelago off Scotland’s west coast are incredibly cetacean-rich; a quarter of the world’s whale and dolphin species have been recorded here. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Scotland’s overwhelming “remain” vote this summer revealed it to be the most Eurocentric part of the country. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The show — produced by the Joyce, the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theater of Scotland — boasts a large creative team with impressive credits on Broadway and the West End. Review: From His Letters, the Dark Side of a Man of Letters 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

Besides being responsible for choreography for “American Idiot” he served as associate director for movement on “Black Watch,” the National Theater of Scotland production that was a 2007-8 hit at St. Ann’s. How to Throw Punches Without Getting Hurt 2011-02-25T14:52:59Z

Ken Loach's whisky caper The Angels' Share should play effectively as a niche title, and much more broadly in Scotland. Men in Black 3 can't stand the heat at the UK box office 2012-05-29T15:02:33Z

Kent moved to the cottage, originally owned by her mother-in-law, with Tim in 2010, after spending a decade working as a curator and artists’ agent in Scotland. A Garden Designed to Run Wild 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Panelist and Creative Scotland chief executive Andrew Dixon said the design was "rooted in Scotland's scientific contribution to the world". Star selected as border landmark 2011-07-04T13:03:38Z

Pringle of Scotland looked back to its roots, revising the cardigan as a star item and using the company’s skills with Intarsia inserts. Special Report: Fashion: Reviews: Paul Smith and Matthew Williamson 2011-09-19T17:53:44Z

However, despite signing the declaration, Cox told the Guardian that he was unlikely to move back to Scotland for the referendum, preventing him from voting in it. Alex Salmond predicts million-strong movement for Scottish independence 2012-05-25T16:44:00Z

There are Roman ruins in Scotland, in Hungary, in Syria — even in Morocco and Libya. Rome Wasn’t Sacked in a Day 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

A woman from Scotland put a wish on the site, explaining that her daughter was being bullied by girls in her school. ‘I wish I could make my relationship work’: the world’s most popular wishes 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

“We’re trying to get people to think of Scotland not as the end of Europe, but as the gateway to the North.” On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

The youth theatre will be in Inverclyde, Scotland where, long after the demise of its shipbuilding industry, unemployment is at 24%. Andrew Lloyd Webber funds theatre for deprived youngsters 2011-08-14T17:57:44Z

One noticeable absentee was Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, as she was carrying out an engagement in Scotland. Hold onto your hats: Princess Eugenie marries in grand UK royal... 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

“Black and White Sky,” by the masterly Tanith Lee, is a brilliant story of an island-wide attack of magpies that cuts off England, Scotland and Wales from the rest of the world. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Most recently I took some cruise-ship friends from Scotland there, and we had a great time drinking tequilas and beers, listening to, and singing with, the house mariachi band, etc. In Ensenada, Cheap Mexican Charms Await 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

She is due to represent Scotland at next year’s Venice Biennale. Turner Prize Goes to Charlotte Prodger for Films Shot on iPhone 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

Scotland Street School Museum Across the river from Mackintosh’s best-known Glasgow sites, this museum, originally built as a school, focuses on the history of education in Scotland. Mackintosh’s Classic Designs Abound in Glasgow 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

An independent Scotland could still be "best friends" with the rest of the UK, it said in a statement. Jagger, Hawking join big celebrity push to keep Scotland in the UK 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Another contradiction emerges from a discussion of the red squirrel, which clings on in Scotland in the face of strong competition from its parvenu grey cousin. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z

As The Dandy's print edition nears its end and the National Library of Scotland stages a display looking at its 75-year history, Pauline McLean remembers her childhood comic reading. When life was just Dandy 2012-11-20T18:32:00Z

McQueen is a man of the north, too, born and brought up in Scotland. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

But I must assure him we're not here to bash the Scots, but to sing about Scotland. Readers recommend: songs about Scotland – results 2012-12-06T14:27:37Z

He graduated from Connecticut College in New London, Conn., and received a postgraduate diploma in history of art from Christie’s Education in London and the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. Daniel Bering, Robert Strain 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z

His other posts in the arts included the directorships of the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and the Adelaide Festival in Australia. George Lascelles, Lord Harewood, Dies at 88; Wrote Opera Reference 2011-07-26T22:29:27Z

“It shows that portraits of the queen were being copied and presumably displayed in Scotland around the time of her execution, a highly contentious and potentially dangerous thing to be seen doing,” he added. Rare, hidden portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots revealed 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

There’s the mystery of a young boy’s murder, and some beautiful and empathetic writing about Scotland. Three things we love this week 2013-01-03T21:36:57Z

Next Friday, a partially recreated Hamilton Palace drawing room, about 15 feet high, will be unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, along with the family’s portraits, gilded dinnerware, perfume bottles and toothbrushes. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

That is in keeping with findings from professional archaeologists about rock art and stone monuments, in places like British Columbia and Scotland, whose features are visible only at certain times of year. When Darkness Falls, Three Friends Find Ancient Art 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

The bid partnership involved Creative Scotland, Event Scotland and the city council. Glasgow to host 2015 Turner Prize 2013-01-11T12:46:26Z

A host of blogs and open letters began to be addressed to Creative Scotland's chief executive Andrew Dixon and its chairman, Sir Sandy Crombie. Rift deepens between Scottish artists and Creative Scotland, as despairing open letter is published 2012-10-09T09:41:00Z

He went to live with his mother in rural Aberdeen, Scotland, where he was born and where, at age 4, he started taking Highland dance classes with his sisters. ‘Everything Crossed Over’: Michael Clark’s Cheeky World of Dance 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

He would be travelling down from Scotland to see the band in London, and bringing with him a girl he was keen on. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'roll 2011-03-03T22:31:01Z

It was organised by the Playwright's Studio Scotland after they noticed a trend at this year's festival for more shows based on scientific discovery. Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z

Tonight's opponents Scotland – two points accrued thus far – haven't exactly been tearing up the table, though. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 8-12 October 2012-10-08T08:00:00Z

Others include Cloud Atlas, an adaptation of the David Mitchell novel starring Hugh Grant and Halle Berry that was partly shot in Scotland. Willis sci-fi to launch Toronto 2012-07-24T15:13:50Z

The Mountain Bothies Association is best known for maintaining remote buildings in Scotland, but it also looks after several in northern England and Scotland. The best secret beaches, pubs and places to stay in the UK 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

The concert concluded with a moody rendition of Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony, known as the “Scottish” because the composer sketched some of its themes while on a walking tour of Scotland. Review | Ross emphasizes the new and the forgotten with Alexandria Symphony 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

The laser lights being used will be visible from as far away as Scotland and the Isle of Man. Fatboy Slim to play Belfast 2010-05-08T10:52:00Z

Renowned for its steep-sided peaks, deep lochs and wild, challenging terrain, the Rough Bounds boasts some of Scotland’s finest mountain scenery. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z

"For some reason on a wall in the room where I was being treated in this small, Mexican village sanatorium was a poster of Scotland. "It showed lochs. Lost joys: Hunting down missing movies 2014-03-07T01:01:19Z

By now, everyone knows that if Scotland gains her independence then England will be consigned to a future of endless Tory rule. If only a Scotsman had boldly gone… 2013-07-13T23:05:54Z

Reared in Scotland, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before beginning her career, under the stage name Susannah York, in ingénue roles in British regional theater. Susannah York, British Actress, Dies at 72 2011-01-17T04:58:05Z

The document was preserved among the family papers which were acquired by the National Archives of Scotland in 1991. Vivaldi flute concerto discovered 2010-10-07T09:26:00Z

It's easy for children to sympathise with Ping and his pursuit of adventure; we see him attempting to learn new skills in order to impress the pandas of England, Australia, Thailand, Austria, Scotland and Spain. Panda Panic By Jamie Rix and Sam Hearn - review 2013-04-24T13:12:11Z

"It was used in Scotland in to the 1940s," Thornton mentions, in passing. British Museum Shakespeare exhibition to include prized Robben Island copy 2012-07-17T17:11:20Z

Scotland, however, is the surprise success story of the book, punching above its weight with around 20 entries. Where not to spend your bank holiday: a guide to Britain's worst days out 2011-08-20T23:06:23Z

Her show in Glasgow, Scotland, on April 11 was moved to May 1. Whitney Houston says drug use reports "ridiculous" 2010-04-08T00:15:00Z

"I thought it was a fairly explicit satire about the character of Scotland, the sense of grievance and the macho culture," says Neilson. Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

If you know Scotland and its devolutionary politics, that adds an extra layer, but don't let a lack of interest deter you. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

In 2009-10 a contaminated product led to 47 heroin users in Scotland being infected with anthrax. Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

And while many whiskey distillers around the world import their malted barley from Scotland, Australian distilleries usually get theirs from local farmers and malting houses, which they say creates a different flavor profile. In the New World of Whiskeys, Australia Strives to Stand Out 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

She’d dreamed of being an academic and so went to Scotland to finish her master’s in medieval archaeology for a year, and Gordon travelled to India and finished his degree. How we stay together: we debate absolutely everything – but we fight fair 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z

Described in minute detail are McCartney’s legal troubles with the Beatles manager he didn’t want, Allen Klein, and his retreat to rural Scotland with his new wife, Linda. No John, No George, No Ringo, but Still a Lot to Say 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

They are planning a similar trip to Scotland this year. 12 Ways to Save on Family Travel 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, Australian distilling rules, set by the government, are significantly more relaxed than those in Scotland or in the United States. In the New World of Whiskeys, Australia Strives to Stand Out 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

The BBC is awaiting confirmation from the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Museum Wales as to what their policies are. National Gallery bans selfie sticks 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

He was cited as an inspiration by fellow writers in Scotland and beyond. Scottish fiction writer Iain Banks dies at 59 2013-06-10T10:45:09Z

You visited a women’s prison when you were in Scotland. Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

If you've ever stood on a hillside in Scotland or stood on a ferry going over to one of those beautiful islands as the sun is setting, there's a magic, a patina to Scotland. Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

After wasting hours down Internet rabbit holes, I bought the Lonely Planet guides to Scotland and France, and significantly simplified my planning. How to plan your family’s first international vacation 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The National Theatre of Scotland production premiered at this summer and is set for a West End run. Vampire play shocks at Royal Court 2013-12-06T12:51:58Z

He’ll be joining us remotely from Scotland where he's filming "Outlander's" second season. Emmy chat: Join 'Outlander's' Sam Heughan on Monday at 10:30 a.m. PDT 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Scotland is home to two-thirds of this unique habitat. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Roberts was at an artists' retreat in the west of Scotland recently and talked with novelist Alasdair Grey, also in residence, about exactly that. Alasdair Roberts: 'I've always been drawn to heavy, big old ballads' 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

I was an ardent nationalist, looking around at the opportunities that existed for me in Scotland, seeing few, and signing up to the argument that the English were responsible. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z

The most recent male actor of color to win an Oscar was Forest Whitaker in 2007, for "The Last King of Scotland." Oscar nominations 2015: No minorities in four acting races 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

These days, I support the idea of an independent Scotland. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

They are now exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the British Museum in London. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

On yearly trips to Jura, an island off the west coast of Scotland, they stay in a cave that usually shelters goats and deer. Can Britain’s Top Bookseller Save Barnes & Noble? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

They met when they were freshmen at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Prince William, Kate Middleton at first fundraiser 2010-12-19T00:16:05Z

Scotland, though, could have a viable future either as a completely independent country or – more likely – within Europe. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

But Ferri, back in Paris after visiting Scotland to promote the book, denied any such hidden intentions. Asterix steps unwittingly into Scottish referendum debate 2013-10-24T12:46:13Z

Wallace was an accidental hero, he had been a number two, supporting other military figures, but first one then another were killed, so he became Scotland's guardian rather by accident. William Wallace leads charge of TV history dramas 2013-07-20T12:10:37Z

Originally from Scotland, Lizzie moved to France after leaving university to start a concierge service, but she was washed out by the recession. Sun, sea and silver service: what’s it like crewing on a superyacht? 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Four years ago, the National Galleries of Scotland sent their prized Titian with other paintings from their collection on a tour that started at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Inside Art: Works From Scotland Set to Tour America 2014-03-27T20:46:02Z

It is colder and greener, more like Scotland or Ireland, and, in Kent’s view, suffused with a deep sadness that she wanted to probe. When Rape Onscreen Is Directed by a Woman 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

Even as parts of England and Scotland returned to lockdown, many companies still found ways to make pantomimes available internationally — via Zoom, livestream or prerecorded video. Silly Season: How British Pantomime Looks From Across the Pond 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

By then, Chris and I had sufficient lyrics to begin writing the music in a little studio in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1989. ‘Being Boring’: the Path to a Pop Elegy 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

Take the best players from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Why England Should Stop Competing in the World Cup 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The British cargo steamship Skulda, which collided with another vessel and sank off Scotland in 1906, is commemorated in a painting by an artist known only as R. Johnson, working in the Bronx around 1960. Art Review: ‘Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions,’ at South Street Seaport 2012-08-02T23:17:05Z

Particular criticism was reserved for the perception that, by increasing the proportion of funding allocated on a project-by-project basis, Creative Scotland is seeking to curate the arts in Scotland without a mandate to do so. Noises off: Oi, sponsors, leave our stage alone 2012-06-28T14:01:26Z

Featherstone, who has moved back to London after six years in Scotland, described her lifelong relationship with the drama that had emerged from the Royal Court. Royal Court puts playwrights in charge for 'summer fling' 2013-04-19T14:57:54Z

But after Creative Scotland announced changes to funding, organisers are looking for new ways to secure the festival's future. AUDIO: Indian summer at the Edinburgh Mela 2013-08-30T14:15:48Z

A relatively inexpensive historical film, it interweaves the stories of a highly motivated English Jew and a Church of Scotland preacher who compete on the British team. Colin Welland Dies at 81; Wrote ‘Chariots of Fire’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Crime fiction fits the west of Scotland, it's a way of writing without having to go to Oxford and do a masters in creative writing. Denise Mina steals Theakstons Old Peculier crime novel award 2013-07-19T15:27:49Z

Here the sign that reads “Scotland Welcomes You” sits near a colossal pile of small stones that has become a monument to unity. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Instead she got involved in a series of new projects, including taking a show with the experimental performance company and "art lab" Early Morning Opera to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Experimental troupe Wilderness to bring back sold-out show 'The Day Shall Declare It' 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

"We had over 20 types of preserved seafood on display for the chefs to work with, ranging from Scotland's smokies to Nigeria's okporoko to Japan's katsuobushi — we went all over the world with this." "Top Chef" producer on that demanding thali challenge: "I'm getting winded just thinking about it!" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

On the Caledonian Sleeper, which fans out across England and Scotland, passengers and their pets can bunk together in a cabin for about $43, plus the people ticket fare. Alternatives to flying with your pet — and how to stay safe when you can’t avoid it 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

"The Last King of Scotland" and "Roots" star will next be seen Dec. 16 in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as Rebel leader Saw Gerrera. Forest Whitaker joins 'Black Panther' cast 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

The carnival, expected to draw crowds of more than 1 million, represents Scotland Yard's biggest public order test since the widespread disorder and coincides with high anxiety levels among many London communities. Notting Hill: tensions high after recent deaths, say police 2011-08-27T11:54:07Z

The queen and Philip plan a series of trips throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from late March to mid-July. Queen to host royals' Christmas, Kate's first 2011-12-23T12:32:12Z

I was standing with a beer on an upper deck of MV Clansman with James Truscott, a Scottish landscape architect and author of “Private Gardens of Scotland,” and his wife, prolific island hoppers. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

It returned to Earth last year and a series of tests by the distillery found that the space samples were “noticeably different” to those kept in Scotland. Whisky goes where no dram has gone before 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

Scotland in 2018 was the first government in the world to provide free sanitary products in schools, colleges and universities. Scotland to approve free sanitary products for all women 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Famous historian Ronald Hutton gathered written recordings of events in Ireland and rural Scotland, where great hillside bonfires and rituals were mentioned in diaries and local text. 10 bewitching facts About Beltane, the ancient gaelic fire festival 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

Having twice not quite started university, he joined BBC Scotland as a subeditor at the age of 22, and soon began to host its flagship radio and television shows: Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland. Eddie Mair: a rising BBC star 2013-03-25T19:07:00Z

Truth be told, I fully expected to return to James, but somewhere along the way Sergio happened, and I decided to leave Australia permanently and live with him in Scotland. Why I went back to my ex-boyfriends, one by one 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

We're speaking in the labyrinth of office space the National Theatre of Scotland administration team currently occupy, on the outskirts of Glasgow's city centre. Theatre director 'up for challenge' 2013-06-28T13:51:46Z

A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed that police were investigating reports of a burglary at an address in Shepherd's Bush, west London. Miranda Hart: Reward for lost laptop 2013-10-14T08:37:56Z

Her work will be installed in a new gallery displaying Artist Rooms, a contemporary art collection jointly owned by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. Tate Makes Room for Louise Bourgeois in Its New Building 1458-09-19T05:00:00Z

She lived in Elie, in the county of Fife, Scotland, and stayed in various places around the United States. Jean Redpath, Prolific Scottish Folk Singer, Dies at 77 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

"Ghost Ship," a vessel that Burden had earlier sent on an unmanned voyage, controlled remotely, off the coast of Scotland, hung from the facade. Chris Burden's architectural intelligence 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

When we look back on history, the most dramatic events — Rudolf Hess’s desperate solo flight to Scotland, the attack on Pearl Harbor — often overshadow everything else. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Some of these are imported, like wild wood pigeon from Scotland. Top New York Restaurants of 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Before I’d gone to Scotland this year, I wondered what exactly made the dish — sheep’s innards packed into sheep’s stomach — qualify as a delicacy. In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

Wright's hero Aaron, the only survivor of a fishing accident that drowns five young men off Scotland, is steadily alienated and brutalized by the rest of his small village. Britain's 'kitchen sink' cinema finds dark new twist 2013-10-07T13:34:55Z

A native of the north-east coast of Scotland, he is the author of four collections of poetry. Lyrical honour 2011-01-20T07:47:14Z

Their wedding was in a castle in Scotland: three days of games, teas and horseback riding, and a singular gesture of love by the groom. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z

Still, the National Galleries of Scotland will get an undisclosed “participation fee,” as it is called, for its loans. Inside Art: Blinky Palermo?s American Tour 2010-02-25T20:58:00Z

He makes his annual appearance at the Ferry fair in Queensferry, Scotland, every August and his name derives from the costume he wears, which is made from burrs taken from the burdock plant. Savage, beautiful and surviving: photos from the wild side 2012-06-26T14:21:42Z

Living in Scotland, you need a bit of colour, especially at this time of the year. Modern life is rubbish! The people whose homes are portals to the past 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

He said: "Scotland's achievement in design is world-class and centuries old. The development of V&A at Dundee will for the first time provide Scotland with a dedicated centre to celebrate that achievement". V&A museum gets £9.4m lottery boost 2014-01-31T14:27:35Z

I think as a country, Scotland is changing and has been changing for the last couple of decades, since it got devolution, has its own parliament. Alan Cumming: "Life's just the same show with different costumes" 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Also during the festival, on May 20, Historic Environment Scotland will lead tours around the estate, which includes a cottage once used by James Watt, the inventor and engineer. A Year of Cultural Celebrations in Europe 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, is a headstrong teenager in 12th century Scotland with a mane of fiery red curls and a temperament to match. Today's movie princesses want more than a prince 2012-06-22T18:21:09Z

When Elizabeth sends a suitor to Scotland for her rival, Mary replies, archly, “We see why our cousin is so fond of the Earl.” Lessons on the Royal We, from “Mary Queen of Scots” and “The Favourite” 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

There are countless laughs at self-serving bankers and at RBS, founded using English money donated to compensate Scotland for the Darién disaster. Caledonia 2010-08-22T14:41:00Z

Working with Meredith to shape the score also helped in creating a structure for the show, when the men reconvened at Cumming’s home in Scotland last summer. Alan Cumming Uses Dance to Get at the Truth of Robert Burns 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Scotland Loves Anime, Glasgow & Edinburgh Titles like One Piece Strong World or Trigun Badlands Rumble are unlikely to draw in the uninitiated, but you don't need to be a Scottish otaku to appreciate Japanese animation. This week's new film events 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

It’s a lot to keep on track, but McDermid competently toggles between Scotland and England, Croatia and The Hague, then and now. ‘Skeleton Road’; Crisscrossing plots, with a turn for the philosophical 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

When the Lusitania landed in New York, the “fugitive” was arrested, then extradited to Scotland. Review | Sherlock Holmes may not have been a real crime-fighter, but his creator was 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

That is just the first suggestion of Scotland. 5 Stops on Germany’s Whiskey Trail 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

Archer is a Scotland Yard detective who has to consider whether to collaborate or join the resistance. Detective Luther to make comeback 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Il Gran Mogol will receive its modern-day premiere in Perth, Scotland, in January. Vivaldi flute concerto discovered 2010-10-07T09:26:00Z

Mary Stuart, a queen of Scotland and fleetingly queen consort of France, and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, were rivals for the English throne. A Bloody Rivalry for the Throne, This Time With Margot Robbie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Easyjet confirmed to Fox News that Flight EZY1805 was required to divert and was met by police upon landing in Scotland. ‘Aggressive’ Easyjet passenger snaps phone in half, forces emergency landing 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

But she lives in a close-knit, deeply religious community in rural Scotland; humiliation, violence and a tragic demise follow. Kiera Duffy on Becoming Bess, the Heroine of ‘Breaking the Waves’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Robin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland. Extract: The Wrecking Light by Robin Robertson 2011-01-24T11:02:21Z

That's mainly because he doesn't get anything like the number of performances his rugged music deserves, certainly outside Scotland. This week's new live music 2012-10-12T23:05:42Z

Troy of Scotland Yard is not a spy so much as a cop who finds himself enmeshed in espionage plots with alarming frequency. A spy novelist toys with history in ‘Friends and Traitors’ 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z

Don't feed the animals … the newly renovated original wing of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z

They're more likely to include an unassuming little ditty about Norma Jean, or a repetitive dirge about a craggy bit of Scotland. TV highlights 28/12/2012 2012-12-21T10:08:17Z

Gabaldon, who is from Phoenix, wrote the first book and part of the second before traveling to Scotland. The Outlander Effect: The popular book and TV series is increasing travel to these Scottish sites 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Two sculptures by Barbara Hepworth have been acquired by the National Galleries Scotland, and installed in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens. £49m of art donated in tax scheme 2013-11-14T10:12:19Z

Caledonia, a new satirical play about one of Scotland's greatest humiliations, the ill-fated attempt in 1698 to establish a colony at Darien in Panama, will be among those featured. Edinburgh festival will reflect clash of cultures 2010-03-17T19:47:00Z

Once arrested in Scotland and taken to the police station, Flaherty continued his charged verbal tirade. Drunk EasyJet passenger attempts to eat phone, verbally assaults crew before emergency landing 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Comedy in Scotland tends to be overly concentrated around the two major centres of Glasgow and Edinburgh. This week's new live comedy 2013-05-18T05:00:13Z

And so Scotland is being Gaelicised, superficially and quite literally by tokens. Why I'm saddened by Scotland going Gaelic 2010-12-11T08:00:00Z

There are also drawings and prints, and one artist — Eduardo Paolozzi, born in Scotland with an Italian name — is represented only by works on paper. In the galleries: A look at apartheid’s cruel costs

A recipe dating to at least the 16th century, it’s considered the national soup of Scotland, ladled up for St. Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night. This Scottish Chicken Soup Is Its Own Kind of Medicine 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Hemingway’s travelogue through Ireland and Scotland was written as letters to his parents and what seem to be diary entries, so it didn’t seem significant. Hemingway’s First Short Story Found in Key West 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

Now long retired and removed from his home base of Edinburgh, Scotland, he’s not able to leverage the once helpful former-policeman connections. Review | Kate Atkinson’s dreamy detective returns, and his first case is a tangle of sex and lies 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

And amazingly, thanks to a career spent talking all the time, a company in Scotland has been working with him to construct a computer voice program based on clips of his real voice. Roger Ebert on "Oprah": The critic's voice 2010-03-02T23:05:00Z

And they’re gorgeous, rolling hills and venerable castles and foggy marshes and leafy forests, offering even more escape than we were already enjoying from this tale of a 1940s woman inexplicably zapped into 18th-century Scotland. The 18 Best TV Shows for Vicarious Travel Thrills 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

Our ship sailed from Edinburgh, Scotland, up the coast of Norway and ended at Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago closest to the North Pole. From the bottom of the world to the top, two friends explore the poles 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Duck Dynasty Season 7 of the hit but sometimes controversial reality series opens with a one-hour episode that finds the Robertsons traveling to Scotland. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Black-ish' on ABC 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

Scotland sees a steady flow of visitors looking to re-create scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the remote Doune Castle, where it was filmed. 2009-12-03T18:01:00Z

After selected performances of this National Theatre of Scotland production, the young audience gets to relive the fun. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish – review 2013-05-02T17:18:05Z

We were back home in Nairn, in a little town north of Scotland. "All Creatures Great and Small" star on animals, slow-burn romance & what makes a Scottish Christmas 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

Chambers Bay is modeled on the links-style courses of Scotland — built on sand and bordering the sea, although in this case railroad tracks are closest to the water. ‘America’s St. Andrews:’ a golfing gem in Pierce County 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Perhaps more are underrated; one was Albert Dormer, who died at 88 on March 18 in Scotland, where he had moved upon retirement. Bridge: Albert Dormer at the World Senior Pairs in 1990 2014-05-11T21:27:58Z

This famous photograph of Sir Paul and two of the couple's children - Stella and James - was taken on the family's farm in Scotland in 1982. In pictures 2011-04-18T11:54:06Z

In Scotland and Canada, the liquid is spelled “whisky.” Canadian Whisky’s Long-Awaited Comeback 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Step inside, and you enter one of Scotland's finest and most unexpected new public spaces. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z

The Paul Is Dead hoax would be quelled after Life magazine dispatched a crew to Scotland to track down McCartney. How "Maybe I'm Amazed" brought Paul McCartney back to life 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

"We were working very, very hard, it was very last-minute," he said of the period just before the Pythons travelled to Scotland to shoot Holy Grail. Palin rejects "seventh Python" claim in court case 2012-12-05T15:17:55Z

“There’s no story,” he tells himself, standing on a train platform somewhere in the north of Scotland. Review | Ali Smith’s ‘Spring’ is another brilliant installment in her seasonal quartet 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

The sequence was shot with hidden cameras on a street in Glasgow, Scotland. ArtsBeat: Anatomy of a Scene: Video of ‘Under the Skin’ 2014-04-03T19:20:58Z

When Queen Elizabeth II's health worsened and it was announced that the monarch was under medical supervision in Balmoral Castle in Scotland, multiple members of the royal family were flown in together. Drugs, silence and Camilla “the villain”: Revelations from Prince Harry’s “60 Minutes” interview 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

Reportedly, the film really struggled in Scotland and north-east England. Chalet Girl takes top spot in battle of the new releases but fails to scale the heights 2011-03-22T11:45:44Z

Just because we've set it in Scotland doesn't mean it's a nationalist interpretation. John Tiffany: from Black Watch to Peter Pan 2010-04-05T20:35:00Z

What were some new things you learned about Scotland and your relationship to the country while making the show? ‘Outlander’ Star Sam Heughan Wants You to Love Scotland, Too 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Cumming and Hoggett began a residency at the National Theater of Scotland, which produced the show with the Edinburgh International Festival and the Joyce. Alan Cumming Uses Dance to Get at the Truth of Robert Burns 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Mycroft’s journey to Scotland, for example, contributes nothing to the plot. Review | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returns to his other passion: Sherlock Holmes 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

It is Historic Scotland, though, that is feeling the heat in this dispute. Scottish town that changed the world fights for its rights 2013-03-31T00:06:09Z

Arthur Melville's cabbages, flourishing in Scotland, are equally extraordinary: a tide of blue-green buoys lapping the legs of an East Lothian gardener Sisley's garden outside Paris lies hidden beneath blue snow. Impressionist Gardens; Another World: Dal?, Magritte, Mir? and the Surrealists 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Yet Scotch is as central to Scotland’s image abroad as shortbread, “Braveheart” and tartans. Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry 2012-05-23T14:47:00Z

A second edition was set up at Scone Palace, near Perth in Scotland, and there are now three in South Africa, one in Bangkok and another in Dubai. Rewind Festival sells '80s pop from English countryside to Asia 2013-08-15T11:23:51Z

“Ye cannae whack a Teacher” was a ubiquitous advert slogan in Scotland years ago. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Ramsay started out modestly after moving from Scotland to Stratford-upon-Avon as a boy. Gordon Ramsay’s social media project culminates in cookbook 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Until my parents and I moved away from London, to Scotland, in 2001, the twins had never really lived apart and didn’t even have separate purses or bank accounts. ‘She was like a second mother’: growing up with my mum and her identical twin 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

Capture The Museum is currently free to play, on a sign-up basis, whenever National Museums Scotland staff choose to host the game. Making a museum game that's more than just a tour of the building 2013-06-14T15:18:29Z

He first noticed the boom when he visited remote beaches in Orkney, Scotland, and found them littered with rock piles. People Are Stacking Too Many Stones 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

There are sections in rural Tennessee, where he went to live with his grandmother after his Jamaican father abandoned the family to play professional soccer in Scotland. Books of The Times: ?The Last Holiday: A Memoir? by Gil Scott-Heron - Review 2012-01-09T23:31:50Z

They spent the next few months together before Jenny moved back to Scotland to start her PhD at the University of St Andrews. How we met: 'He's so brave. I once saw him climb into a tree to save a black mamba' 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

Critics have described the show that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland in 2012 before transferring to London as "witty, quirky" and a "delicious political satire." 'Clinton: The Musical' gets U.S. debut at NY theater festival 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

But when , set in Scotland, she said: "Why insist on building a new border between human beings in an ever-shrinking world where we are still struggling to live alongside each other?" Celebrity independence interventions 2014-02-20T15:08:01Z

Whoever controlled Alnwick therefore controlled the main route from Scotland to the South, and by the catastrophic year of 1315, when the long winter began, this was the House of Percy. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

Through their consulting firm Lateral North, Graham Hogg and Alex Hobday help towns in the upper reaches of Scotland develop their Nordic potential as transportation and green energy hubs. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

I just think that her story has become so sweetened, biscuit tinned as we would say in Scotland, neutered of its horror through the years of us becoming accustomed and inured to it. Alan Cumming Would Like to Play the Title Character in ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

However, because his primary residence was not in Scotland, Mr. Connery was not eligible to vote. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Brian Wilson writes: Tom Fleming will be remembered for his dedication to the idea of a National Theatre of Scotland which he pursued throughout his acting life. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

It's being feted on the French Riviera, but Brannigan says that once he returns to Scotland he will be unemployed. Loach in Cannes with spirited 'The Angels' Share' 2012-05-22T15:44:09Z

Flora, who is originally from Scotland and lives in London, has had a collection of muslin cloths, or Bubbys, for 25 years. Still have your childhood teddy? The psychological power of the toys we keep 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Paws, from Scotland, brought a deliberately disheveled punk attack to songs that galloped through tersely phrased complaints. Eras Mix Among 1,300 Groups at CMJ Music Marathon 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

But the style of whiskey and soda getting all the attention nowadays did not originate in Scotland, but in Japan. It’s Highball Season. Here’s Where to Try Some of the Best in the U.S. 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

He studied at Oxford and opened a Tibetan center in Scotland, where he gave up his monastic vows, married a 15-year-old British girl and was partially paralyzed in a car accident. | 'Crazy Wisdom': ?Crazy Wisdom? Profiles the Buddhist Chogyam Trungpa - Review 2011-11-24T19:59:29Z

We had just agreed that the fresh oysters at the Glenview, a restaurant and inn on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, were probably the best we’d ever had. Choice Tables: Seafood Fresh From Scotland?s Island Waters 2010-08-12T04:30:00Z

In Scotland, predictably, it was the windiest day of the year and the screen spent the entire movie flexing and bending in on itself. Pop-up cinemas: top 10 tips for creating your own 2011-08-22T16:06:12Z

Rebus is back," wrote Marcel Berlins in the Times with some relish, "only more so … Rankin and Rebus show themselves to be equally at ease in the bleak, unlovely parts of Scotland. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2012-11-09T22:55:10Z

The Wheel The National Theatre of Scotland has no input into the Edinburgh International Festival programme this year but it does have two shows on the fringe as part of the Traverse Festival season. This week's new theatre 2011-07-22T23:08:04Z

Robert Paterson named the Tudor mansion after his mother’s ancestral home in Blantyre, Scotland. Nine Country Inns to Visit This Fall 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

She moved with her parents and two brothers to Scotland when she was 9, then at 15 to Rochester, N.Y. Ingrid Sischy’s Genius: Portraits of Contemporary Culture 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

Now a campaign in Scotland aims to rehabilitate the 11th-century ruler's tarnished image, arguing that Shakespeare fictionalised the Scot's reign and misrepresented the truth in the eponymous play. Scottish campaign aims to reveal the real Macbeth 2013-02-14T17:06:38Z

Doubtless there existed English men and women who’d already heard about the book, perhaps even seen it, but what are the odds that one of them was the eighteen-year-old king of Scotland? The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

That might mean a change in direction for the small but durable Chicago company Davis was named to lead after artistic director PJ Paparelli was killed in a car accident last summer in Scotland. Body of work: Transgender director returns to Olney Theatre Center with ‘Evita’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

The canvas itself, the so-called Disruption Portrait, is on loan from the Free Church of Scotland along with several of Adamson’s salted paper portrait prints. How Photography Cast New Light on Art 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Mr Harper is probably one of the most accomplished pop songwriters in Scotland, yet he's still little-known in his native land. February's best music from across the MAP 2013-02-15T09:17:22Z

Its London setting was chosen above Scotland, where Rowling lives, because "you could write about London all your life and not exhaust the plots, settings or history," she said. JK Rowling sheds light on alter ego 2013-07-24T09:52:53Z

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the "revolutionary" conference where 70 of the world's most celebrated writers came to Scotland to discuss the world of literature. 'Revolutionary' conference marked 2012-08-16T17:07:03Z

The Sun reported on Monday that detectives from Scotland Yard's major crimes unit were examining evidence handed to it by the newspaper after its exposé on Sunday. Tulisa Contostavlos arrested on suspicion of supplying cocaine 2013-06-04T14:18:00Z

But there have been some unusual venues: Scotland's secret nuclear bunker in Anstruther, built in 1951, a potato barn, a scout hut in darkness and a cave. Scotland's best classical music festivals 2012-05-25T21:45:07Z

The famed seaman was born in Greenock, Scotland around 1645 and moved to New York - then merely an outpost of Britain's budding empire - sometime thereafter. Was Captain Kidd set up? New exhibit airs doubts 2011-05-19T16:46:11Z

The following July, Nicolas Kent announced he was leaving London's tiny but powerful Tricycle after 28 years, rapidly followed by the artistic director of Scotland's Traverse. Meet the new guard running British theatre 2013-02-17T20:30:01Z

This great stone wall stretched 73 miles from coast to coast across the narrowest part of northern England, where Britannia stopped and the barbarian land that would someday be Scotland began. In Europe’s border walls, a divided history and a united future 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Dirk Pitt’s research of a curious disease in Scotland puts him — and his family — in danger. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

The MacLeods are getting ready for a New Year’s Eve party on their vacation farm in Scotland when Ross MacLeod — later known as “Patient Zero” — shoots a pheasant. The apocalypse, as imagined by Nora Roberts 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

But in 1994, the secretary for Scotland told us money would be found for the renovation. Art: New Beacon of Scotland's Identity 2011-12-17T08:00:10Z

Steele was born near Chicago and attended that city’s Art Institute, but spent much of his childhood in Scotland. In the galleries: Showcasing an artist’s exploration and influence 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

He is from the run-down part of Edinburgh where "Trainspotting" is set, though he now lives in Chicago, returning to Scotland for around three months a year. Trainspotting author sees 'bleak dystopia' in real life too 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Hamilton’s name for the estate may perhaps indicate an envy of the family and privilege that might have been his: his grandfather, also named Alexander Hamilton, was the laird of Grange in Ayrshire, Scotland. Museum Review: Alexander Hamilton?s Renovated Grange - Review 2011-09-15T22:35:12Z

Closely associated with him is a professional from Scotland Yard, Mr. Parker, who does the routine work. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay, Wales and England to leave. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Chris Mullin will also be talking about why politics still matters, and the Rethinking the Union debate asks whether an independent Scotland would be weaker on the international stage. Edinburgh International Book festival: day 11 bulletin 2012-08-21T10:52:00Z

Walter connected Lubbock police with Scotland Yard blood splatter experts. Murder on the menu 2012-11-22T14:00:00Z

In the early 90’s we were in Edinburgh, Scotland. ‘Prince Was Our True Artist’: Readers Share Their Memories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Find late offers on cosy hideaways from Scotland to the Isle of Wight Resolution not revolution Has the new year drawn a food or drink related resolution from you? The G2 calendar 2011 2010-12-17T07:30:00Z

Reminiscent of a bygone way of village life I'm certain still exists in parts of rural Scotland, I loved this book for its depiction of the wide variety of human characters. Amnesty teen takeover: Debi Gliori's top 10 books with pictures that open your eyes to the world 2012-08-22T11:19:04Z

What did that add, for the show to be able to shoot it in in Scotland? PBS' "Guilt" examines what happens to estranged brothers after they finally bond over killing someon 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Reportedly made at great expense, the series, with its rich and lavish interiors, serves as a beautiful tourist advertisement for Scotland in particular. Netflix’s 'The Crown' Makes the Most of an Unknowable Queen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

In 1850 he was elected president of the Royal Scottish Academy, appointed Queen's Limner for Scotland - her chief illustrator in the country - and was knighted. Art hidden for 100 years restored 2012-05-28T11:05:42Z

He was also writing from the point of view of a culture in Scotland and in Ireland where the spirit world is very real. Philip Pullman on His New Trilogy and the upcoming 'His Dark Materials' TV Show 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

Restoring a train route that once shipped Scottish tartan, tweed, wool and coal, the new Borders Railway in Scotland, opened last week, aims to boost tourism in the Scottish Borders region south of Edinburgh. Air and Rail News: A Scenic Train in Scotland, Boston-Westchester Flights 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

There's the thistle, the national flower of Scotland; clovers, a symbol of Northern Ireland; yellow daffodils, the national flower of Wales; and the Tudor Rose, the national flower of England. God Save the King: Here are 6 things we learned from King Charles’ coronation invitation 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

"Financed by private investment, protected by the state," the Company of Scotland is duly bankrolled by over half the wealth in Scotland. Caledonia 2010-08-22T14:41:00Z

But the National Theatre of Scotland must also take its share. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

Scots earned a reputation as peerless witch hunters after King James VI of Scotland published a treatise on witchcraft, “Daemonologie,” in 1597. A Deadly Storm, a Witch Hunt and a Village Without Men 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Novels on subjects ranging from murder in 19th century Scotland to classical music in revolutionary China were short-listed on Tuesday for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, considered one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. Scottish killings and Californian satire on shortlist for Man Booker Prize 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

My sense is that it would probably turn Britain – or maybe England, if Scotland pulls out – into even more of a dependency on the US. Noam Chomsky on Donald Trump: 'Almost a death knell for the human species' 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

In Scotland, and the UK generally, there is an openness to the debate about the role of prison and rehabilitation. Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Ms. Brown grew up in Prestwick, Scotland, where she was a star soccer player. Making the Jump From ‘Girlfriends’ to Spouses 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

While political consultation is key, according to James Morton, manager of the Scottish Trans Alliance, another feature propelling reform in Scotland has been the close collaboration between feminist and transgender activists. 'A monumental change': how Ireland transformed transgender rights 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Long before thoughts of secession, or union for that matter, Mary was queen of Scotland, and France to boot, and she still is on the return of the period drama "Reign." TV This Week Sept. 28 - Oct. 4: 'Reign' on KTLA 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Finally, he seems to reach a conclusion: "I'm afraid, in Scotland, that's all too frequent!" Alasdair Gray: 'There isn't much time. Better get on with it' 2012-11-18T00:08:01Z

FanDuel, still based in Scotland, almost went out of business before some existing shareholders stepped in to provide enough cash to last six months. How Fake Sports Are Turning Man Cave Dwellers Into Millionaires 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

In one scene she’s making out with a man who is never identified; in another she’s yammering about hoping to find a plaything in Scotland: “I want to fondle him under his kilt.” Television Review: ‘Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life,’ a Documentary on MTV 2013-04-22T21:45:35Z

This was Bannockburn, at which Scotland effectively secured its independence from England. The Eagle bears the standard Scottish stereotype 2011-03-28T09:55:28Z

A while back, I went to a wedding in Scotland, with the reception held at a castle full of hatted ladies — myself included — strolling about and decorously sipping Champagne. Princess-to-be Kate Middleton is tops when it comes to toppers 2011-04-15T23:45:42Z

Her father, who would become a prominent academic, studied agriculture in Scotland and brought home a Scottish bride, Ms. Saleh’s mother. A Ballerina’s Story, Once Upon a Time in Egypt 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

All of the home nations are in action tonight, with Scotland v Wales the standout tie. TV highlights 22/03/2013 2013-03-22T07:00:07Z

This gritty nine-episode BBC series, now available on Netflix, features British actor Martin Shaw as George Gently, a Scotland Yard detective who relocates to North England after his wife is murdered by a gangster. What our writers love this week 2011-06-29T23:23:05Z

“It was something from Scotland called The Advocate.” Rachel Weisz: 'My parents were refugees. Brexit feels like a death' 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

Claire is whisked not just from one Scotland to an earlier one, but from the aftermath of one war to the midst of another. REVIEW: Outlander Is Many Kinds of Show, All in One Kilt 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Weir was born in Scotland in 1954 but grew up in London. Weir named as Master of the Queen's Music 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

I’d arrived in Scotland in late October, and the narrow, tangled route to Luing was flanked by a psychedelic canvas of rusts, ambers and greens. Footsteps: Poetry Made Me Do It: My Trip to the Hebrides 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z

An argument over style and substance erupts at a climactic point in “Beautiful Burnout,” a new play from Scotland about amateur boxers aiming for glory that opened on Tuesday night at St. Ann’s Warehouse. | 'Beautiful Burnout': Hoping to Punch a Path to Glory 2011-03-02T03:01:01Z

The Tudor dynasty died with her, and her cousin James came down from Scotland to sit at last on the English throne. Behind Every Monarch, an Art Alliance 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

The annual Auchinawa convention in Scotland gives fans the opportunity to meet and discuss anime in a wider forum, but it is still small scale. I nominate Japanese anime for most underrated genre 2011-02-25T12:38:19Z

When his marriage broke down, he remained in Devon but continued setting his novels in Scotland. Iain Blair obituary 2011-08-15T17:34:06Z

Charles and Camilla, who are in Scotland, appeared outside a front door, in unusually casual attire by their standards. Prince Charles and his wife join UK round of applause for carers 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

Within hours, Scotland Yard was at the central London offices of the Daily Star Sunday - a downmarket tabloid with a circulation of about 300,000. UK media feels the heat after phone-hack scandal 2011-07-08T20:15:11Z

A couple in Scotland recently celebrated their marriage with a reception at McDonald's, after the coronavirus pandemic derailed their traditional plans. Couple celebrates wedding at McDonald's after coronavirus derails plans 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

The manpower alone: Scotland Yard detectives and local constables and plainclothes officers stationed just on the chance that someone will walk by. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Prayers for Isis 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

The designs included the thistle and shamrock, the flowers of Scotland and Ireland, and the English rose. Princess Eugenie weds in Peter Pilotto dress and queen's tiara 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

There's a lion, which symbolizes courage and strength; a unicorn, the national animal of Scotland; and a boar, which is from Camilla's coat of arms and the crest of her father, Major Bruce Shand. God Save the King: Here are 6 things we learned from King Charles’ coronation invitation 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

“Outlander” is far more at home among the green hills and simple beauty of Scotland. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 8: Homecoming 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

The millionth episode of the popular school-based saga, which suddenly moved to Scotland in the most convoluted plot twist of all time, and yet millions of viewers didn't mind. TV highlights – 02/05/2013 2013-05-02T06:00:07Z

The investigation, headed by an unusual pairing of a local Chinese police colonel with a Scotland Yard veteran, foundered. Midnight in Peking: Has Paul French Solved a 75-Year-Old Murder? 2012-04-30T15:45:50Z

She lives in London and Scotland with her husband and four children and Henry, a friendly but enigmatic cat. Top tips for writing animals with human characteristics: Jennifer Gray 2012-10-02T12:35:27Z

People with common sense around Scotland will recognise that and will see this nonsense for exactly what it is.” Finland disputes Scotland's baby box claims after expert warning 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

The couple spent many summers at the royal residence in Scotland, Balmoral Castle, often joined by members of the royal family. Queen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

It wants Scotland to be seen as one of the world's most creative nations by 2020. Creative Scotland offers a positive story 2011-03-17T11:45:06Z

He was in previews for “Scotland, PA,” a bleak and lusty musical comedy about the perils of ambition, which opens at the Pels on Oct. Ten Years Later, Adam Gwon Is Looking to Kill 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

She receives a recording session with BBC Scotland, a performance at the Scots Trad Music Awards and one year's membership of Musicians Union. Oban fiddler wins BBC music award 2012-02-06T10:32:12Z

I think Susan Boyle is as honest and mad as the whole of Scotland. Bumper crop 2010-10-09T23:04:00Z

You ask: How does a story set in Scotland wind up here? Perspective | In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

“It shows that portraits of the queen were being copied and presumably displayed in Scotland around the time of her execution, a highly contentious and potentially dangerous thing to be seen doing,” he added. Rare, hidden portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots revealed 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh and Glasgow festivals bring world cinema to Scotland, but this inaugural festival brings Scottish cinema to Scotland, and helps put a seaside town on the cultural map. This week's new film events 2013-06-08T05:00:10Z

Last summer saw the opening in Aberdeen, Scotland, of Trump International Golf Links after a bitter, yearslong fight waged by environmentalists and local residents against government leaders and, of course, Trump. Donald Trump returns to the 'Apprentice' boardroom 2013-02-28T14:12:09Z

He later studied personnel management and became a lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, in Scotland, even as his anger and bitterness created problems in his personal life. Eric Lomax, River Kwai Prisoner Who Forgave, Dies at 93 2012-10-10T01:22:32Z

In “Macbeth,” high medieval fashion gets a makeover befitting the rugged landscape of 11th-century Scotland. Michael Fassbender and the Robes of Royalty 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

Roasting nuts and bobbing for apples are depicted in this story as traditions that "had died out in England", but were "preserved in full vigour in Ireland and Scotland". Halloween foods from history reveal the holiday’s surprising romantic side — and you can try them yo 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

This English comedian has won plaudits and prizes for his comedic storytelling the world over, from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

"Negotiations are still under way but we expect Susan Boyle to perform as part of the Papal Mass at Bellahouston Park," said a spokesman for the Bishops' Conference of Scotland. Susan Boyle expected to sing for the Pope 2010-06-10T12:52:00Z

Photograph: National Archives of Scotland/PA A lost Vivaldi composition was discovered among a nobleman's papers, it was disclosed today. Vivaldi flute concerto discovered 2010-10-07T09:26:00Z

Throughout the day the rain really is going to develop from south-west Scotland, across Northern Ireland down into north-west England. Isle of Wight festival hit by heavy rain as UK prepares for another soaking 2012-06-22T08:26:02Z

Some pro-independence Scottish nationalists have suggested that the English, who have a long and at times bloody history of rivalry with the Scots, would be glad if Scotland left the UK. Jagger, Hawking join big celebrity push to keep Scotland in the UK 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

"The A-listing from Historic Scotland allows us to celebrate this world famous building as proposals are brought forward for a refurbishment which will secure it for future generations." Museum becomes listed building 2013-02-01T11:24:48Z

It was a story about a character called Nick Fury and he had come to Bonnie Scotland to fight terrorists who had a base at the top of Orkney's Old Man of Hoy. Comic lawman Dredd's Scots roots 2012-08-14T05:37:40Z

Thompson was at the Scotland Street School museum in Glasgow, which is staging an exhibition dedicated to the famous bunny. Peter Rabbit 'made me write book' 2012-08-31T19:05:58Z

“He kept saying things like, ‘Ach, some fella from Scotland wants to come and see me.’ ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

Attributed to a minstrel called Blind Harry, the medieval epic The Wallace was the second bestselling book in Scotland after the Bible for several hundred years after its publication. William Wallace leads charge of TV history dramas 2013-07-20T12:10:37Z

The copy in Scotland was not, strictly speaking, totally unknown. Shakespeare First Folio Discovered, in Time for an Anniversary 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

There was also a 39% rise in visitors to the Scottish National Gallery, with the landmark exhibition Generation: 25 Year of Contemporary Art in Scotland among the highlights. British Museum tops UK visitor sites 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

My dream vacation is to take a very leisurely self-guided tour of Ireland and Scotland visiting as many distilleries as I manage. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

There is, however, quite a bit of gorse, a spiny evergreen shrub that was originally introduced to Oregon from Scotland by settlers to help stem erosion. A wee bit of Scottish golf on Oregon’s coast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Houses built for migrant workers from Scotland, Wales and Ireland are now the homes of millionaires. A tour of Amy Winehouse’s former stomping grounds, London’s Camden 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Where there are limitations, such as the four of them as Captains of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland with rather wobbly accents in places, these are embraced humorously. Henry V 2010-09-26T21:00:00Z

But in this corner of Scotland, the legacy of Rob Roy lives on. Follow in the footsteps of Scottish folk hero on the Rob Roy Way 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Three families with a single free day in Scotland and too much to see. Edinburgh in a day: A quick family visit to Scotland (with beer and skittles) 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

I was introduced and, God help me, probably offered him the greetings of the people of Scotland. The night I spent drinking with Hunter S Thompson | Ruaridh Nicoll 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

Syrians became part of the American community a half century before Trump’s own mother immigrated from Scotland, in 1929. The Little Syria of Deep Valley 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

She designed the interior, giving it a bright, clean-edged Scandinavian feel, a nod to Scotland’s Nordic ties. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

It really is in Scotland, and also Ireland and the UK in general. Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

“Without further ado,” Beccy said after a quick introduction to our event, “I am going to show you Scotland.” Airbnb’s worldwide experiences adapt to the times and move online 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

She graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and received a master’s degree in international development management from the London School of Economics. Lacy Selig, Chase Waters 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

But to Gemma, everyone raised in the part of the former steel town of Motherwell, Scotland, where she is from tends to turn out the same way. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

Scotland’s second city of Glasgow is working on improvements to its city center. What’s new in Great Britain for 2020 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Like other police departments, Scotland Yard uses Twitter to warn the public about possible dangers and to provide information to journalists for publication. Hack leads to strange tweets, web posts from London police 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z

He was so highly regarded & respected in Scotland and beyond that years of future turmoil was avoided. Sean Connery helped me get Scottish plans approved, says Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

Millions of viewers in England, Scotland and Wales will be able to watch the TV ad for Marie Stopes International on Channel 4 at 10.10pm tonight. Abortion ad blocked in Northern Ireland 2010-05-20T09:24:00Z

An abandoned brutalist building in western Scotland is to be preserved as the first ever "modernist ruin". Preserving Scotland's modernist ruin 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

He made his way to Edinburgh, Scotland, and in the decades after his internment, he was a force in British culture. Music of Remembrance ‘To Life!’ concert honors 4 musicians who survived the Holocaust 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

To some extent, that intricacy reflects the well-traveled life of its author, Leila Aboulela, who was born in Egypt, was raised in Sudan, studied in England and now lives in Scotland. ‘The Kindness of Enemies’ explores the deep roots of the war on terror 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

“It is absolutely not true that I ‘broke the resistance’ of the orchestra,” Mr. Masur told Scotland on Sunday. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

Maybe you’ve got to start looking at a house in Scotland.” Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

The Open Book is not entirely my kind of used bookstore in that its literature section is modest, dwarfed by the sections for miscellaneous subjects like birds and Scotland and garden design. A Critic Sells Books Down by the Seashore 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Our producer came to Scotland to see me and we just dressed up for about 20 minutes. Actresses bond over playing dress up, tattoos and aging on screen 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Two years later, another job took the family to Aberdeen, Scotland, and when Sanneh was 5, the family moved to Massachusetts. Why Write About Pop Music? ‘I Like When People Disagree About Stuff.’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

So there comes a moment when we turn and look at each other – England and Scotland – and realise we just want different things. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

In his childhood, Maxwell, the author of Ring of Bright Water, became Nutkins' legal guardian so that he could remain in Scotland to assist him. Wildlife presenter Nutkins dies 2012-09-07T16:03:20Z

For three decades Dundas was the Grand Manager of Scotland, or Great Tyrant to his enemies, and the trusted lieutenant of British prime minister William Pitt. Dundas papers secured for archive 2012-07-03T12:35:56Z

I believe the make up artists dirty his wig hair a bit to represent life in 18th century Scotland countryside. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

I hastily threw in that my dad's from Scotland, something I keep up my sleeve in case of an anti-English tirade. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-10T20:45:01Z

Returning to Scotland for the first time since 1973, the golf tournament between teams from Europe and the United States is expected to attract 45,000 spectators a day. Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

It also found "coverage of rural affairs in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales was strong with a good range of interviewees and nuanced understanding of the issues". BBC rural coverage 'simplistic' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Are you not into what's happening across the country, the fact that our President goes to Scotland and hits the links? Kelly Macdonald talks to Salon about stepping into a starring role with “Puzzle” 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Seventeen new exhibitions run through the history of Scotland from the Reformation, the 18th century Enlightenment, Empire, modernity and the contemporary. Scotland's portrait gallery fulfils 120-yr-old dream 2011-11-29T16:39:58Z

Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, tweeted a photo of the book, and congratulated Stuart on his Booker nomination. How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

The chief executive of Creative Scotland Andrew Dixon says there is political support for the arts in Scotland, contrasting it with the situation in England. Are things better in Scotland? Plus how to save a threatened arts centre 2011-01-19T07:00:03Z

“The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart,” a National Theater of Scotland production which I caught at the London Welsh Center near King’s Cross Station, is about a dance with the Devil. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Prudencia Hart’ Sing Anew in London 2013-07-16T21:56:11Z

The practice was eventually brought over to Scotland by the late 13th century by Irish monks. Leap Day proposals: The story behind the Irish tradition 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

Scotland was better off telling its own stories than it was just repeating the story of victimhood at the hands of the English that it loved so much – too much. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z

But many in Scotland – including the BBC – would be keen to see it return. Poverty porn? 2010-05-28T11:11:00Z

These tend to be set in a closely observed present-day Scotland, and to feature a freewheeling, eventful plot with comic and gothic elements. The Quarry by Iain Banks – review 2013-06-14T06:28:54Z

Confined to rural Scotland, Richard and Helen are rudely awakened to the fact that their likely life partners are, respectively, a bully and a bore. On Approval – review 2013-04-15T17:13:19Z

This time, Grylls takes the notoriously testy actor through the rugged mountains of the Isle of Skye in northern Scotland. TV highlights: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ premieres on ABC

The 91-year-old British royal accompanied his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, to an 18th century parish church in Scotland on Sunday. Prince Philip in first appearance since hospital 2012-08-26T15:02:09Z

I was working on an article about him for Golf Digest, and the main focus was a course of his that was about to open on the east coast of Scotland, near Aberdeen. Lessons from Playing Golf with Trump 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

According to her website, Houston is next set to perform on April 11 in Glasgow, Scotland. Whitney Houston postpones more dates after illness 2010-04-07T09:39:00Z

I want Scotland to be Scottish through and through – I hate to hear English accents in the shops there. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

Last year’s overall winner was Tease, a whippet from Scotland. Crufts dog show opens in Britain with 200 breeds competing 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Rowling, who was born in England but has lived in Scotland most of her life, was targeted by Scottish nationalists because she was a vocal opponent of Scottish independence. J.K. Rowling Trolled After Showing Support for the Scottish Rugby Team 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

“It’s an attempt to create a narrative putting together the history of activity that sets Scotland apart from British art over the last 25 years,” Mr. Groom said. Space Pod Alights at the Serpentine Gallery 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

"Scotland and the world were rocked by his death last weekend," said Nick Barley, the festival director. Edinburgh international book festival announces 2013 lineup 2013-06-20T08:30:20Z

Perhaps an independent Scotland would offer a restrained alternative to Westminster's current slash and burn. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

In all four societies – Ireland, Catalonia, Bengal, Scotland – two languages were in conflict, or at least there was an older shadow language against the one of substance. Joyce's Dublin: city of dreamers and chancers 2012-06-15T21:55:00Z

The director of Scotland Yard finally agrees to let Lenox and Graham join its investigation. Review | ‘The Woman in the Water’: An elegant mystery novel set in Victorian England 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

He was born in Scotland, and brought up in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, the son of a sign-painter and one of 11 children. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z

That includes £1.2m for the "Made In Scotland" strand of funding for events at the Fringe festival. Edinburgh festivals funding: see what they get, before the cuts bite. Full data 2010-08-16T07:00:00Z

Women were pretty feisty in medieval Scotland … Princess Merida in Brave. A Scottish historian on Brave 2012-08-29T17:53:15Z

But the guys in Scotland at our Rockstar North studio, they have a different perspective, as people who never lived here. Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z

But I think people in Scotland see beyond the American that is Trump. Briton takes on the documentary world - and Donald Trump 2012-08-03T19:24:26Z

Even within Scotland, his status is that of a graduate of a Glasgow, rather than an Edinburgh, art training. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

Scotland is one of the most diverse nations on earth, claims Alistair Moffat, author of the book The Scots: A Genetic Journey. Scottish people's DNA study could 'rewrite nation's history' 2012-08-15T00:24:24Z

We shared the same name and he was once asked for his autograph by a barmaid in Scotland when she saw his credit card. Armistead Maupin: ‘Being gay liberated me’ 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

His win on Sunday should make him a lock for an Oscar nomination; it also makes him the first Black winner since Forest Whitaker's received his Globe award for 2006's "The Last King of Scotland." The Golden Globes' cringey attempts at diversity signaling was a joke 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Telegraph reports that the design director at Pringle of Scotland is leaving. On the Runway Blog: Fashion New We're Reading Now 2012-04-27T17:07:53Z

For social inequality, as Devine shows, underpinned the rise – and, it turns out, the fall – of industrial Scotland. To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z

This week’s episode is filmed in Scotland again. Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘Gerri is quite a badass but also relatable’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

Having moved back to Scotland from London, Wright faces a dilemma next year in Scotland's vote on whether to break away formally from the United Kingdom after receiving substantial funding from the British film industry. Britain's 'kitchen sink' cinema finds dark new twist 2013-10-07T13:34:55Z

Godfrey Evans, the principal curator of European decorative arts at the National Museums Scotland, said Hearst was “just devouring” buildings as they were razed. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

"Being associate director at the National Theatre of Scotland in its formative years has changed my life," said Tiffany. John Tiffany steps down from National Theatre of Scotland 2012-12-19T15:21:02Z

The angling appeal of Atlantic salmon dates back hundreds of years and was popularized at least in part by British royals, who plied the rivers of Scotland for the silvery game fish. On a remote Russian peninsula, one of the world’s most celebrated Atlantic salmon fisheries 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

One consequence of the coming to power of David Cameron is the way it makes England and Scotland look like political strangers. This week's new comedy 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z

Mr. Pogson, who is from Scotland, said he more than satisfied his end of the arrangement. A Clubby French Bistro Ruffles Uptown Social Feathers 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

Among the galleries exhibiting here for the first time are the Modern Institute of Glasgow in Scotland, the Long March Space of Beijing, and Landau Fine Art of Montreal. At FIAC, a Museum Cruise Along the Seine 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

When the Beatles finally got to the business of recording "Abbey Road," Lennon’s participation was delayed by a harrowing automobile accident in Scotland that left he and Ono briefly hospitalized and riddled with stitches. In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon's addiction took its toll on the band 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

The sole American on the shortlist is Ellmann, a native of Illinois who now lives in Scotland. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Share Booker Prize 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

All Scotch whisky must be made in Scotland. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

However, some argue that Bauer's medium wave stations were the direct successors to the original independent local radio stations established across Scotland in the 70s and early 80s such as Radio Clyde and Radio Forth. Radio stations to share programmes 2013-06-03T17:01:45Z

Part of the Edinburgh International Festival, The James Plays are a new cycle of history plays by award-winning playwright Rona Munro based on three generations of Stewart Kings who ruled Scotland in the 15th Century. Edinburgh 2014: The hot tickets 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

Historic Scotland who made the award said it reflected the building's importance as an example of 1970s architecture. Museum becomes listed building 2013-02-01T11:24:48Z

Scotland, keen to stay in the European Union, has every reason to vote for independence from England. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

An autumnal air of melancholy seems to hang over Charles Todd’s elegant police procedurals featuring Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard. Marilyn Stasio’s Crime Column Exhumes the Murderous Past 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Harper distillery near Louisville, Ky. While whiskey produced in the United States might earn frequent comparisons to drinks from Scotland and Ireland, the American bourbon trail was largely paved by immigrants from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. 5 Stops on Germany’s Whiskey Trail 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

One character says: "There can be no peace in Scotland while the queen is in Dunsinane." 2010-02-10T16:52:00Z

Forna, born in Scotland to a Sierra Leonean father and Scottish mother, sets her second novel in the aftermath of the Sierra Leone civil war examining how people survive the memory of such brutal experiences. Ex-Sesame Street writer makes Orange prize shortlist with first novel 2011-04-12T17:10:42Z

According to Stuart Kelly in Scotland on Sunday, it's a "sharp, poignant novel . . . that "stunningly evokes" the 80s: "The shades of Debord, Derrida, Foucault and especially Bataille linger in the novel's background. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2011-02-12T00:05:20Z

"We would hope to be in a position to be a support to other theatres and arts organisations in Scotland given the additional rehearsal space we will have." National Theatre of Scotland finds permanent home 2013-01-14T11:33:27Z

Photograph: National Gallery of Scotland is accomplished in the art of decline. Velázquez: the artist of Spanish decline 2012-06-11T09:48:33Z

“The Good Hawk” tells the story of two flawed, unlikely teenage heroes in a mythical Scotland, on the Isle of Skye. Teenage Heroes in a Mythical Land Fight Monsters, and Stereotypes 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

Scotland Yard has maintained that its assessment of the accusations remains a scoping exercise before it decides whether to launch a formal investigation. Jimmy Savile: police pursue 120 lines of inquiry 2012-10-09T13:23:00Z

“For years I thought I missed Scotland,” Mr. Roach wrote in “Tell Me Why,” his 2019 memoir. Archie Roach, Who Lived and Sang the Aboriginal Blues, Dies at 66 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Glasses of whisky are raised to toast the memory of the poor farmer’s son born in Ayrshire in southwest Scotland in 1759 whose poetry is read and loved over 260 years later. Haggis is growing in popularity, and not just in Scotland 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

Protestant Scotland wasn't Catholic Italy, but Renaissance and Baroque paintings could still be read as secular lessons. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

In recent months, critics in the U.K. have complained that Scotland Yard was excessively slow to move on the charges of phone hacking. Sienna Miller wins one for privacy 2011-06-07T20:23:00Z

Charles and his wife, Camilla, isolated at Queen Elizabeth II’s Balmoral estate in Scotland at the time. Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

A drunk passenger forced an Easyjet flight to make an emergency landing in Edinburgh, Scotland, after he became aggressive toward crew members and others on board. ‘Aggressive’ Easyjet passenger snaps phone in half, forces emergency landing 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

The knockout power of Frantic Assembly's co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland is that it offers a glimpse into another world. Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-09T20:31:00Z

These remarkably accomplished novels — focusing on struggles for political power in, respectively, Renaissance Italy, late-17th-century Scotland and the so-called Dark Ages — earned Bowen acclaim from such literary eminences as Mark Twain and Arthur Conan Doyle. Review | ‘Black Magic’ is an oft-overlooked thriller. Don’t overlook it. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

Yet he also worked flushing grouse for hunters at the British royal family’s castle Balmoral, in Scotland. Kazuo Ishiguro is a rarity and now a Nobel Laureate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

“As a Scot and as someone with a lifelong love for both Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss,” he wrote. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

While Trump’s matrilineal ancestors were farming in rural Scotland in the 18th century, a minister and professor named Hugh Blair was in Edinburgh writing about taste. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Handwritten poems and letters by Robert Burns have gone on display at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh ahead of Burns Night. New display of Robert Burns' poems 2014-01-23T12:39:54Z

He built the Elgin — named for his father’s home in Scotland — at his own expense. Deep Below Rockefeller Center Lies a Legendary Botanical Garden 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

This scores many a laugh in Wils Wilson's rough-and-ready production for the National Theatre of Scotland, which is touring the bar-rooms of Scotland for added authenticity, wild musical outbursts and all. The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart ? review 2011-02-12T11:51:44Z

She’s staying alone at her recently deceased grandmother’s house while it’s on the market to be sold, in North Berwick, a village on the eastern shore of Scotland. Women on the Scottish Coast, at the Whims of Male Violence 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

On a recent hunting and whiskey-making getaway, for example, guests stayed at a seaside castle in Scotland that’s not open to the public. In Transit: A New Entrant in Adventure Travel Outfitters 2011-02-15T20:00:41Z

Scotland Yard will double the number of officers on duty at the Notting Hill carnival at the end of August to 20,000 – by far the biggest deployment in the event's 47-year history. Notting Hill carnival goes ahead after Scotland Yard doubles police numbers to 20,000 2011-08-20T23:06:51Z

She was the granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England through his daughter, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. 10 royal heirs who died before they reigned 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

A woman in Scotland is thanking a local community for helping her find a long-lost bracelet she was gifted by her late cousin. Woman reunites with cherished bracelet she lost a year ago: 'It's a miracle that it's back with me' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Haunted by “a sense of impending violence,” Wyld’s “wondrous and disturbing” third novel is set on the eastern shore of Scotland near the island of volcanic rock from which it takes its title. New in Paperback: ‘The Bass Rock’ and ‘The Lost Pianos of Siberia’ 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

After a mysterious black-gloved killer gruesomely kills Monica’s business partner — other bodies also start piling up — Scotland Yard starts sniffing around, putting the circus on edge. Like ‘Mommie Dearest’? Stream These Movies for Pride Month 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

She canceled plans to attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, but sent a video message. Palace: Queen Elizabeth II will attend remembrance service 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

As a Scottish government report revealed this year, 64% of people in Scotland do not consider Scots a language, "just a way of speaking". Scots: an auld dug with plenty of bite 2010-06-04T21:00:00Z

He is survived by his wife, Scotland, and five children. Chris Squire, bassist for Yes, dies at 67 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland, where Mr. Gergiev served as honorary president, also said Monday that he had resigned his position after being asked to do so. Valery Gergiev, a Putin Ally, Fired as Chief Conductor in Munich 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

“Lucia” is based on a novel that entranced the Romantics: Walter Scott’s “The Bride of Lammermoor,” set in Scotland around the turn of the 18th century. Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

The Nazi politician was briefly imprisoned at the Tower in 1941 after being caught in Scotland during a failed secret peace mission. After-hours drinking hole a haven for Tower of London's Beefeaters 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Britain, of course, offers a variety of lush landscapes and cultures throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Where Will Americans Travel in 2015? 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

In real life, England had been stricken by civil war, rebellions and famine throughout his reign, and he had lost most of Scotland to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn. Edward II: Derek Jarman's striking reflection on homophobia 2012-08-16T11:00:05Z

The gothic revivalist main building of the University of Glasgow is home to Scotland’s oldest museum. 20 of the world’s creepiest museums 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

For The Last King of Scotland and Atonement star, it was "a cathartic experience" to portray Bruce as he slowly unravelled. McAvoy: 'I toy with the audience' 2013-10-05T00:32:04Z

CAMBRIDGE, England — Robert Macfarlane was partway up a mountain in Scotland when a fellow climber decided to lighten the mood by reciting some William Carlos Williams: “The descent beckons / as the ascent beckoned.” Robert Macfarlane and the Dark Side of Nature Writing 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

Originally from Los Angeles, Ms. Demirdjian, 26, had been living in Paris since June 2017, after recently completing a master’s degree in modern history at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland. Louis XIV Brought Them Together in Paris 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The winter sport of curling originated in Scotland and dates as far back as 1511. 10 cool facts about curling 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

Much Ado About Nothing Making its U.S. debut at the festival before its wider release later this year — it’s already screened in Canada and Scotland – is Joss Whedon’s re-telling of the William Shakespeare comedy. Shakespeare to Napster: The 2013 SXSW Film Festival Raids the Pop-Culture Closet 2013-03-06T14:00:17Z

Javed believes that not enough of Scotland’s Asian population spend enough time in the outdoors. Trail blazers: the Asian hiking group tackling Scotland's treks – and diversity | Nazia Parveen 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

“No one imagines the queen in her life has spoken to a stag in the highlands of Scotland,” Lacey said. The British royal family is struggling through scandals. Can ‘The Crown’ help? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

Scotland has a strong pantomime tradition, but it also produces some terrific plays for children through the work of companies such as Tag, Visible Fictions and Catherine Wheels, and playwrights such as David Greig. This week's new theatre 2010-12-18T00:07:48Z

The presumptive Henry IX of England was born in Scotland on February 19, 1594. 10 royal heirs who died before they reigned 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Under the Skin Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who drives around Scotland, attracting men with her good looks and then stealing their skin. The Best Movies That Didn't Get Nominated for Any Oscars This Year 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Without any fanfare, we started the iconic trail marked with its hallmark symbol resembling the thistle, Scotland’s national flower, walking seven miles along the relatively flat path toward the Bridge of Orchy. We walked half of Scotland’s West Highland Way to fulfill an old hiking dream 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Gribbel already owned some of Burns's papers but, aware of their importance to Scotland, had the newly acquired Glenriddell Manuscripts returned. New display of Robert Burns' poems 2014-01-23T12:39:54Z

Scotland is also busy spiffing up its sights. What’s new in Great Britain for 2020 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Although he was a Protestant, he was a supporter of the Scotland's Catholic regent, and in 1561 he was appointed to the privy council by the newly widowed Mary on her return to Scotland. 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

Not until the 1980s, when less expensive travel and technology allowed Cape Breton musicians to tour Scotland, did the exceptionality of Cape Breton music become palpable there. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

One might imagine that the duties and responsibilities of the office of first minister of Scotland would preclude much time for hinterland. Rachel Kushner meets Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I'm so glad I'm a novelist and not a politician’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

One unsuspecting resident of Skye, Scotland, is probably getting quite an eyeful right now. Tourist to Scotland loses camera containing topless photos, hopes locals will find and return it 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z

His paintings feature in the collections of galleries including the National Galleries of Scotland, Tate Britain in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist John Bellany dies at 71 2013-08-29T05:50:16Z

Simon Keenlyside was the baritone soloist, also in superb voice, and the National Youth Choir of Scotland was outstanding. SCO/Ticciati ? review 2011-08-23T18:20:01Z

Of the 27 pieces recorded for "Vagabond," at least eight were about her personal journey from Scotland to London, Paris and Vancouver, before she returned home. Scottish singer Eddi Reader revisits her roots at folk festival 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

I think my upbringing in rural Scotland was so monolithic in terms of religion. Alan Cumming Would Like to Play the Title Character in ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

"Today too many conductors are just churning out production line performances," he told Scotland on Sunday. Royal composer Peter Maxwell Davies attacks 'lazy' conductors 2011-01-10T01:00:37Z

The improvisational emphases and tonality mark the unmistakable voice of Scotland's most important living novelist – trilling with hilarity one moment, plummeting into mock sonorousness the next. Alasdair Gray: 'There isn't much time. Better get on with it' 2012-11-18T00:08:01Z

Traveling to Scotland for a performance at a remote village pub, he meets an innocent young woman dazzled by his act. 'The Illusionist': Hats off to this magician's tale and tribute to Jacques Tati 2011-01-27T22:37:12Z

For a recap of the story of modern theatre, check out this daft and delightful mock wedding reception by Random Accomplice and the National Theatre of Scotland. Little Johnny's Big Gay Wedding 2010-06-07T22:20:00Z

Scotland completes an almost 300-million-pound project to restore an old train line linking Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders this summer, making it easier than ever to get there. How to Travel in 2015 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Burnistoun and Gary: Tank Commander – two amiable if admittedly more conventional BBC Scotland comedies – were both recently granted the privilege of a networked slot. Limmy's Show!: why is this fine sitcom broadcast only in Scotland? 2012-11-23T12:14:46Z

Blood, Salt, Water,” however, is so relentless in exploring the despair that blankets Morrow’s corner of Scotland that the suspense plot becomes obscured. Denise Mina’s ‘Blood, Salt, Water’: An atmospheric, chilling thriller 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

My mum and dad returned to Scotland after spending their first years of married life in New Zealand. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z

It's jointly produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, the Barbican and the London Review of Books. Telling it like it is - a rogue reporter and a piece of promenade theatre 2012-10-10T14:01:13Z

“An MC from Scotland is a first for me!” Rap's X Factor: can a TV talent show find the next Stormzy? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

Both actors were born in Scotland and she said she was keen to celebrate the "Scottish connection." Tennant "thrilled" with gifted ring 2013-11-01T09:25:55Z

We settled on Scotland, with a three-day stopover to see friends in England before heading south to France. How to plan your family’s first international vacation 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Reginald D. Hunter joins a host of comedians for 10 pop-up riverbank gigs British comedians are setting sail from London for 10 pop-up gigs between the capital and Scotland. Comedians set sail for river gigs 2012-06-28T10:04:16Z

Q: Growing up in Scotland, did you ever think you'd be in a film riding dragons? A Minute With: Actors Butler and Ferguson on Scotland and dragons 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

JN: Well, not to get too Braveheart about this, but, back in the day, English knights did some pretty dark stuff to Scotland. Should Andy Murray receive a knighthood? 2013-07-14T08:09:02Z

It will make stops in Germany, France, Scotland and the Netherlands, before heading to the United States to perform at Lincoln Center and at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Denouncing War, Ukrainian Musicians Unite for a World Tour 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

The 10-episode series, released on Friday, was shot in southern England, Scotland and South Africa. Netflix drama 'The Crown' explores early reign of Britain's Queen Elizabeth 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

The feeling of being miles from anywhere while being midway between Scotland’s major cities is sensational. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Starting as a trickle, the migration rose to a torrent amid the Highland Clearances, in which tenant farmers in Scotland were evicted from their lands by property owners. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

On Friday, a bagpiper joined Mumford and Sons for a mass singalong of Flower of Scotland. T in the Park – review 2013-07-15T17:10:14Z

The Americans close the tournament’s opening day against Scotland, Ukraine or Wales, and they also play Iran on Nov. 29. Fox to televise 35 of 64 World Cup matches on main network 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

Officially begun in 1860 at the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland, the competition now features some of the best players around. Celebrity CruisesVoice: 5 Can't-Miss European Events This Spring And Summer 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

The Dali picture has been on loan to the The High Museum of Atlanta An iconic Salvador Dali painting depicting Jesus on the cross has returned to Scotland. Dali painting returns to Scotland 2011-03-31T01:04:20Z

But any visitor to Scotland should consider at least a short stop in this scenic, intriguingly historic university town. St. Andrews: Hit the links, books and beach 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

For nearly a decade, KT Tunstall was a scruffy busker, singing on the streets and on the pub circuit in England and Scotland. Quick Hits: KT Tunstall's grand return 2011-09-17T16:01:00Z

So could any of us really have been that surprised when it was reported last month that sightings of UFOs over Scotland had recently reached an all-time high? If only a Scotsman had boldly gone… 2013-07-13T23:05:54Z

Scotland’s fire festivals help bring cheer to dark winter nights, from the torchlight processions and fireworks at Hogmanay to the Viking-themed Up Helly Aa in Shetland. 10 traditional winter festivals in Europe 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

This will not only widen its appeal beyond SNP apparatchiks or politics nerds, but will ensure it resonates through the ages, whether Scotland votes for independence or not. The writers Alex Salmond is courting now will hold him to account 2013-07-14T20:00:01Z

Hankering for a “real” road trip, as our teenage son Ewan put it, and to explore more of our ancestral homeland, we visited Scotland this summer to drive the recently christened North Coast 500 route. Scotland’s northeastern scenery circuit — 500 miles of sheep, history and whisky 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

The case made headlines in Scotland at the time. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

Have playwrights in Scotland risen to the challenge of investigating the possibility of fundamental change? Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

We had over 20 types of preserved seafood on display for the chefs to work with, ranging from Scotland's smokies to Nigeria's okporoko to Japan's katsuobushi — we went all over the world with this. "Top Chef" producer on that demanding thali challenge: "I'm getting winded just thinking about it!" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

The programme is backed by the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Ed Miliband attacks government over scrapping of Booktrust funding 2010-12-23T12:49:27Z

My plan is to convince the government that they need to continue in investing in Creative Scotland at the highest possible level. Most Scottish arts organisations to face deep funding cuts 2010-07-23T15:09:00Z

However, during a recent trip to Scotland, the rain and wind drove him inside — to a store where he purchased a wind- and rainproof North Face jacket. Tips on how to travel light without sacrificing comfort and style 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

The book moves briskly from the canals of North London to Scotland, Australia, Germany and China. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

A split in the Church of Scotland occurred in 1843, when dissenting ministers walked out of the annual assembly to form the Free Church of Scotland. How Photography Cast New Light on Art 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

A year later it did so well at a youth orchestra festival in Aberdeen, Scotland, that the Venezuelan government began funding it. Nurturing Musicians of Depth 2010-03-30T12:30:00Z

At the family printing and publishing business in Scotland he remembers "people in the editorial department who could speak and proofread many languages". Christopher MacLehose: A life in publishing 2012-12-28T22:55:09Z

“The novel and opera are about the end of the aristocracy in Scotland, and it became an incredibly poor country very quickly,” he said in an interview. Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

Investment refers not just to the fact that Creative Scotland invests financially in artists and organisations, but also in terms of time, people, collaboration, support, etc. Arts body accused of 'bulldozing' Scottish culture 2012-07-09T14:34:39Z

Of Scottish and Irish parentage, Terry was born in Dublin, and during the second world war moved from one place to another, in Ireland, Scotland and England, with his family. Terry Keegan obituary 2012-07-12T13:36:21Z

During the religious turbulence between the Great Schism and the Reformation, St. Andrews was the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, and its cathedral was its showpiece church. St. Andrews: Hit the links, books and beach 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Exhibits at the National Museum of Scotland, which reopens on Friday after a £47m makeover. New National Museum of Scotland unveiled after ?47m revamp 2011-07-27T23:05:04Z

The music in Scotland, meanwhile, evolved, blending with classical styles. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Not unlike the realms of Westeros, Scotland then was riven by feuding noble families–and the Douglases happened to be at odds with the royal court and those in league with the king. Last Supper: The Real-Life Massacre that Inspired the Game of Thrones ‘Red Wedding’ 2013-06-04T15:24:37Z

We were three families with a single free day in Scotland. Edinburgh in a day: A quick family visit to Scotland (with beer and skittles) 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

So they take his ashes on a road trip to Ross in southern Scotland, a place he always hoped to visit because it bore his name. This week's new theatre 2011-07-08T23:09:07Z

The fame of the dish beyond Scotland is largely thanks to Burns himself, whose birthday is celebrated by festive dinners with haggis, whisky, speeches and poetry. Haggis is growing in popularity, and not just in Scotland 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

But after 10 years away from feature films, he was tempted back to write Rob Roy, an enjoyable epic filmed in Scotland. Alan Sharp 2013-02-14T11:40:41Z

One of the oldest and best preserved in Scotland, the castle’s tower still reaches four stories up, and its defensive ditches and perilous cliffs keep it cut off from the mainland. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

He conceived “Scotland, PA,” he said, as an opportunity to “show the New York theater community that I could do something on a bigger scale.” Ten Years Later, Adam Gwon Is Looking to Kill 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Many prominent performing arts institutions have already canceled their summer schedules, including the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Kennedy Center Cancels Performances Through August 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

“Fishing with the Queen Mother in Scotland became a high point of the year,” he reports. Review: ‘Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life’: Cursed by Beauty 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

Corti has an affinity with Puccini and a good track record of interesting concert performances in Scotland, so it was surprising that Fanciulla didn't get off to the most promising start. La Fanciulla del West 2010-08-25T21:15:00Z

Apparently the 18th century Jacobite rebellions were a much more visually vibrant time than the 20th, because Claire leaves the muted tones of 1940s Scotland and wakes up in an Instagram filter. Outlander Recap: Feminism and Time Travel in a Bodice-Ripping Romance? Sure! 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z

It is a terrain markedly different from the machair and more typical of the landscape of western Scotland, a place of acidic peatlands and rock outcroppings supporting colonies of heather, bracken, sedges and mosses. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Dougal Lee plays the part of the unflappable Hannay, who flees to Scotland after the glamorous spy he has befriended is murdered in his London apartment. The 39 Steps – review 2012-08-03T17:26:35Z

And finally, a very battered paperback of a shameless autobiography, Thanks for Coming! by cultural entrepreneur Jim Haynes, who is back in the news in Scotland. The library of one's past 2011-02-15T11:08:16Z

Scenes include the pubs of England, Sheffield's steel industry, London's preparations for war and a mystery for Scotland Yard's Flying Squad. 30s and 40s film archive completed 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Following a gig in north-east Scotland, Phil was being entertained by a minister of the church in his manse. Simon Hoggart's week: how tickled we are, missus 2012-07-20T16:44:08Z

Hill took his advice to heart — studying at St. Andrews in Scotland, getting a Ph.D. at Harvard and eventually serving in the administrations of three American presidents. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

The transformation of a 113-year-old theatre in Perth is a step closer following a significant funding boost from Creative Scotland. Theatre refit plans get £2m boost 2012-09-25T15:56:33Z

The debates initiated by the Arminians were at first confined to Holland, but it was not long before they were exported to England and Scotland. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

At the same time, the United States was undergoing its own folk revival, and the influence of the Stewarts and other musicians from northeast Scotland seeped into North American music. Elizabeth Stewart, Champion of Scotland’s Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

If there were a symbol for Scotland, it would be tartan. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

There is a powerful image of a yew tree that inhabits an estate in Scotland named Dundonnell House. Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills

He was subsequently promoted to general manager of the company's operations in Scotland in 2010. New editor of the Sun appointed 2013-06-21T15:34:32Z

Scotland is apparently in the midst of a cultural tourism push, with traveling exhibitions from its national museums in Edinburgh and civic museums in Glasgow visiting California. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Britain's National Gallery contributed 25 million pounds to buy Titian's "Diana and Callisto," which it will own jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland. British galleries buy Renaissance masterpiece 2012-03-01T12:38:09Z

The king who fought in Scotland and in France, who led the great victory at Crécy, also saw the stalemate of occupation and demoralising garrison life which followed for many Englishmen on French soil. For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul ? review 2011-07-22T21:55:04Z

The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney has been given core funding status by Creative Scotland. Scottish arts shakeup to concentrate funding on one-off projects 2012-05-17T22:47:12Z

Devine argues that overseas emigration was a natural extension of the internal mobility of the Scottish population and in particular of Scotland's neglected Lowland clearances. To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z

Still, unlike the shadowy and elusive Jack the Ripper, the serial poisoner had done little to cover his tracks, and this time Scotland Yard got their man. Review | A true-crime columnist turns his attention to Victorian-era serial killer Thomas Neill Cream 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Earlier this month, Camilla, the wife of his son Prince Charles, broke her left leg while hiking in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth's husband suffers ankle injury 2010-04-23T20:35:00Z

This big, bold show is the latest in the valuable and productive partnership between the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the National Theatre of Scotland. ‘Macbeth’ sequel ‘Dunsinane’: Beware of nation building 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Scotland is a far more confident and vibrant country now than it was then. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z

The ceremony in Edinburgh began with the royal mace and the Crown of Scotland being brought into the chamber. Queen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

Jim Scott, 83, immigrated from Scotland, eventually settling in western Canada, where he worked as a horse stuntman, then as a director’s assistant on the set of Hollywood movies shot on location near Vancouver. The Property Brothers Are Fixing to Take Over the World 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Another band member, based in Belfast, was instructed to fly to Scotland for a visa appointment. For U.K. Bands, Touring Europe Is Now a Highway to Brexit Hell 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Along with Pebble Beach in California and the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, Augusta is among the world’s most famous golf courses. Video Game Review: The Course Is the Star of a Celebrity?s Game 2011-04-05T18:47:42Z

We ask that the board of Creative Scotland considers the following requests with the utmost urgency. Rift deepens between Scottish artists and Creative Scotland, as despairing open letter is published 2012-10-09T09:41:00Z

Golf developed along the east coast of Scotland in the 15th century, and the rules were laid down in 1744. 36 Hours in St. Andrews 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

After a week in the U.S. for publicity and Comic-Con, it’s back for a few more weeks’ shooting in Scotland. Starz’ ‘Outlander’ brings novels to life vibrantly 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

You wonder if it's entirely coincidental that a satire on Scotland's colonial ambitions, Alistair Beaton's Caledonia, received a frosty reception at last year's Edinburgh festival. Edinburgh festival 2011: where National Theatres meet 2011-08-02T20:30:02Z

Today, there is a wealth of fascinating military remains to be seen in Scotland – including Roman forts along the Antonine Wall and, for example, impressive earthworks and a network of forts in Ardoch in Perthshire. Five historical clangers in Kevin Macdonald's The Eagle 2011-03-15T17:44:43Z

The excitement around the event never fades and Rona now becomes the 12th person to hold the title of BBC Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year. Oban fiddler wins BBC music award 2012-02-06T10:32:12Z

As the U.K. leaves the EU, the issue of Scotland leaving Britain may be reignited. What’s new in Great Britain for 2020 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

By the time Ms. Robertson and Mr. Bayle traveled to Scotland together nine months later, in October 2019, both felt like they never wanted to be apart. In Paris, and Each Other, They Found Home 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

The singer did just that at the Brit Awards - albeit through model Kate Moss - with his Best British male solo artist speech ending: "Scotland stay with us". Celebrity independence interventions 2014-02-20T15:08:01Z

When she received her copy last week in Scotland, Manson couldn't believe her eyes. Shirley Manson on the album that expanded Garbage's sound: "We got royally punished for it" 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

The couple made a romantic getaway to Scotland and decided one morning to spy on a local Druid ceremony at dawn. ‘Outlander’ and ‘The Knick’: Once more, time is of the essence

One noticeable absentee was Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, as she was carrying out an engagement in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter marries at grand royal wedding 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

The chef, Paul Donnelly, who is from Glasgow, Scotland, worked throughout Southeast Asia and is an owner. The Tyger, From the Chinese Tuxedo Team, Opens 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Rowling said she was concerned about the potential economic impact of Scotland going it alone. Author JK Rowling donates £1 million to fight Scottish independence 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

England finished first with 157 victory points, 9 ahead of Scotland, with Northern Ireland third. Bridge: With Sharp Declarer Play, England Wins the Junior Camrose 2011-03-02T21:57:07Z

He traverses Britain from the north of Scotland to Land’s End, but his main focus is the story of railroads’ beginnings two centuries ago. Tom Zoellner’s ‘Train’: riding the rails around the world 2014-02-13T22:12:36Z

Scottish in England, English in Scotland – like Tommy, my sisters and I didn't choose to live in England. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

Advertisement Advertisement Did people in this part of Scotland feel Viking? On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Les Misérables and the market in general saw the gentlest drops in Republic of Ireland, the Border region, central Scotland and the West Country, and overall the biggest falls were in the Midlands and Wales. Bad weather makes life Misérables for UK box office 2013-01-22T12:33:26Z

While she was an undergraduate at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in the 1990s, Misan Sagay visited the nearby Scone Palace, where a rare double portrait caught her eye. ‘Belle’ and Slavery’s End in Britain 2014-04-25T18:31:59Z

He is one of the co-producers of Public Art Scotland, which is Creative Scotland's public art development programme. Public art: What is it for? 2012-09-18T02:15:48Z

The exhibit’s last leg, from Nov. 22 until March 15, will showcase 80 drawings at the Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Vivaldi's flute concerto, Il Gran Mogol, was found in family papers at the National Archives of Scotland. Loft and found: have you got a Vivaldi lurking in your attic? 2010-11-22T12:36:00Z

Girl X. Photograph: Drew Farrell The National Theatre Of Scotland's Reveal season is a patchwork of lively new pieces which allows audiences to see developing work at different stages in its development. This week's new theatre 2011-03-12T00:07:43Z

When the war ended a year later, he went with them to a farm in Scotland where he did chores and ate honey and jam. In World War II, a bear became companion and helper to Polish soldiers 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

Scotland Yard confirmed Thursday that it was investigating the theft of “a quantity of clothing, bags and shoes” valued at almost $65,000. On the Runway Blog: A Marc Jacobs Collection Goes Missing 2011-11-18T16:13:33Z

Last year, he made his network television debut on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” where he joked about sitting next to Eric Trump on a flight to Scotland. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Better Call Saul’ and ‘Lodge 49’ 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Ed Tiesse, Evanston, Ill. One option for your Scotland vacation is to fly into Glasgow, drive east to Edinburgh, and then north to the Highlands. Q&A: A Base for Exploring Scotland 2010-04-15T16:00:00Z

Independent researchers estimated that the event generated around $1.4 billion for Scotland’s economy. Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

So, the Scots learned to vote tactically, ganged up on the Tories and reduced the Conservative party in Scotland to a rump. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

A family in Scotland was thrilled to be reunited with their late matriarch’s wedding ring, recently discovered in the garden of her home 34 years after it was lost. Man shocked to find late mother's lost wedding ring in the garden after 34 years 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

"It is fitting that we mark the centenary of their gift to the people of Scotland in this way." New display of Robert Burns' poems 2014-01-23T12:39:54Z

There are two schools of thought when it comes to historical movies, according to film scholar Robert Burgoyne, a professor at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, who wrote “Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History.” ‘Lost City of Z’ alters history for the sake of modern audiences. Are we okay with that? 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Deakins discussed making the movie, which was shot in England and Scotland, in a recent telephone interview. ‘1917’ and the Challenge of Making a Film Look Like a Single Shot 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

The trouble would have come from the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland where my dad was a minister. Sunday blues: Growing up in an ultra-strict church 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

In Scotland there are 33 different orders of membership, so if they too have to wear different colours, lodge meetings in Scotland must be somewhat polychromatic. "Into the Light" 2013-06-05T06:35:14Z

Instead, there are compositions from 17th-century Scotland, communist Russia and the death throes of the Weimar republic. An Evening of Political Song 2010-06-18T22:20:00Z

Growing up in Scotland, it was always a good day when Mum announced she was making a pan of Scotch broth or lentil soup. Jeremy Lee’s recipe for polenta cake with lemon curd and cream | King of puddings 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

The remains of Hadrian’s Wall, which was completed around the year 128 C.E., still span Scotland between the North Sea and the Irish Sea. The Walls Before Trump’s Wall 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

The Glasgow comedian said that, like the West of Scotland rain which seeps into your very being, nobody encapsulated the word "dreich" like Cutler. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler 2014-03-31T23:04:52Z

Lloyd certainly takes a bold line on the play: he sets it in a future Scotland wracked by environmental disaster and tribal conflict. Macbeth – review 2013-02-24T16:01:01Z

In certain remote places, bits of Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, say, people are still going to have the same experience I had. Kathryn Tickell: 'This is so much more to me than just a band' 2010-09-02T21:01:00Z

Two students jokingly placed a store-bought pineapple on an empty table at an art exhibition this month in Scotland, and it became art. How a humble pineapple became art 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

Harry Burns, Scotland's chief medical officer, who had been by far the most diffident member of the Glasgow team in the green room, was red-hot on the buzzer. My University Challenge humiliation 2013-01-02T12:52:02Z

Sagay first encountered a 1779 painting of a black woman and a white woman together hanging in Scone Palace in Scotland. Writing dispute for film ‘Belle’ bubbles up again

Scotland Yard said Tuesday that "material relating to a forthcoming inquest" into Winehouse's death was delivered to an incorrect address. Police admit mix-up with Winehouse inquest info 2011-10-25T16:22:15Z

The drama will focus on Wallace and Robert the Bruce after Edward I invaded Scotland and imposed English rule. William Wallace leads charge of TV history dramas 2013-07-20T12:10:37Z

Well, doesn't tend to happen abroad, nor in Scotland. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z

“The eyes of the world will be on the United Kingdom — and Scotland, in particular — as leaders come together to address the challenges of climate change,” she said. Queen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

The narratives roam from Scotland to England to Italy to the murky depths far beneath the sea; they change in tone from violent to spooky to slapstick. The best thrillers and mysteries of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

Plan a trip to Scotland during the International Book Festival; it’s the largest in the world with hundreds of events like discussion panels, book signings, and author meet-and-greets. 8 Travel Itineraries for English Literature Lovers 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Hello Alex. . .and yes, Famous Grouse is the most widely consumed scotch in Scotland. . .a fact seemingly lost on the writer. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Dominic Hill, the most widely tipped candidate in the theatre bars of Scotland, has landed the job of artistic director of Glasgow's Citizens theatre. What next for Edinburgh's Traverse theatre? 2011-03-21T16:09:20Z

"It was always likely that in my time here Scotland would face this choice," says O'Loughlin, who is from London. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

I had no great sense of nationalism when I was in Scotland, and I could never understand why the SNP were banging on about it. David Tennant: 'My bedpost really has very few notches' ? interview 2011-08-19T21:58:02Z

A trickle of Gaelic links the faery courts to Scotland. ‘Seven Black Diamonds’ by Melissa Marr: Faeries for the environment 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Rowling received a stream of abusive tweets after the election results, mostly from supporters of the Scottish National Party, who support independence for Scotland. J.K. Rowling slams Twitter 'bullies' 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

It runs, along with fencing and landscaping, along the border of a Trump Organization golf course near Aberdeen, in northeast Scotland. The Walls Before Trump’s Wall 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Nobody fetes London as the battlefront of Europe and America, or organises bus trips around Berwick-upon-Tweed to mark the sacred ground of perfect equilibrium between Scotland and England. Back from the brink: new breath for tourism in Istanbul 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

As the novel progresses they reject the Lake District for its tourists, Scotland for midges, until the only alternative seems to be Yugoslavia. Summer readings: August by Gerard Woodward 2011-08-01T08:00:00Z

The first cloned mammal was Dolly, a sheep created in Scotland in 1996. If you can’t save ‘em, clone ‘em! 2012-12-11T23:51:00Z

Sceptics call Miss Marple fluffy and dithery; they call Poirot senile and gaga – but, again and again, the fluffy and the gaga triumph over Scotland Yard and the most deceptive criminal masterminds. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z

We might hope Scotland could display good governance in an almost unsurvivable economic climate. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

But in Scotland foreign workers help offset a birthrate at a 150-year low and keep the rural areas economically viable. Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit... 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

Settling in Scotland, Jan lectured widely, most often at the Liverpool University, wrote and, after separating from Stephen, raised her three children. Jan Fairley obituary 2012-06-14T12:56:13Z

This is the Scotland you want to show the world, is it? J.K. Rowling Trolled After Showing Support for the Scottish Rugby Team 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

Connery was devoted to his native Scotland and used his stature to press for the re-establishment of a Scottish parliament. Sean Connery, Oscar winner and James Bond star, dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

According to Charley Hill, a former Scotland Yard detective turned private investigator, the key to the crime is the time it took place. In the frame 2010-03-18T09:05:00Z

Thanks to the Harry Potter books and films, Scotland has also become a must-see destination for kids. 2010-02-08T22:00:00Z

At the end of 2010, Law got a call from Scotland Yard. | Jude Law 2012-11-29T14:00:21Z

In 2010 he gave an interview to BBC Radio Scotland in which he spoke with painful frankness about the breakdown of his relationship with his first wife. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

Creative Scotland is organising a series of meetings with the affected groups to discuss the new strategy. Scottish arts shakeup to concentrate funding on one-off projects 2012-05-17T22:47:12Z

JK Rowling's life story is to be made into a TV film in the US, with an Australian actor in the lead role and Canada doubling as Scotland for the setting. JK Rowling's life story to be made into film 2011-02-18T11:11:04Z

The big freeze hit the arts in Scotland very hard, and at the worst possible time. Scotland's cultural sector gets Big Freeze payments 2011-03-22T16:14:58Z

Creative Scotland will use its funds to deliver strategic priorities and to commission activities designed to achieve these priorities. Creative Scotland offers a positive story 2011-03-17T11:45:06Z

Bobby and Mary Jackson, from Scotland, say they boarded the ship for a weeklong trip between Singapore to Thailand in October. Norwegian Cruise Line says security footage 'does not corroborate' passengers' claim of finding a worker having sex in their cabin 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

NTS operates from a nondescript Glasgow business park, and commissions touring work that travels Scotland, playing everything from theatres in Dundee and Perth to remote village halls. Edinburgh festival 2011: where National Theatres meet 2011-08-02T20:30:02Z

Stuart based the novel on his own childhood in Scotland, as the lonely youngest son of a single, alcoholic mother. How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

The forum, which includes the National Library of Scotland and the writers' association Scottish PEN, wrote to ministers in March recommending changes to the role and a term limit of five years. Scotland stalls on new poet laureate 2011-01-02T18:43:43Z

More than ever on this second viewing, I felt turns on one single piece of class pettiness of the kind I associate with England more than Scotland, but which is probably universal. Neds - review 2011-01-20T22:00:01Z

I think the Yes campaign here in Scotland has been very closely aligned with the artistic community - particularly the theatre community. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

Born in Scotland, Simpson got his start as a dingo wrangler on the 1988 Meryl Streep drama “A Cry in the Dark.” ‘Wolf Totem’ trainer talks about working with ornery animal actors 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Clarke, studying in Glasgow, Scotland, is starring in the upcoming feature film The Moon and the Sun. Star Wars: Episode VII Adds Two Cast Members 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

On the top floor, given the umbrella title of “Reformation to Restoration,” there are the 16th- and 17th-century portraits that trace Scotland’s passage from Roman Catholic monarchy to Protestant revolution. Art: New Beacon of Scotland's Identity 2011-12-17T08:00:10Z

EDINBURGH, Scotland — In the United States, where drinking alcohol in public is prohibited, police routinely turn a blind eye to people sipping from bottles wrapped in brown paper bags. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

Countries featured in the past range from Colombia, Kenya and Haiti to China, Bhutan and Scotland. Cuba headed to Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall as soon as 2017 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

I wept embarrassingly as I read the book on a train to Scotland last week. Who should win the Costa? 2011-01-25T16:23:35Z

Cool-kid chefs turning local bounty into Michelin-worthy dishes, an artisan whisky boom and a clutch of stylish hotels have helped Scotland shrug off its saturnine image and rebrand as a misty, moody mecca. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

“I didn’t ever think that there’d be anything better,” says Wagner, 29, now a law student in Edinburgh, Scotland. We were ‘married.’ Yet the Supreme Court ruling made us want an ‘I re-do!’ 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

A United Airlines pilot was formally charged in a Scotland court Tuesday with being over the legal alcohol limit before a scheduled flight to Newark, N.J. United Airlines pilot charged in Scotland with failing alcohol test before New Jersey-bound flight 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Scotland, too, has its double identity, the Jekyll and Hyde of Highland and Lowland, urban and rural, Gaelic and Scots. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

But the Scotland Yard reports and his statements to the police in the newly released DPP file suggest that the culprit was far from being a sophisticated balaclava-clad master thief. Revealed: 1961 Goya 'theft' from National Gallery was a family affair 2012-11-30T15:33:32Z

The festivals were hardly the most environmentally damaging enterprise in Scotland, she said, pointing to the oil and gas industries that are a large part of the local economy. At Edinburgh Festivals, Climate Awareness Comes at a Cost 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

The hoax was widely reported in Scotland and beyond, and the news reports and talk-show interviews that McLeod folds into the story may jog dim recollections of a faded media frenzy. ‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

Trump does not host a show, but he calls in to all of them, at random, a couple of times a day, from Scotland or Palm Beach, Fla. Perspective | What if Hillary had won? A jolly trip down memory lane, alternate-timeline edition. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

In the UK, levels are higher in Scotland than England. Top UK scientist urges people to take vitamin D supplements 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z

Scotland has been increasingly lost to me over the years; almost everybody I loved there has died. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

The initiative, “Generation,” which kicked off last week at the National Galleries of Scotland, features the work of more than 100 artists at over 60 museums, galleries and exhibition spaces. Space Pod Alights at the Serpentine Gallery 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

I took it upon myself to study the myriad details of production and, as it turned out, learn of Scotland’s colorful history while at it. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

The fighting was so horrific it was rumored afterwards that Percy was afraid to go into Scotland again. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

Ironically, unlike Kelly, Minnelli was pleased to get away from the feyness and painted scenery of the wilds of Scotland to revel in the noisy bar where the metropolitan Stewart is quite at home. Elaine Stewart obituary 2011-07-08T12:43:51Z

Rather than allow Smith to be hauled off to Scotland Yard or an asylum, Moon persuades the residents of Beacon House to try him for his crimes in its living room. Review | The perfect book for this year’s coincidence, Easter on April Fools’ Day 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

There's some good news for would-be wizards worldwide who just don't see themselves living in Scotland. It's not just Hogwarts: J.K. Rowling reveals 11 new wizarding schools 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

Prior to his appointment at the National Theatre of Scotland, Tiffany was an associate director at the new writing company Paines Plough and literary manager at the Traverse theatre in Edinburgh, for four years apiece. John Tiffany steps down from National Theatre of Scotland 2012-12-19T15:21:02Z

London-born, he is eligible to play for Scotland, England and Ivory Coast. ‘It's not about your age, it's about your ideas’: the teen power list 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

"I'm thrilled to be able to bring this wonderful little book to the National Library of Scotland, where it can be treasured and studied and cared for professionally," she said. Byron memorial picked up at US church sale 2011-07-07T12:46:34Z

A woman in Scotland is celebrating a major weight loss after shedding 84 pounds during lockdown by joining a weight loss program and embracing home cooking. Mom loses 85 pounds after eliminating takeout during lockdown 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

June’s father drove a bus on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, while her mother worked at a local shop. June Almeida had an unlikely path to discovering coronavirus 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

The actors shuttled from sets in Scotland, Germany and Spain, changing costumes, characters and directors from day to day. Can 'Cloud Atlas' survive Hollywood reincarnation? 2012-10-17T14:13:11Z

But in May, Mr. Nichol, a native of Scotland who worked for Diageo there, was on a plane to Kansas City. Gin Maker’s Journey: From Tanqueray to Small Batch 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Though so does Aberdeen, where I'm from; and Scotland as a whole. Another view on Smalltown 2011-03-06T22:29:00Z

Scotland, then a country of two million people, returned 45 MPs, chosen by a total electorate of less than 3,000. Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 by Antonia Fraser – review 2013-05-03T07:00:17Z

“I spent my ‘South Pacific’ tour in every library in Britain, Ireland, Scotland and Wales,” Mr. Connery told The Houston Chronicle in 1992. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

The pair met briefly four years ago when both received honorary degrees at the University of St Andrews University in Scotland. Hillary Clinton meets Mary Beard: ‘I would love to have told Trump: “Back off, you creep”’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

The 1950s film playing at the Pringle of Scotland presentation suggested a ladylike take on this knitwear house. Sporty? It's the Olympics, Stupid! 2012-09-18T17:23:29Z

Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, the National Library of Scotland offers a Burns Poetry Grand Slam on Friday, which mixes performance poetry with Scots food. This week's new events 2013-01-19T06:00:20Z

Just nine years later the Treaty of Union was signed with England, and Scotland was no longer an independent nation. This week's new theatre 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

"I think there is meaning in this, and it goes beyond Scotland," Murdoch said. Rupert Murdoch explains why Fox dropped Time Warner bid 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

“I consider Nim my best friend in my whole life,” Mr. Ingersoll said by phone from Scotland, where he was helping present “Project Nim” at Edinburgh’s annual film festival. An Experiment That Evolved Into a Tragedy 2011-07-02T04:10:56Z

Of course there are good producers in Scotland but that's not the point. Former Question Time producer hits out at Glasgow move 2011-02-11T07:37:13Z

Other performances in the varied lineup include “The James Plays,” a stage epic about the kings who ran Scotland in the 15th century, staged by Scotland’s national theater. Cannes Festival Begins and Chinese Artists Head to Sydney: Global Arts Guide 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

He was on the Frisian Island of Texel before getting on the train to Aberdeen, Scotland. In a Gray City, Some See a Blank Canvas 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

We used to go on caravan holidays to the north of Scotland. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

Did you know he used to vacation in Nairn in Scotland? Alan Cumming Would Like to Play the Title Character in ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

The scene is announced with the portentous drone of bagpipes, an aural assault generated by a battalion of 30 highland pipers playing in a converted church in Scotland. How Hans Zimmer Conjured the Otherworldly Sounds of ‘Dune’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

During this three-day celebration of history and the arts from May 18 to 20, there will be more than 150 events at museums across Scotland that will highlight their collections and grounds. A Year of Cultural Celebrations in Europe 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Several social media users criticized the host for posing with the dead animal, including the first minister of Scotland. Hunter and host of 'Larysa Unleashed' slammed for posing with dead goat in Scotland 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Or so says a new report published by Creative Scotland. Seven days on stage: Sam West calls for lock-ins to save theatres 2012-07-20T12:43:46Z

A hiker passing us pointed in the direction of Scotland’s highest peak, Ben Nevis, shrouded in clouds: “Is that who I think it is?” We walked half of Scotland’s West Highland Way to fulfill an old hiking dream 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

In the winter, there are parts of northern Scotland that get an average of just 64 minutes of sunlight a day, according to the Met Office. Winter blues? A practical guide to getting more light in your life 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

It follows the scandal which brought about the closure of the News Of The World and led to the departure of senior News International executives as well as top Scotland Yard figures. Phone hacking comedy for Channel 4 from Drop the Dead Donkey creator 2011-08-25T23:05:04Z

He was born in Canada and came to Scotland at the age of six, when his mother returned home after several years abroad. Readers recommend: songs about Scotland – results 2012-12-06T14:27:37Z

Photograph: Helen Maybanks Scotland appears to be having a breather before festival season. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-07-12T16:03:25Z

Skye stretches out from the west coast of Scotland like a skeletal hand; sheltered between those finger-like peninsulas are the sea lochs, where much of the marine bounty is harvested by purveyors like Mr. McGlynn. Choice Tables: Seafood Fresh From Scotland?s Island Waters 2010-08-12T04:30:00Z

She became part of the folk music revival in Scotland in the 1950s and ’60s, playing in dance halls and hotels and, later, at folk festivals. Elizabeth Stewart, Champion of Scotland’s Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

A popular castle in Scotland is apparently seeing the negative effects of the nearby public bathrooms. The Queen's vacation house has a surprising and stinky problem 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

San Francisco's De Young Museum is presenting 55 paintings in "Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces From the National Galleries of Scotland," a sprawl that starts in Renaissance Florence and ends in Modernist Paris. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Logan never lets his guard down, even in the sun—his sun hat is wool, from Walker Slater, a tweedy, posh haberdasher from Scotland. Let’s Talk About the Yacht Clothes on “Succession” 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

But Dan Snow, a great-great-grandson of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and one of the letter's organisers, said only a "tiny minority" of English people were indifferent or wanted Scotland to become independent. Jagger, Hawking join big celebrity push to keep Scotland in the UK 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The multi-platinum-selling ballad has topped the charts in several territories, from Canada to Scotland to Malaysia, and it has helped raise Capaldi’s profile in the U.S., where his album steadily climbs the Billboard 200 chart. Someone to love: Rising Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

You can’t leave Scotland without trying haggis, and a very good place to do that is the Ubiquitous Chip. Q&A: The Scottish Actress Kelly Macdonald on Eating Out, at Home 2012-06-29T16:51:39Z

A Capture the Museum player on the run in the National Museums Scotland. Making a museum game that's more than just a tour of the building 2013-06-14T15:18:29Z

Scotland Yard muckety-mucks sit on mountains of phone-hacking evidence, as they are wined and dined by the powerful editors and reporters they are charged with investigating. ‘Hack Attack’ Puts a Spotlight on Rupert Murdoch 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

“She kept very true to the history and magic of Scotland, embellished by her ability to bring it to life on the page.” The Outlander Effect: The popular book and TV series is increasing travel to these Scottish sites 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Young chefs in town have brought a new generation of smaller, inventive restaurants that emphasize both the excellent modern food movement in Scotland and international cuisine. 36 Hours in Glasgow 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

Other art nouveau buildings include Scotland Street School and the Glasgow School of Art – damaged by fire in May 2014, it is planned to reopen in 2018. 10 of the best European cities for art nouveau 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

When the unfinished draft sold in a three-book deal for a “staggering amount of money at the time,” Gabaldon let her professorship lapse and headed to Scotland. The Outlander Effect: The popular book and TV series is increasing travel to these Scottish sites 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

On summer weekends in Scotland, you’ll run into a cross between a track meet and a county fair — the Scottish Highland Games. Europe’s wide world of traditional sports 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

A move from Scotland to London left Gillespie feeling isolated and depressed. ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

The Bank of Scotland tenner we offered as fare, however, threw him. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

Theatre roles in London and Scotland followed, then she moved into TV and film, where she feels most comfortable. Shirley Henderson: I'm every woman 2011-04-03T20:46:01Z

She later settled with her family in Scotland, where her fourth novel, "The Kindness of Enemies," begins. A Muslim woman struggles with identity in the novel 'The Kindness of Enemies' by Leila Aboulela 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

The United States, Scotland, Italy and China are among the many countries that continue to require masks on planes. What’s the deal with masks on planes? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

The other programme worth looking at is the Made in Scotland showcase which takes place at venues across the city and has some seriously good theatre. Edinburgh fringe 2013: my top tips 2013-06-06T15:18:28Z

It’s said that more than 7,000 stars and distant planets can be seen just with the naked eye from southwest Scotland’s 185,000-acre Galloway Forest Park, the first Dark Sky Park in the U.K. The 12 Best Destinations for Stargazing 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

But “Scotland, PA” — in which the witches, happily, are stoners instead — turns out to add some delicious value to both the original play and the film. Review: Double, Double, Burger and Trouble in ‘Scotland, PA’ 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Just months after finishing her law degree in Scotland, she decided to learn Urdu, move to Lahore and bury herself beneath a mountain of files in a stifling room. Flowers from the muck 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

The appointment of the next national poet of Scotland will be, according to a Scottish government spokeswoman, "considered in due course", but she remained silent on how, when and by whom. Jackie Kay for Scotland's national poet! 2010-08-31T21:50:00Z

Laing was also a sculptor and created a statue of Sherlock Holmes that stands in Edinburgh and also the Exiles, a statue at Helmsdale that recalls the Highland Clearances in Scotland. JFK assassination pop art displayed 2013-11-21T11:34:09Z

Rogovin found "forgotten ones" on New York Indian reservations and in far-flung corners of China, Zimbabwe, France, Scotland and Spain. Photographer Milton Rogovin dies at age 101 in NY 2011-01-18T23:16:03Z

Projects include the EU crisis in two sentences, Scotland in 12 words and, in the final, China in three short paragraphs. Style Invitational Week 1091: Turn a good idea into a bad one with 1 weird trick!

The octogenarian enlisted at age 18 and traveled through Europe, including Scotland and Germany, as a driver and tank instructor. Veteran celebrates 57th wedding anniversary with Army tank ride 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

In that event, would the National Galleries of Scotland try to stop it from leaving England? Inside Art: J. M. W. Turner?s Last Rome Painting to Be Sold 2010-03-25T19:49:00Z

The Traverse sees itself as Scotland's home of new writing. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

But in a ceilidh dance, I saw an opportunity to really connect with people who call Scotland home and get a taste of the country’s culture in a genuine fashion. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

It is quite obvious to me that there is something about Scotland that attracts our galactic neighbours. If only a Scotsman had boldly gone… 2013-07-13T23:05:54Z

The sale was described as an outrage and an insult to Scotland but it went ahead regardless. New display of Robert Burns' poems 2014-01-23T12:39:54Z

They will search for shows for their annual Brits Off Broadway festival in New York, which presents companies from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

Finding molluscs in the Aegean Sea that were similar but not identical to those off the coast of Scotland, he thought there must have been separate centers of creation in these regions. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

Yet Sheppard also suspects that other British fringe festivals aiming to wrest the crown from Scotland are indulging in wishful thinking. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

He was eventually repatriated to Scotland in 1944 and died, decades later, of a kidney infection caused by prison life. Birds in a Cage: Warburg, Germany, 1941 by Derek Niemann - review 2012-12-20T08:00:01Z

Alison Douglas, the chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said the switch in recent years from drinking in pubs to buying alcohol in supermarkets and off-licences meant children now saw parents drinking more than before. Even moderate drinking by parents can upset children – study 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Faber, who lives in the highlands of Scotland, said that lately he’s been writing poetry about Eva and may eventually seek to publish some of it. Michel Faber Plans to Stop Writing Novels 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

The Finnish welfare and benefits agency that pioneered the use of baby boxes has challenged claims in Scotland that the temporary cribs can reduce infant mortality. Finland disputes Scotland's baby box claims after expert warning 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

It's like Scotland are playing England at Wembley. Theatre group to perform with RSC 2012-07-05T00:10:22Z

Not all the advice in the Insider's Guide to Scotland is prohibitive, however. Try the Irn Bru, leave the flat sausage, advises Japanese guide to Scotland 2012-07-03T17:11:32Z

This year's emphasis on youth was also highlighted by a special Cats Whiskers commendation for the Imaginate Festival, which aims to introduce performing arts to young people across Scotland. Theatre awards shortlists unveiled 2014-05-08T12:44:27Z

This summer when we were in Scotland and Ireland, the staff in the pubs never came around to see if we wanted more drinks. Readers respond to tipping story 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

“The King at the Edge of the World” looks through the other end of the lens, and sees first England and then Scotland from the viewpoint of a displaced hero from Constantinople. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Sarno worked in a laundromat there, conducted research into ethnic music at the public library and frequently joined his wife on visits to her family in Scotland. Louis Sarno Dies at 62; Moved to Africa to Preserve Ancestral Music 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

The proximate source of this affliction was the horrific tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103, which had exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, a few months earlier. My fear of flying 2012-12-16T17:00:00Z

The new films will follow Pixar's "Brave," a fairy tale set in medieval Scotland that is due in theaters next summer, and "Monsters University," a prequel to "Monsters Inc," set for release in June 2013. Dinosaurs, the human mind on Disney's Pixar slate 2011-08-21T05:35:49Z

His award will be housed at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, which is run by the National Trust for Scotland. Robert Burns honoured as surveyor 2012-11-20T13:15:29Z

The film, which will begin shooting next month, is about a dysfunctional family on a trip to Scotland for a big family gathering. Cannes Film Festival 2013 2013-05-16T20:23:54Z

She is currently working on a book about James Reader, combining her great-uncle's life story with his papers and notes, collected as "The Secret Revolutionary History of Scotland". Scottish singer Eddi Reader revisits her roots at folk festival 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Bower took BrewDog, which is based in Scotland, to small claims court for “direct discrimination and breach of the Equality Act 2010,” Wales Online reports. Man sues brewery over 'women's only' IPA, claims he 'felt forced to identify as female' 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Guess Scotland was too cheap to pay the producers to film there. The Bachelorette Watch: How Do You Say Love in Croatian? 2012-06-19T12:30:17Z

Among nations with a history of whisky-making like Ireland, Canada and the United States, Scotland is by far the most prominent. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Finally, the investigation into the death of Green progresses incrementally this week as an inspector from Scotland Yard shows up at Downton to interrogate Anna and Mary. 'Downton Abbey' recap: Cocktails and cuckoldry 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The artists' rebellion against the CEO of Creative Scotland is testament to that. The writers Alex Salmond is courting now will hold him to account 2013-07-14T20:00:01Z

In Scotland, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe said, simply, “We still don’t know what the future holds.” Spring Culture Fell to Virus. In Oregon, Summer Theater Now Succumbs. 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

Scotland's independence vote is too close to call, but the owners of hotels, pubs and restaurants are already jubilant as thousands of journalists and tourists descended on the ancient streets of Edinburgh. Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

"The decision on whether to leave our shared country is, of course, absolutely yours alone," said the letter, which was addressed to "Dear Voters of Scotland". Jagger, Hawking join big celebrity push to keep Scotland in the UK 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Scotland is perhaps not the most obvious place to look for traces of Nordic culture. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Wladyslaw Zuchowski, a photographer and gallery owner in Gdansk, said Thursday that he bought the daguerreotype, the earliest type of photograph, from a private owner in Scotland. Rare photo of Chopin surfaces _ but is it real? 2011-03-10T16:31:04Z

When the prize touches down in Glasgow, it will be its first time in Scotland – part of a recent Tate policy to hold the prize outside London in alternate years. Turner prize goes to Glasgow in 2015 2013-01-11T14:30:00Z

"Next year is going to be unique, a remarkable year for Scotland," Sansom says. Theatre director 'up for challenge' 2013-06-28T13:51:46Z

La Nef’s concert presents songs from England, Scotland, Ireland, the Americas and the Caribbean, sung by a chorus of seven male voices. Did you know Seattle has a thriving sea-shanty scene? Get onboard with singalongs and shows 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

It was an organic meld of England’s Tudor’s rose, Scotland’s thistle, Ireland’s shamrock and the daffodil of Wales — an echo of the decoration on Queen Elizabeth’s coronation gown in 1953. An Appraisal: An Oh-So-British Affair Projects a Fresh, Antique Charm 2011-04-29T18:30:40Z

A few years back a colleague of mine got a nasty surprise while running Scotland Yard’s arts and antiques unit, which is responsible for investigating art crime in London. No deal for the arts: It’s no surprise that Donald Trump wants to tell the arts and humanities “you’re fired” 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

These days the rage is for the latter, and tales of our mean streets — or the mean streets of Scandinavia, Scotland or Sicily — regularly make the bestseller list. ‘The Derek Smith Omnibus,’ by Derek Howe Smith

Later, Traffic Scotland wrote: “Route is clear from earlier incident and dog is fine. Has to be the weirdest thing we have ever reported! No delays in area.” Dog driving tractor causes major traffic jam: The week in weird news 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

His Piper Alpha oil platform 100 miles off the coast of Scotland was the world's largest. 'Death and Oil': the deadly cost of oil addiction 2011-10-12T21:59:09Z

William pressed on with royal tasks, including goodwill events like accompanying his grandmother to Scotland this week to tour a soft drink factory. William, Harry to unveil Diana statue as royal rift simmers 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Thompson said Potter was very attached to Scotland and spent her summers in Perthshire. Peter Rabbit 'made me write book' 2012-08-31T19:05:58Z

Yet the film contains some striking location photography in Scotland. Christopher Challis 2012-06-08T15:34:25Z

Photograph: Murdo MacLeod The director behind the National Theatre of Scotland's biggest hit, Black Watch, has announced that he is to leave the company. John Tiffany steps down from National Theatre of Scotland 2012-12-19T15:21:02Z

His new movie, The Eagle, is largely set in his native Scotland during the Roman occupation, but it is not quite as European as you'd expect. Kevin Macdonald: "I didn't understand Hollywood" 2011-03-17T21:30:00Z

In honor of the bike’s birthday, Wilderness Scotland has organized a bike tour through Britain and Ireland. New Trips for the Bike’s Bicentennial 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

But her Lady Macbeth is also passionate, not only about the crown of Scotland, but about the man who will wear it. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Where, though, does that leave the Traverse, Scotland's self-styled home of new writing? What next for Edinburgh's Traverse theatre? 2011-03-21T16:09:20Z

Then I receive a wholly unexpected email – from Owen Bell, of BBC Scotland's comedy department. Bob Servant Independent: the don of Dundee 2013-01-15T06:30:01Z

Back in London, the emergency command structure grinds into action: intelligence gatherers, a negotiation team at Scotland Yard. TV review: The Taking of Prince Harry 2010-10-21T21:35:00Z

The material originated in Scotland and Ireland, and — in a far cry from the haute Paris runway — was worn commonly by farmers. Chanel caps Paris Fashion Week with swaths of iconic tweeds 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

Ruiz found Scotland provincial, and that was what he liked about it. Raul Ruiz and the ghosts on the battlefield 2012-08-20T17:37:40Z

At other times it seems we’re at a high-school pep rally; when Scotland’s mortal enemy, Norway, is mentioned, Gold has the cast mutter “Boo!” as if at an opposing basketball team. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

Their wedding was due to be followed by a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official residence in Scotland. UK queen's granddaughter Zara weds in Scotland 2011-07-30T16:21:51Z

Having, perhaps, fictionalised his sexual exploits, Casement left the diaries in his flat to be discovered by Scotland Yard? Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z

It is thought that Morgan was ready to expose corruption in Scotland Yard by giving information to the News of the World. Untold: Britain's dirtiest murder cover-up has become a must-listen podcast 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Over the next week, they will be performed across the world, from Scotland to Canada, Bristol to Brazil, in big theatres, people's front rooms and on the street. Theatre Uncut 2012 – review 2012-11-14T18:25:22Z

The Junior Camrose for players under 25 was contested on Feb. 19 and 20 in Ayr, Scotland, among England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Bridge: With Sharp Declarer Play, England Wins the Junior Camrose 2011-03-02T21:57:07Z

Born in Scotland, Ross came to Pinehurst in 1900 at the behest of its founder, Bostonian soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts. In North Carolina, a visit to ‘the cradle of American golf’ 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

As much as I loved “Black Watch” the first time I saw it, I stifled a groan when I heard that this production from the National Theater of Scotland was returning to New York. Critic's Notebook: A War Story Retains Its Resonance 2011-04-22T12:00:00Z

AnOther magazine celebrates the best of brutalism structures in Russia, Israel, and Scotland. Links We Love: What We're Reading This Week 2014-01-31T05:00:00Z

He will be launching a new version of his book The Battle for Scotland, first published in 1992. Edinburgh international book festival announces 2013 lineup 2013-06-20T08:30:20Z

We knew that George is a really committed humanitarian, he has his own charity in Sudan, so we reached out to that charity and invited him over to Scotland. George Clooney cheered at Edinburgh cafe that helps homeless people 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Today, there are routes to 54 ports and harbors on 35 islands and mainland cities across 200 miles of Scotland’s west coast. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

A week before the vote, he tweeted: “Scotland! Fed up of being told you’re not good enough, that you’ll fail, by people who are not good enough and have failed you? Yes, me too.” For Alan Cumming, Life Isn’t Always a Cabaret 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Last year it was held in a castle in Scotland; two years ago, it was on a barge in Shanghai. Karl Lagerfeld Presides Over a Chanel Rodeo in Dallas 2013-12-14T00:35:04Z

The movie takes place in Inverness, Scotland, and Gillan, who hails from there herself, is also the writer/director here; this is her first feature in those roles. ‘The Party’s Just Beginning’ Review: Loss and Love in Inverness 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

The national animal of Scotland–this is true!–is a unicorn. Funny Because It’s True: John Oliver’s New Brand of Sincere Satire 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Programs on Henry VIII's palace and "Secrets of Chatsworth" were clearly aired to appeal to Anglophile "Downton" fans, and this fall will see documentaries on the Tower of London and Scotland Yard. PBS: Acting like a network as well as service 2013-07-29T13:11:18Z

After online research, she contacted experts at the National Library of Scotland. Byron memorial picked up at US church sale 2011-07-07T12:46:34Z

She told Scotland's The Daily Record newspaper on Wednesday that the invitation to sing for the pope is "my greatest dream come true." Susan Boyle to sing for the pope during UK tour 2010-08-25T18:15:00Z

We are in discussions with Creative Scotland and the administrators. Sean Connery backs campaign to save the Byre theatre in St Andrews 2013-02-04T16:34:51Z

The green, purple and orange schemes may be intended to evoke the grass, trees, heather and bracken of Scotland, but they transport us to a much more oddly blazing locale. Review: New York City Ballet Performs Bournonville Classics at Spring Gala 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

In terms of his effect on the reputation of his native Scotland, Kelly said Scott "invented a great simulacrum of Scotland; he invented the image of the country". Scotland's image-maker Sir Walter Scott 'invented English legends' 2010-08-16T16:21:00Z

Last year, there also was only one British writer on a U.S.-dominated list of finalists, Scotland’s Douglas Stuart. S Africa’s Galgut, US author Powers lead Booker Prize race 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

But a link within the tweet's 140 characters wasn't referring to Scotland's independence referendum. Islamic State's soft weapon of choice: social media 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Destinations like Los Angeles, Connecticut, Banff and Scotland are part of a growing tourism movement celebrating the road less driven with digital car-free brochures. How to Travel Car-Free With a Family 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Why was 19th-century Scotland a land of both emigration and immigration? To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z

Alan Cumming’s solo version of Macbeth — produced by the National Theater of Scotland and first staged last year at New York’s Lincoln Center— is just as impressive. Macbeth, Mary and Midler: Solo Turns on Broadway 2013-04-25T09:45:35Z

For Beaton, though, feeling European "takes you back to 18th-century Scotland, and the Scottish Enlightenment, when Scotland was a vibrant and important intellectual centre in Europe". Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

Scottish Extravaganza: Music and dancing in celebration of the Scottish culture and St. Andrew's Day, the national holiday of Scotland, 2 p.m. Yulefest at the Nordic Heritage Museum and other weekend community events 2010-11-19T22:08:00Z

Ceilidhs are held throughout Scotland, though they tend to be concerts in the Highlands of north Scotland and dances in the Lowlands of southern Scotland. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Several times during the finale, he mentioned that he would already be in Scotland by the time the show aired. Craig Ferguson’s “The Late Late Show” Will Be Missed 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Have you heard of the `Loch Ness Monster’ in Scotland? ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z

The series, for ages 5 and older, continues this week with tales from Scotland and Japan. Spare Times: For Children, for July 13-19 2012-07-12T21:18:54Z

I told him that I grew up with my mum and dad in Scotland. How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship 2010-12-26T00:05:09Z

A British Airways flight bound for Germany ended up in Scotland because of a paperwork mix-up, the airline confirmed to Fox News. British Airways flight takes off in wrong direction, lands 525 miles away from destination 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

In a program dedicated to the film composer James Horner, the Pipes of Christmas presents a holiday concert featuring the sounds of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. More Ways for Making Merry 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

The Gaelic scholar J. F. Campbell, writing in 1883 on the flyleaf of a copy now in the National Library of Scotland, was convinced: “A sample of language which I believe to be genuine.” An Unintentional Scottish Masterpiece 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, is joined by a number of supporters for the launch of the Yes Scotland campaign. Alex Salmond predicts million-strong movement for Scottish independence 2012-05-25T16:44:00Z

The Romans built roads, bathhouses, arenas, temples and forts from the south coast to Scotland. Hot chips: Lullingstone Roman villa mosaics 2012-07-26T11:30:43Z

You can imagine sharing a single malt whiskey with her at one of the old pubs in Scotland where she learned her craft. Quick Hits: KT Tunstall's grand return 2011-09-17T16:01:00Z

“Outlander’s” first season, in the highlands of Scotland, was rather gritty; in France, any pretense of being more than luxurious wish-fulfillment has been abandoned. Erotic and empowered: “Outlander” and “The Girlfriend Experience” are turning women on with their “prestige porn” 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

Beckett was born in South Africa and raised in Scotland. Art historian Sister Wendy Beckett has died. She was 88 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

The central-western region of Scotland was windy on the afternoon of our meditation. Airbnb’s worldwide experiences adapt to the times and move online 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

"Their influence over the government, politics and society of Scotland was extensive - and their legacy lives on Scottish public life today, in our street names, our statues and now, in this public collection." Dundas papers secured for archive 2012-07-03T12:35:56Z

"Nonsense reports alleging violence in Scotland, surprisingly good mannered crowds both sides," Murdoch wrote on his Twitter feed early Thursday. Rupert Murdoch explains why Fox dropped Time Warner bid 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

The new law has yet to be introduced in Scotland or Northern Ireland. UK makes forced marriage illegal as pursues campaign of 'British values' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

It seems perfectly possible that David Cameron will be remembered as the prime minister who 'lost' Scotland and took Britain out of Europe. Julian Barnes criticises Britain's 'philistine' approach to arts 2013-04-12T12:21:21Z

You used to get extra money for playing in Scotland because it was so dangerous, although luckily the Scots took to us early on. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z

I was sad when my mother moved back to Scotland after my father died, but I understood why she chose to. My mum's 3,000 miles away, and I miss her. When will I see her again? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

“The difficulty of promoting Scottish fish within Scotland is a very big topic,” she said. In Scotland, Serving Halibut for a Better Planet 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

A regal supporting cast is expected as the queen leads her extended brood to Edinburgh, Scotland for the private festivities. Queen's granddaughter set to wed rugby standout 2011-07-29T13:55:07Z

I bought “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” around noon the day after it came out and the day before flying to Aberdeen, Scotland. In the Latest Turn for Harry Potter and Company, Letting All the ‘What Ifs’ Out to Play 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

"Along with the high calibre of nominees, this year's British Academy Scotland Awards are gearing up to be our biggest and best yet." Kelly to get career award at Baftas 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

On the serious theater front, many shows have been in previews for days already and some, including the National Theater of Scotland’s “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart,” are already sold out. ArtsBeat: Postcard from Edinburgh: Getting in Early to a Fringe Favorite 2011-08-05T19:49:09Z

She also runs her own gym in Perth, Scotland. Has strong become the respectable face of skinny for young women? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

A unique style of Plantagenet or Angevin Gothic architecture flourished in her domains, a territory stretching from Scotland to the Pyrenees, as did religious artwork in enamel. In the French city of Poitiers, Eleanor of Aquitaine’s influence is everywhere 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

In Your Face Theater’s immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel, set among heroin users in Edinburgh in the late 1980s, features nudity, violence, strong language and an intimate encounter with the worst toilet in Scotland. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

The Whidbey Islander's books about Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley are captivating and emotionally complex; here, still mourning his pregnant wife's death, the aristocratic detective investigates a body dumped in a London cemetery. 14 best crime novels of 2010: Tana French, John le Carr? and more 2010-12-08T23:57:00Z

What We Did On Our Holiday arrives in cinemas in the wake of Scotland's impassioned referendum on whether it should go independent or remain part of the United Kingdom. Connolly's 'joy' at being Outnumbered 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

It's clear to both of them that they have to return home to Scotland, come what may. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

The fish later tarried for long enough around Scotland to become an important part of the country’s income. Net worth 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

By mid-April, we were on my Scotland tour, somewhere in the Isle of Skye, when it became clear that Dad was in the preactive phase of dying. Our family's "Dark Waters" story: How my son's first film role and my father's cancer are connected 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

Act III: It’s clear @ThaneOfCawdor is the strong, powerful leader Scotland needs! Style Invitational Week 1366: Tour de Fours XVI — the LIAR club 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Adrian Anthony Gill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 28, 1954, and grew up mostly in London. A.A. Gill, British columnist and food critic with an acid wit, dies at 62 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

That's among the topics discussed on 's first interview with the author, whom she met recently in Edinburgh, Scotland. 'Harry Potter' Author Chats With Oprah Winfrey 2010-09-27T14:31:00Z

It will also show the Robertson family visiting their ancestral home of Scotland and the family taking over a different TV show for a holiday special. 'Duck Dynasty' sets return date 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

It was a nighttime sail to Oban, a resort town on Scotland’s west coast and home to CalMac’s busiest port of call, a distinction that earned it the moniker “Gateway to the Hebrides.” In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

"Tool use is exceedingly rare in the animal kingdom," evolutionary ecologist Christian Rutz of the University of St Andrews in Scotland, who led the study published in the journal Nature, said in an email. Endangered Hawaiian crow shows a knack for tool use 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

It's the second festival of circus, street arts and physical performance organised by Conflux which is dedicated to develop such work in Scotland. This week's new theatre 2011-07-15T23:07:31Z

In a study by a property website, Inverness is the happiest place in Scotland and the second happiest in the UK while east London was the poll's least happy location. Pegg: 'We have no context for happiness' 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

He won an Oscar for One Day in September and a Bafta for Touching the Void, before branching into fiction with The Last King of Scotland and State of Play. Can 'fake' documentaries still tell the truth? 2010-09-30T22:00:00Z

Glasgow, being the city that funds the rest of Scotland, would obviously get to provide the three astronauts. If only a Scotsman had boldly gone… 2013-07-13T23:05:54Z

She moved to Scotland in 2005 to be with the man who is now her husband, but it's also clear that she wants to expand her boundaries beyond Irish theatre. Lynda Radley on Futureproof: a freak show about selfhood not sisterhood 2011-08-18T16:09:26Z

When a young Mary returns to Scotland from France in 1561 and claims the throne, she asserts she also has the right to Elizabeth’s crown. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ and ‘WOW’ 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

"For Those in Peril" was a much smaller-scale operation, shot over six weeks in a small town in northeast Scotland - and, for several key sequences, in the cold North Sea. Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival 2013-05-19T14:15:12Z

He then decided to return to Scotland and worked as a journalist for the Sunday Post until he took up acting as a full-time career. Iain Blair obituary 2011-08-15T17:34:06Z

A total of £11m was awarded to the places of cultural interest in England, Scotland and Wales. National Theatre given £2.5m fund 2013-02-04T11:43:54Z

Tiffany, the associate director of the National Theatre of Scotland and newly minted Tony winner for directing "Once," says few actors can pull off the audaciousness of what Cumming has done. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z

A number of events are also taking place in Kirriemuir, Scotland, the town where Barrie was born. Howzat? 2010-05-07T07:12:00Z

I'm gutted that I can't reconcile my family needs in Scotland with the demands of being in the US – Rodeo Drive isn't quite ready for my Highland cattle. Ellis Watson quits Simon Cowell firm 2010-12-17T17:54:38Z

On a trip to Scotland he delighted in a menu of fish and chips and deep-fried haggis with thick curry sauce. Anthony Bourdain's greatest TV moments 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Plenty going on in Scotland next week, including the last ever performance of Junction 25's From Where I'm Standing at Tramway in Glasgow on Saturday night. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-02-11T17:51:37Z

The most expedient method was the Snowball Route, island hopping from Newfoundland to Scotland. ‘Frozen in Time’: The fate of brave airmen, locked in the ice 2013-04-24T22:05:58Z

The reckless romantic traveled by jet ski from the Isle of Whithorn in Scotland to the Isle of Man. Girlfriend of man jailed for crossing Irish Sea on jet ski says she would marry him 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Mackay’s hard-boiled books set in Scotland aren’t well known in the United States, but there’s a reason those who know them love them. Books to Breeze Through This Summer 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The tourism body estimates that over the next 10 years Brave will generate more than £140m in business for Scotland. US actress poses as 'Scots princess' 2014-01-10T09:42:20Z

Her latest such sojourn was in Scotland, which Schmidt has brought back with her — virtually — in the form of “Cairn Sounds,” now planted in a darkened Hamiltonian Gallery. Review | In the galleries: A virtual visit to Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Now rethinking its collections, Scotland is again sending masterworks to American museums, this time from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Inside Art: Works From Scotland Set to Tour America 2014-03-27T20:46:02Z

A millionaire naturalist wants to turn bears, extinct on these islands for more than 1,000 years, loose on his vast estate in Scotland. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways

The TV movie will tell the story of the couple's friendship and later romance while students at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and the social and media pressure surrounding their relationship, Lifetime said. Royal wedding grips U.S. TV, but who to play Kate? 2011-01-29T00:32:14Z

This year I spent a week in Scotland, driving through the West Highlands, up over the north coast and down again along the east. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Now he is the inspiration for a new show from the National Theatre of Scotland. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler 2014-03-31T23:04:52Z

Scotland, he told the Edinburgh international book festival, despite a long-held belief that its ethnic make-up was largely Scots, Celtic, Viking and Irish, was in fact "one of the most diverse nations on earth". Scottish people's DNA study could 'rewrite nation's history' 2012-08-15T00:24:24Z

Rowling hit back saying that she knows Scotland is a nation because she has made massive contributions to it unlike her detractors. J.K. Rowling Trolled After Showing Support for the Scottish Rugby Team 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

In Scotland, they offered a way of avoiding a six-mile walk around a quaggy loch. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

This theory is backed by a thought-provoking account of the impact of German raids on Scotland. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

My family lived in a beautiful house just on the coast near North Berwick and we would holiday in the west coast of Scotland once a year. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z

My husband, Dave, has had a secular but religious experience queuing from midnight to dawn to get a tee time at the cathedral of golf, St. Andrews, in Scotland. Why early-morning walks are the best way for travelers to explore new places 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

The aircraft, which was traveling to Edinburgh, Scotland, took off from Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 31, according to reports. 'Flight from hell': 4 Ryanair passengers allegedly faint on flight to Scotland 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

A major showcase for upcoming films, the Toronto festival has featured such Oscar winners as "American Beauty," "Crash," "The Last King of Scotland" and "Brokeback Mountain." Knightley, Worthington drama to close Toronto fest 2010-08-17T21:31:00Z

The film will be shot in India, England, Scotland and the American cities of New York, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. Filming begins on Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises' 2011-05-19T20:17:19Z

The Rev. Alison Newell, a Church of Scotland minister, and the associate chaplain at the University of Edinburgh, led a ceremony incorporating Scottish, Christian and Hindu traditions. Priyanka Bose, Christian Roberts 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z

Once sold under the macho slogan “Made in Scotland from Girders!” 'Hands off our Irn Bru': Scots vent fury at sugar cut in popular drink 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Those nice "made in Scotland from girders" ads are long forgotten. Hard Sell: Irn-Bru 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

I feel Europeans are so much more class bound … it feels so much heavier here in Europe, not just in Scotland but in Greece, Italy. Slap author Christos Tsiolkas takes swipe at 'dry' European fiction 2010-08-15T17:58:00Z

Illustration: Nick Shepherd Grouse from Scotland Blanche Vaughan Cook and food writer I was standing on a moor in mid-September just when the heather is in flower and I shot a grouse. The best food they ate in 2015 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

Ignition National Theatre of Scotland Touring Shetland until 30 March Two couples appear, one to either side of the vehicle, dressed formally and all in white: ballroom dancers. Ignition – review 2013-03-24T00:05:45Z

In Scotland, Edinburgh’s Scottish National Gallery is undergoing a major renovation, with plans for expanded gallery space and a grand entrance from Princes Street Gardens. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

Remember when Dolly the sheep was cloned in Scotland back in 1996? Furniture Design’s Brave New Present 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

An Italian émigré who left school in Scotland at age 15, he would later embark on a series of financially successful, idiosyncratic business ventures in dry cleaning, cling-film dispensers and first-aid kits. A Violinist Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

The film was a five-year slog for Day, a Scot who quit his job as a lawyer, bought a camera with his savings and sailed to the Outer Hebrides to capture Scotland’s last guga hunt. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Read how their gig in Scotland was "energised" and a little "mischievous". Isle of Wight festival 2012: preview 2012-06-19T09:20:00Z

This autumn, Scotland will stop prosecuting anyone under the age of 12 after its parliament voted unanimously to raise the age of criminal responsibility from eight. Age of criminal responsibility must be raised, say experts 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

Andrew, who denies all the allegations, was pictured driving from the queen’s Balmoral home in Scotland this week, prompting speculation that he was on his way to meet his newest grandchild. UK’s Princess Beatrice names first child Sienna Elizabeth 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

But as the session got going, I was surprised to learn that the entire U.K. was represented in the band, with musicians from Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland. Glasgow surprises with art, design and culture 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

ABERFOYLE, Scotland — Two hundred years ago, Sir Walter Scott penned one of the world’s great tales, “Rob Roy.” Follow in the footsteps of Scottish folk hero on the Rob Roy Way 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

In Scotland, Wannan adds, the tradition is for revelers to kiss everyone in the room — so no one gets left out. Analysis | Why do we kiss on New Year’s? 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

Around 180 pieces of new professional work produced in Scotland in the 12 months to 1 May were considered for the awards. Cumming nominated for Macbeth role 2013-05-09T13:30:33Z

The 196-year-old cashmere purveyor — it’s often credited with inventing the twin set — threw open its archives in Hawick, Scotland, last summer to the design school’s students, who first catalogued them, then mined them for inspiration. | The Pringle Archive Project 2011-02-23T18:15:40Z

But what I haven't seen captured too often in films made outside of Scotland is the sense of whimsy and the sense of fun that exists in the Scottish psyche. Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

In Scotland and other parts of Britain, the practice of "guising," putting on a small performance in exchange for a sweet treat or change, has been a Halloween tradition since the 16th century. Razor blades and weed edibles: Behind the enduring Halloween "candy poisoning" urban legends 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z

There’s the local Sergeant Beckles, whose ego is bruised when Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the crime. In Paradise, ‘Men Can’t Control Themselves’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Though the show begins just after World War II, it largely takes place during 18th century Scotland’s Jacobite uprisings. Outlander Recap: Feminism and Time Travel in a Bodice-Ripping Romance? Sure! 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z

He was not happy when Sue eloped to Scotland to marry her first husband and found her way to the heart of 1960s counterculture. How I photographed my mother’s last days 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

In a series of tweets, two days prior to the US election, Trump paid tribute to Connery, saying he was “highly regarded and respected in Scotland and beyond”. Sean Connery helped me get Scottish plans approved, says Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

She helped pull him out of his shell, getting him to travel to Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Croatia and Italy. Real Life Can Be Raw, in Marriage and Death 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

What is so impressive, though, is that this portrait of Scotland is questioning and sceptical, rather than closed and affirmative. Why the Royal Albert Memorial Museum won the Art Fund prize 2012-06-20T09:12:01Z

There’s its bravura opening for one, an unbroken eight-minute ballet introducing us to the major players and murky politics of early 14th-century Scotland. Full frontal: why the fuss over Chris Pine's 'dazzling' penis? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, we were in no doubt that Scotland was superior in every way. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

It was flat land, not like the Highlands of Scotland. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z

And certainly over the last couple of years, I've been either touring and therefore I'm with my small microcosm, or I'm back home in Scotland with my family. "I'm a Scottish witch, I think": Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage's dark new album 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

This part of Scotland is a place of untamed natural beauty, which you don’t need to follow the trail to appreciate. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Prime Minister Cameron and Prince William, second in line to the throne, attended 100th anniversary ceremonies in Scotland and Belgium on Monday. Lights go out across Britain, 100 years on from World War One 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

Paul Brannigan's performance in Ken Loach film The Angels' Share won him praise, nominations and a best actor prize at the British Academy Scotland Awards. Bafta unveils Breakthrough Brit list 2013-09-25T16:41:09Z

Between the Scotland and Hamburg trips, Mr. Williams presented the Beatles at the Jacaranda and arranged for them to perform elsewhere around Liverpool. Allan Williams, First Manager of the Beatles, Dies at 86 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Chris Scott Scotland's mystery book sculptor has been up to her old tricks again this week, leaving a series of literary-themed sculptures in secret locations. Sculptor returns 2012-11-30T12:52:04Z

So never mind It's A Royal Knockout, ma'am, give us back much of Scotland and Cornwall. It's a good week in television for republicanism 2012-06-01T23:05:37Z

I went to university in Scotland, then returned down south. Ilhan Omar meets Tan Dhesi: ‘We helped to break a glass ceiling' 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

My wife and I are planning to spend two weeks in central and northern Scotland this summer. Q&A: A Base for Exploring Scotland 2010-04-15T16:00:00Z

But he was dreaming of Scotland, where he returned after lockdowns eased in the spring. ‘Outlander’ Star Sam Heughan Wants You to Love Scotland, Too 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Scotland Yard has confirmed that sexual violence against women by gangs is now "at the top of our agenda" following initiatives that have seen gun crime fall by 17% and knife crime offences by 11.5%. Gangs draw up lists of girls to rape as proxy attacks on rivals 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

"I remember getting on a running machine when we got to the hotel in Scotland and it was playing, and I felt slightly strange and embarrassed," he says. Keane: Breakthroughs and breakdowns 2013-11-20T07:24:48Z

A government spokesperson insisted the new procedures were close to being announced, and said ministers were consulting Creative Scotland, the government arts agency, and others about establishing a new process. Scotland stalls on new poet laureate 2011-01-02T18:43:43Z

Blood Diamond, The Last King of Scotland, Shooting Dogs and The Constant Gardener: all well-received, all acclaimed, and all with white protagonists heroically engaging with a dangerous and savage continent. Africa United reveals the other side of a continent 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z

Evans, who said the trip was a "brilliant adventure", broadcast his Radio 2 Friday breakfast show from BBC Radio Scotland in Inverness. Pink Roller finishes cancer trip 2013-04-19T11:00:47Z

And then there are the fabrics: superfine cashmere, vicuña, wools from Italy, Scotland, France. Fashion Review: Milan Men’s Fashion Week, Fall 2014 2014-01-15T22:59:32Z

Scotland's not too good at nurturing Pakistani writing within its own borders. This week's arts diary 2011-08-23T21:01:01Z

And on the west coast of Scotland, the National Centre for Excellence in Traditional Music is under threat. National centre for traditional music in Scotland threatened 2011-02-07T18:36:00Z

A brief reference in the play to the inviolable British union even had to be tweaked slightly when “Scotland” was mentioned — not an easy thing to do with a play written in blank verse. Review: Crown Jewel: King Charles III in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

I was in England visiting a friend, and as we approached the border of England and Scotland, we stopped to see Hadrian’s Wall. The Walls Before Trump’s Wall 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Proud of his Scottish heritage, Banks reveled in his love of malt whisky, even making it the subject of a book "Raw Spirit" that took him across Scotland. Poignant final novel by Iain Banks out 11 days after death 2013-06-20T12:29:05Z

As Food & Wine reported, there are several Scotch whisky hotels in Scotland, and another opened in London last fall. Whisky Hotel to open in Los Angeles with whiskey fountain 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

The second important development in this case is the kidnapping of a young woman on her way to Scotland, not long after she has heard a man misquote Swinburne. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

While last week’s episode curiously didn’t touch on Jamie’s abuse and how it currently shapes their relationship with much depth, it takes center stage in “Not in Scotland Anymore.” ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

Some people, in this National Theatre of Scotland/Untitled Projects collaboration, do claim to remember. Paul Bright's Confessions of a Justified Sinner – review 2013-06-20T16:56:11Z

It's well known that British literary fiction seeks out the exotic, avoiding middle England in favour of immigrant communities, the more exciting past and urban Scotland. Best of Young British Novelists 4, edited by John Freeman – review 2013-04-16T14:14:05Z

I said the other day, I didn't think it would be possible to make an improvement on Scotland, but I think Pixar has actually managed it. Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

The reckless romantic traveled by jet ski from the Isle of Whithorn, in Scotland, to the Isle of Man. Man who jet-skied to Isle of Man to visit girlfriend denied reentry: report 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

BBC2, August I Am Slave A one-off drama from the people who created the feature film The Last King of Scotland, tackling the issue of slavery in contemporary Britain. What to see in summer 2010 2010-05-23T20:30:00Z

Scotland is a small country, and there's a kind of pride in politicians, both at a local and national level, in what's being achieved here. Are things better in Scotland? Plus how to save a threatened arts centre 2011-01-19T07:00:03Z

His Scotch Symphony, replete with misty ruins and ceremonial tartans and set to Mendelssohn, is less a tribute to Scotland itself than to the romantic ballets of 19th-century Paris, especially La Sylphide. Mariinsky Ballet: Don Quixote; Balanchine/Robbins triple bill ? review 2011-08-06T23:06:13Z

At Kingston, Mr. Barth explained that he and his wife were longtime canal buffs and spent much of their free time visiting canals worldwide, from Scotland to Panama. History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal 2010-07-29T21:54:00Z

There are plenty of English people in Scotland who would vote for independence. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

A similar literary pub crawls are operated out of New York City, Dublin and Edinburgh, Scotland. ‘London literary pub’ tour brings writers and writing home 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Now even Twentieth Century Fox, so often the poor relation of the US film industry when it comes to comic-book movies, has its own guru: Scotland's own Mark Millar. Can Mark Millar be a superhero for Twentieth Century Fox? 2012-09-28T16:26:29Z

The following is a collection of observations from the west coast of Scotland and a little-traveled swath of Mitteleuropa, a German term for Central Europe. Stalking the Trump Family’s Roots 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

The former James Bond star was present at the launch of the Yes Scotland campaign, calling it an "historic day" for Scotland. Celebrity independence interventions 2014-02-20T15:08:01Z

However, according to one writer and critic, the author of Ivanhoe and the Waverley novels was not only crucial in creating the idea of Scotland as it persists today, but also "invented England". Scotland's image-maker Sir Walter Scott 'invented English legends' 2010-08-16T16:21:00Z

Val McDermid’s genius at plotting, sense of place, and attention to character is all on display in her fifth novel starring Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie of Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit. Review | Cuddle up and listen: 3 great audiobooks to stave off the winter blues 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Its UK significance is underlined in its current exhibition, part of the Picasso and Modern British Art show at the National Gallery of Scotland, which traces the artist's influence on generations of British artists. Dove can't fly 2012-08-17T14:17:00Z

An exhibition detailing the life of Catherine the Great opens at the National Museum of Scotland on 13 July. In pictures: Capital hosts Russian collection 2012-07-13T09:43:52Z

He was a regular visitor to Scotland, and in 2004 produced an album of songs called Hamilton's Other Country. Country musician Hamilton dies at 77 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Whitaker’s other credits include “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” ”The Crying Game” and “The Last King of Scotland,” for which he won an Academy Award for best actor in 2007. Forest Whitaker files for divorce from Keisha Nash-Whitaker 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

Wagner moved from the US to Scotland when he was 12 and went on to work for Dundee publisher DC Thomson. Comic lawman Dredd's Scots roots 2012-08-14T05:37:40Z

The industry and media were still feasting on the carcass of Britpop, and for three teenagers in Scotland there was no way of fitting in. Biffy Clyro interview: 'We care too much to be cool' 2013-01-26T22:00:01Z

David Bhella, a researcher at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, explains that some researchers worry that eliminating a virus will leave another one in its place. We often call a virus a bug. Does that mean it’s alive? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

Having said which, I am about to donate my archive to the National Library of Scotland. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

“We were on tour in the U.K. and we were on a day off in a fantastic castle hotel on the outskirts of Glasgow in Scotland,” he said. Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott nervous about rock hall speech 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

It’s almost equidistant between northwest Scotland and western Norway. Shetland Isles to Norway: Cruising the land of the midnight sun 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Bad boy Charlie Sheen briefly visited Scotland recently in search of the Loch Ness monster. Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z

"Creative Scotland aims to reach every community across Scotland through the three-year programme." Games 'culture drive' announced 2011-07-27T11:41:59Z

Her parents divorced when she was five and after her mother remarried a Scottish businessman the family moved to Scotland. Susannah York, the gentle star of 1960s cinema, dies after battle against cancer 2011-01-16T00:50:23Z

I first got to know his music, and first sang his music, as a teenager at school in Scotland. How William Byrd Influences Music, 400 Years After His Death 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

He also wrote paperback novels and even a few hardcovers, mostly westerns and fantasies, some under the pen names Jay Scotland and Alan Payne. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

I love Scotland and its water of life. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Gavin Rodgers/Rex Features The story goes that when Kirk Douglas was filming To Catch A Spy in 1970 on the west coast of Scotland, he grew increasingly exasperated by the relentless bad weather. Why cinemas love a wet weekend 2012-07-12T18:00:02Z

So after Elizabeth’s death, you could monitor the convoy from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London, with a glassy hearse designed and lit to make the coffin visible. Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Previously all but unknown even in her native Australia, she wowed audiences and critics in Scotland with a sparkling tale of a failed marriage and subsequent personal reinvention. This week's new comedy 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

A bridal party included two sisters and two nieces wearing dresses made of McIntyre tartan sourced from Scotland. A Leap Into Their First Marriage 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Antrim’s north-east coast is where Ireland and Scotland almost scream at each other over a deceptively narrow sea. Scene stealer: how Game of Thrones put a spotlight on Antrim and Derry 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

You have all three older men living in the Midwest, in Wisconsin, and a girl, a strange creature, from Edinburgh, Scotland— we couldn’t have been more different. “If we came out now, we wouldn’t have a chance in hell”: Shirley Manson looks back at 20 years of Garbage 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

This is what the authors call Thinking Gardens, and they remind us of Charles Jencks’s Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Scotland, where he used both quantum and cosmic geometries to fashion land art. Marking the gardener’s path through history 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

He also observes sika deer, a species originally introduced from Japan, and heralds the reintroduction of the European beaver to Scotland after an absence of 400 years. TV highlights 08/02/2013 2013-02-07T20:00:01Z

Tiffany worked on the show while he was at Harvard in 2011 on sabbatical from his job at the National Theatre of Scotland. Tony awards 2012: Drinks all round for the creators of Once 2012-06-11T17:30:28Z

After a high school education in North London, Ms. Weldon went to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and graduated with a degree in economics and psychology. Fay Weldon, British Novelist Who Challenged Feminist Orthodoxy, Dies at 91 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

Vanishing Point, the theatre company behind the show, and The National Theatre of Scotland hope it will bring Cutler to a new audience. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler 2014-03-31T23:04:52Z

He lives in Scotland and I live in England and we send each other messages every day about whatever’s going on and gossip on football and whatever. Working class hero: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” is a must-see in the era of Brexit and Donald Trump 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

Labour's weak showing in Scotland reveals what could be a massive vulnerability. Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader by Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre - review 2011-07-15T21:55:11Z

Once it does, Luke returns to Scotland for one last reunion with his grandmother, helping her to relive the Blackpool of her youth. ‘The Illuminations,’ by Andrew O’Hagan 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Delegates deferred some of the toughest issues to the November climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. No bold plans come from United Nations climate summit 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

Casting Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond, or James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland, provides an outsider view of exotic catastrophes, and a rooting interest for the mass of American and European viewers. Review: Out of Africa (and Kansas City) Comes The Good Lie 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

But the little lord does share a birthday with the E! fashionista's firstborn son, Mason Dash, who turned 5 on Sunday, and joins sister Penelope Scotland, 2. Kourtney Kardashian welcomes another baby boy on son Mason's birthday 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

James Naughtie is taking an "enhanced role" and will host Good Morning Scotland two days a week in the runup to the independence referendum. Mishal Husain, a new female voice for the Today programme 2013-07-16T12:56:42Z

Four researchers in Scotland say that revising the recommendation that mothers breast-feed exclusively for six months might ultimately result in more breast-feeding. Motherlode Blog: Study Urges Revision of Six-Month Breast-Feeding Recommendations 2012-03-15T12:02:00Z

I am very certain many in Scotland feel the same. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Communities in Inverclyde, like many parts of Scotland, were torn apart by the events of the First World War. Digital display for rare WWI posters 2013-08-23T00:25:58Z

The children are the young members of Sistema Scotland, a radical social-intervention programme based on the model that produced these Venezuelan musicians. Big Noise orchestra's classical music proves instrumental in social change 2012-06-20T19:38:32Z

And being naked outdoors is rarely a good idea in northern Scotland. Simon Hoggart's week: biffed by backpacks borne by zombie hordes 2013-06-21T17:59:09Z

An elaborate and probably unnecessary prologue finds Scotland Yard functionaries viewing a film that asks a dark question: “What Is Wrong With the Youth of England?” Theater Review: ‘These Paper Bullets!’ Opens at Yale Rep 2014-03-27T21:56:49Z

After first picking up the violin at 4, Benedetti swapped the picturesque Ayrshire village of West Kilbride in Scotland for the “extreme environment” of the Yehudi Menuhin music school in Surrey, England, five years later. A Violinist Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

A new low for high-rises ... demolition of the Red Road flats in Glasgow, Scotland. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-15T15:45:16Z

The show is embarking on a new tour in Scotland and to London this autumn. Black Watch director had feared the play would be a 'turkey' 2010-08-18T16:00:00Z

The Tectonics Festival Glasgow will take place in Scotland on May 11 and 12; tectonicsfestival.com/glasgow. Critic’s Notebook: Ilan Volkov’s Tectonics Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland 2013-04-23T21:48:02Z

In July 1823 an act was passed "for building additional places of worship in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland" which led to churches being built on 40 sites including Plockton. Wicker Man villagers fight to save their only church from developers 2013-02-26T18:23:24Z

He won a Bafta for the same film and his other credits include Rush, 28 Days Later, 127 Hours and The Last King of Scotland. Top 10 tips for being a cinematographer 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

"There seems to be a complete lack of understanding from Creative Scotland of what is involved to put on museum-quality exhibitions." Arts body accused of 'bulldozing' Scottish culture 2012-07-09T14:34:39Z

Either way, Andrew left Scotland by private jet earlier in the week. Andrew and Fergie: is a conscious recoupling of convenience on the cards? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

We call on you to act swiftly to make what changes are necessary to the organisation to repair trust and restore communication before any further damage is done to Scotland's cultural landscape and international reputation. Rift deepens between Scottish artists and Creative Scotland, as despairing open letter is published 2012-10-09T09:41:00Z

The news was announced by Nick Grimshaw as he broadcast his Radio 1 Breakfast Show live from BBC Scotland, based at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Radio 1 Big Weekend 2014 in Glasgow 2014-01-30T07:47:43Z

One of the most intriguing is Life in a Day, which was masterminded by The Last King of Scotland's Kevin McDonald. Kevin Smith to face pastor's protests at Sundance festival 2011-01-20T16:55:07Z

Years later, back in Scotland, my dad gave up his work as a draughtsman in 1965 and started working as the Glasgow secretary for the party. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z

At dusk, as the nation began to shift uncomfortably in its seat, two women from Glasgow, Scotland, took a selfie near the north side of the White House. What it felt like to be in Washington on Election Day 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

The most magical place in Central Scotland is the Cora Linn at the Falls of Clyde after a heavy rainfall. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Grimes’s irresistibly attractive Scotland Yard man is busy solving the murder of his newly acquired friends David Moffit, an American astronomer, and his wife, Rebecca. Child Sleuths and Child Victims 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

The programme will begin with events in Scotland, England and Belgium on 4 August 2014, the 100th anniversary of the declaration of war. First world war centenary events will be 'respectful and useful' 2013-06-10T11:31:08Z

But here was the Royal Bank of Canada -- unlike the Royal Bank of Scotland, which was a disaster -- the Royal Bank of Canada was impeccable! Oliver Stone bailed out by Canadian bank 2010-05-13T06:19:00Z

Stars of the Scottish screen are expected on the red carpet in the capital later for the screening of Brave which is set in the mythical medieval Highlands of Scotland. Film festival awards announced 2012-06-30T16:01:00Z

Two United Airlines pilots were arrested at Glasgow Airport in Scotland on Saturday morning after allegedly failing a breath test prior to boarding a flight bound for Newark, N.J.. United pilots arrested, accused of intoxication prior to US-bound flight from UK 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

With its widely spread out attractions, wind-whipped landscape and lack of public transport, Scotland can be challenging to tackle on your own, especially if the thought of driving on the “wrong” side is daunting. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

This annual festival features several American productions doing what are essentially warm-up performances before they are staged in Scotland in August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 59E59 Announces Season 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

He is not playing any shows in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, and is restricting his newly announced shows solely to English cities. Justin Bieber announces UK tour 2012-07-02T07:16:21Z

After his death, about 1,000 people, including family, friends and campaigners, marched from south London to Scotland Yard calling for a public inquiry. Smiley 'icon of British reggae rap' 2013-07-02T15:04:21Z

England, Scotland and Ireland are earnestly improving tourism infrastructures, adding worthwhile exhibits to well-known sights and investing in new experiences for travelers. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

Presumably buoyed by healthier takings in the nations not competing in the World Cup – Scotland, Ireland and Wales – the crime thriller posted a weak opening of £468,000 from 310 screens, including previews. World Cup puts boot into suffering UK box office 2010-06-15T11:58:00Z

Within the context of the show’s anticolonial buzz and Locke’s own biography — born in Scotland in 1959, he grew up in a newly independent British colony — Locke’s Elizabeth plainly had critical messages to deliver. The Eyes Have It in Hew Locke’s Power-Challenging Show 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

The reckless romantics traveled by jet ski from the Isle of Whithorn, in Scotland, to the Isle of Man. Man arrested for jet skiing across Irish Sea breaks up with girlfriend who inspired the trip: report 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

Ms Archer's appointment was largely welcomed by those working in the industry in Scotland. Creative Scotland announces shake-up 2013-10-02T13:52:07Z

But a good Gordon Brown has been impossible to find: I held casting sessions all over England and Scotland, scouring areas where there might be someone who looked like him. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z

Of course, the show, presented by the Scottish Youth Theater, grapples with more significant issues, too, such as: What currency would an independent Scotland use? Independence Question Dominates Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Trump’s mother and grandparents arrived in America in the late 19th and early 20th century from Scotland and Germany. Stalking the Trump Family’s Roots 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, White began his career producing plays on London’s West End with shows such as Oh! Michael White, Rocky Horror movie producer, dies aged 80 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

She's heading back to England soon, then it's off to Scotland to film a supernatural thriller called The Awakening. Rebecca Hall: class act 2010-06-11T23:02:00Z

Last summer, on a ferry between Oban and the Isle of Mull in Scotland, I met a family from Texas. Top places in Europe to take the kids include Copenhagen, castles and a real magic kingdom 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

But feeling that he required an unconventional approach, she partnered with Arika, an arts organization in Scotland that connects aesthetics with social justice. Storyboard P: Where Is the Place for a Genius of Street Dance? 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Can I wait this season out in Scotland??? ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

He remained for nine years, playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, producing Ibsen and Bridie, touring throughout Scotland and often performing in his own play, The Charm of Robert Burns. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

Best known for: Setting up the National Theatre of Scotland, where she remained as artistic director for six years, overseeing the hit production Black Watch, among many others. Vicky Featherstone: incoming artistic director, Royal Court theatre – profile 2013-02-18T14:23:06Z

A few weeks ago I was grousing about the National Theatre of Scotland's awkward big play Caledonia at the Edinburgh festival. Hamlet; Passion; Beautiful Burnout; Wanderlust 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

We're at the start of something very, very special: the beginning of a campaign to restore nationhood to the nation of Scotland. Alex Salmond predicts million-strong movement for Scottish independence 2012-05-25T16:44:00Z

Compere Patrick Monahan is presiding over an audience singing competition, Scotland v the Rest of the World, with remarkable bonhomie. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

One noticeable absentee was Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, as she was carrying out an engagement in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter marries in Gatsbyesque splendor 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

I was in England visiting a friend, and as we approached the border of England and Scotland, we stopped to see Hadrian's Wall. Will the Wall Fall in the Season 7 Finale of 'Game of Thrones?' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

A survey by Ipsos-Mori in March found 47 percent support for independence in Scotland's most deprived areas compared to 41 percent support for staying in the union. Tale of two towns as Scottish independence shows social divide 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The panto tradition is strong in Scotland, but you don't look to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre for such fare. This week's new theatre 2012-12-01T00:06:18Z

Alas, there are no online clips, so we'll have to make do with the 2010 National Theatre of Scotland version, written by David Greig, which transposed the action from London to Edinburgh. Peter Pan – a YouTube roundup 2012-12-05T16:18:33Z

First of all, it takes me from where I used to work in central London, right to the West Highlands of Scotland, which are probably the most scenic part of the British Isles. Riding the Rails With the Man in Seat 61 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

This year, production is expected to exceed a million metres – the biggest production run for 15 years – every centimetre hand-woven at homes in Scotland's Western Isles. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z

The Scottish Government is promoting, to the tune of £1.2m over three years, a programme of work under the banner of Made in Scotland marketing Scottish theatre and performance to overseas producers. Edinburgh festival organisers plan VIP tie-up with Olympics 2011-08-12T20:19:04Z

That will be of little comfort to Scotland, which had been in the frame as a front-runner, with reports that uncertainty over Brexit saw it fall out of favour with Amazon. Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show to be filmed in New Zealand 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

Richie will play ten dates across England, Scotland and Wales, featuring some of his greatest hits including All Night Long, Hello and Three Times a Lady. Richie: 'I'm a hopeless romantic' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

Mr Balmond said he wanted to capture the "powerful energy, scientific heritage and magnetic pull of Scotland" - particularly the work of James Clerk Maxwell. Star selected as border landmark 2011-07-04T13:03:38Z

BBC Scotland said its aim remained to provide high quality and distinctive programmes and services. Salmond to meet BBC DG over cuts 2012-09-06T16:29:31Z

Our audience, from Shropshire to Scotland and especially in our heartland of North Yorkshire, did not want the company to disappear and they showed it by donating, pledging and sponsoring. Arts head: Nobby Dimon, North Country Theatre 2013-07-09T09:38:52Z

The disco legend Nile Rodgers, talks about Chic's first ever festival and what it's like playing Manchester Warehouse Project, in this Q&A. They've just played Parklife Weekender in Manchester and RockNess in Scotland. Lovebox 2012: festival preview 2012-06-12T10:49:25Z

With her Central Asian travels on hold, author Caroline Eden has been making more-modest trips, to buy fresh curry leaves and other ingredients at a shop by the largest mosque in Edinburgh, Scotland. Take a culinary journey with these new travel-inspired cookbooks 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Local debates on radio, new political programmes on Radio Scotland in the run up to the referendum, and special radio documentaries. BBC to boost referendum coverage 2013-05-21T13:43:33Z

Macdonald buys her goshawk from an Irish breeder on a quay in Scotland. Finding solace in the skies: Helen Macdonald’s memoir ‘H is for Hawk’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

I've been fighting for Scotland printing rebel pamphlets, risking further English punishment as well by smuggling to support my ungrateful Lallybroch crew. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images There is something dandified about Impressionist Gardens, the blockbuster festival exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland. Floral fantasies: garden paintings reveal the radicalism of the Impressionists 2010-08-20T12:40:00Z

It’s been almost two weeks since Scotland voted no to separating from the United Kingdom, but Cumming, a Scot who campaigned heavily for the yes side from New York, hasn’t quite gotten over the loss. Alan Cumming's Life Was No Cabaret 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

This is a sign that Salmond's engagement with the arts goes beyond superficial courting, and that he genuinely wishes to place imagination at the heart of the new Scotland. The writers Alex Salmond is courting now will hold him to account 2013-07-14T20:00:01Z

Scotland is a much lighter and more fun place than I thought it was. ArtsBeat: More 'Brigadoon' Than 'Trainspotting': Craig Ferguson Brings 'Late Late Show' to Scotland 2012-05-14T13:05:32Z

The firm, sandy fairways, long open views, and exposure to strong winds would evoke the famous links of Scotland and Ireland and pay direct homage to the less well-known but well-loved “heathland” courses outside London. Can Sand Valley Make Wisconsin the Next Golfing Destination? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

Of course, as an independent country Scotland would make mistakes, it would do stupid things, be crass and ugly at times. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

So when we’re supposed to revel in her discovery of an ancient yew tree in Scotland, which she experiences in almost spiritual terms, her joy feels as unknowable as she is. Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

She is based in Port Chester, N.Y., and represents the United States, and he is based in Port Chester and Edinburgh, Scotland, and represents Scotland. Olivia Blatchford, Alan Clyne 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

A United Nations study in 2005 based on interviews with victims of crime found Scotland to be the most violent country in the developed world. The Eagle bears the standard Scottish stereotype 2011-03-28T09:55:28Z

This is a daring expedition through superb hiking country, with an overnight stop at Sourlies, one of the most popular bothies in Scotland. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z

Sarah Speirs, RICS's director for Scotland, said: "In awarding the Bard honorary membership, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wished to acknowledge Burns' professional training as a land surveyor." Robert Burns honoured as surveyor 2012-11-20T13:15:29Z

These categorisations helped to spread a new appreciation of the British countryside, and Wales, the Lake District and Scotland became crowded with tourists in search of picturesque views. Constable, Turner, Gainsborough and the Making of Landscape 2012-11-23T22:55:21Z

It never occurs to me that Scotland and England are one, any more than it occurs that Scotland and Wales are one. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

He later turned to comedy and created a stage persona called Bing Hitler, a two-bit autocrat who became a sensation in Scotland. Craig Ferguson: dragon slayer 2010-03-24T19:18:00Z

Fifty Thousand Homes is a business-led campaign group – including the Royal Bank of Scotland, the CBI and scores of London businesses – formed to push the housing crisis up the political agenda. The great London property squeeze 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Blood, Salt, Water” is primarily set in the quaint seaside town of Helensburgh, a real town in Scotland that looks like a place Miss Marple might have chosen for holiday. Denise Mina’s ‘Blood, Salt, Water’: An atmospheric, chilling thriller 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Rising scale ... an attendee of the Sistema Scotland music education project. El Sistema: a Big Noise about nothing? 2010-06-22T13:55:00Z

In London, the Victoria and Albert museum is preparing to venture beyond the confines of South Kensington: the first V&A "abroad" will be built in Dundee, Scotland. What's the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz? 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z

That afternoon, England played Scotland in the Euro 1996 football championship. TV drama revisits 'optimism' of 1996 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Cutler had a difficult relationship with Scotland, where he always thought he was undervalued. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler 2014-03-31T23:04:52Z

Try the haggis: The Robertson clan is in Scotland on the return of "Duck Dynasty." TV This Week Nov. 16 -22: 'Independent Lens' on PBS 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Forsyth: I can honestly tell you that the toxicology and the legal stuff around someone dying and being found in Scotland, and so on and so on is narratively bulletproof. PBS' "Guilt" examines what happens to estranged brothers after they finally bond over killing someon 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Sticking with the small screen, the BBC has announced coverage of this summer's Edinburgh Fringe, including an extension from two weeks to three of Radio Scotland's MacAuley and Co. TV executives stifling new comedy, says veteran producer 2013-06-25T13:38:37Z

AP: "Brave" is animated, but does the landscape feel like the real Scotland? Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian This Friday, 30 November, is St Andrew's Day, feast day of the patron saint of Scotland – and the perfect excuse to dedicate this week's RR to all things Scottish. Readers recommend: songs about Scotland 2012-11-29T22:00:00Z

In 1885, a determined doctor imported cattle to Hong Kong from his native Scotland and established a dairy farm to supply the island with fresh milk. Icy, Sweet and Instagram-Ready 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

At first, when the witches tell Macbeth he will one day rule Scotland, he is horrified by the thought of what that means for the people in his way. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

The National Museum of Scotland reopened its doors in July in all its Victorian glory after a 47-million-pound makeover gave it a spectacular boost into the 21st century. Scotland's portrait gallery fulfils 120-yr-old dream 2011-11-29T16:39:58Z

Scotland looks stunning, which I’m really proud of. Kelly Macdonald: ‘I give good grief face’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

The Lottery-funded plan will be delivered by arts development agency, Creative Scotland. Games 'culture drive' announced 2011-07-27T11:41:59Z

Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective of his day, reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale 2012-11-30T16:48:58Z

The new season began last week with the kid-friendly "The Man Who Planted Trees," from the Puppet State Theatre Company in Edinburgh, Scotland. Wallis Annenberg Center raises 2nd-season curtain amid challenges 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

For this first one he's in Oban on the west coast of Scotland. Town with Nicholas Crane; Love and Death in City Hall – TV review 2013-05-22T06:00:16Z

In south-west Scotland, "Which school did you go to?" means, "Are you a Protestant or a Catholic and are we about to have a fight?" The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

A violent encounter is what prompts Gerry and Stella to move to Scotland; it is also one of the sources of their marital difficulties. Exploring the mystery of a long, challenged marriage 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian It's pretty quiet in Scotland this week – no doubt many are getting ready for Edinburgh and their summer hols. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-07-06T14:44:00Z

A groom from Scotland decided that for his best man, all he needed was man’s best friend. Groom has his pet dog as his best man 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

GLASGOW, Scotland — An asteroid would focus the mind better. What was COP26? A slog, a spectacle — and, for one youthful delegation, an opportunity. 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

The lounge’s floor-to-ceiling windows offered views of one of Scotland’s famous Munros, which my husband quipped resembled a giant Hershey’s Kiss. We walked half of Scotland’s West Highland Way to fulfill an old hiking dream 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Beyonce is slated to perform at the V Festival in August while Scotland's biggest festival, T in the Park, in July has Rihanna, the Killers, and Snoop Dogg on its roster. British music festivals in tune with older, cashed-up fans 2013-06-12T17:49:21Z

A blend of “Survivor” and the party game Mafia, “The Traitors” is set in and around a castle in Scotland. ‘The Traitors’ Was a Sensation in Britain. Can It Conquer the U.S.? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Inspector Ian Rutledge, the Scotland Yard detective in Charles Todd’s moody mysteries, survived the battle of the Somme but returned home from World War I suffering from shell shock. Murders Most Foul 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

One steak that is not grilled, a filet seared in cast iron, is served with a somewhat lightened version of the savory oatmeal preparation from Scotland known as skirlie. Does New York Need a British Steakhouse? Yes, if It’s Hawksmoor. 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Post your suggestions for the best songs about Scotland below and we'll assemble the ones we like best in a playlist next week. Readers recommend: songs about Scotland 2012-11-29T22:00:00Z

"The programme might be filmed in Scotland using local runners, electricians, make-up artists etc. who are paid and then will spend their wages in Scotland to the benefit of the Scottish economy." BBC 'boosts UK economy by £8bn' 2013-01-16T16:26:12Z

The thing about the story that's always stayed with me since I read it as a child is the idea of Scotland as a threatening land; a world beyond the known world. Centurion kicks off British sword and sandals film wave 2010-04-22T22:15:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton The National Theatre of Scotland has made a virtue of its nomadic existence, winning praise for its ability to cover the length and breadth of country since its formation in 2006. National Theatre of Scotland finds permanent home 2013-01-14T11:33:27Z

The skeleton at issue in Val McDermid's new stand-alone mystery, "The Skeleton Road," is discovered by an acrophobic demolition surveyor atop a Victorian Gothic school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Val McDermid's new whodunit rattles with recent Balkans history 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

In this animated film set in Victorian-era Scotland, a boy who had his defective heart replaced with a cuckoo clock tries to resist falling in love, which could kill him. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

He left a wealth of objects to the people of Scotland in the magnificent Burrell Collection. Burrell: The art of shipping 2013-05-28T23:26:55Z

Five years ago their fathers conspired to arrange their marriage, but they both refused, Fenella even fleeing to her grandmother’s home in Scotland. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Celebrated for her Garnethill suspense trilogy, as well as for her Alex Morrow police procedural series, Mina has now trained her moody sensibilities on an episode from the career of Scotland’s most infamous serial killer. Denise Mina looks inside the mind of a psychopath in her chilling novel ‘The Long Drop’ 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

There's something about Scotland that mixes well with crime and mystery fiction. New crime fiction: a trio of 'tartan noir' mysteries 2012-11-07T23:14:04Z

"I was bingeing on savory and fatty foods. One man even said 'you would look so pretty if weren't fat,'" said Murray, of Glasgow, Scotland. Woman loses 140 pounds after struggling to fit in airplane seat: 'I never thought I weighed that much' 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

One choice that was nonnegotiable was to shoot on location in Scotland. Behind ‘Outlander,’ on Starz, True Hearts in the Highlands 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

While Beaumaris shows medieval castle engineering at its best — four rings of defense, a moat, and a fortified dock — problems in Scotland changed the king’s priorities. Wales: Packed with castles and charm 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

His last home was the zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. In World War II, a bear became companion and helper to Polish soldiers 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

The SNP proudly asserts the multicultural nature of modern Scotland with its MSPs taking the parliamentary oath in Urdu, Gaelic, Italian and English. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

Scotland Yard will now decide whether to launch a full investigation into the Savile allegations after an assessment by detectives, led by detective superintendent David Grey. Jimmy Savile: Met to lead sexual abuse complaints investigation 2012-10-04T17:54:41Z

It charts the fortunes of a World War II-era nurse who finds herself transported to 18th-century Scotland, where she encounters both political and romantic turmoil in the Highlands. Exploring Scotland’s Past and Present 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

The Toronto-based Londoner shot his fantasy tale of a war-weary knight returning home from the Crusades in Scotland in the autumn. Lost joys: Hunting down missing movies 2014-03-07T01:01:19Z

He was a vocal supporter of Scotland’s recent bid for independence, which was defeated Sept. 18. For Alan Cumming, Life Isn’t Always a Cabaret 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

There would be direct funding from the Cultural Olympiad linked to the London Games, and he also expected general arts funding in Scotland to rise from 2012 onwards. Edinburgh festival director Jonathan Mills extends his contract until 2014 2011-02-03T13:58:56Z

“I flew from Scotland for this,” Mr. Cleaver said. The Desert Trippers: Old, Young, Nostalgic and Adventurous 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

He and his wife set off on foot to walk Britain end to end, from the far northern tip of Scotland to Cornwall in the southwest. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

With Scots preparing to vote in a referendum on independence in September, a nationwide series of exhibitions celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland seems timely. Space Pod Alights at the Serpentine Gallery 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

A current problem, for example, is what it means to be an officially British broadcaster in an era of increased independence for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Belfast-set thriller The Fall joins the few dramas to tackle the Troubles 2013-05-14T13:23:58Z

It is part of 'Homecoming Scotland' which sees a number of major events being held in the country. MTV to honour Eminem at EMAs 2013-11-09T15:39:48Z

Easdale island lies off the west coast of Scotland and has hosted the World Stone Skimming Championships since 1997, raising money for the local community. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

But warrior Celts, we come to see, will be around as long as Scotland. 'Black Watch' review: Battles blaze anew 2011-03-31T05:54:14Z

He began his stage career in 1946 at Perth repertory theatre in Scotland. David Buxton obituary 2011-08-22T15:48:58Z

If regional racism is bad, surely erasing Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the cultural map is worse. TV review: Show Me The Funny and British Masters 2011-07-18T21:00:01Z

The sound design is particularly inventive, utilizing the noise of ricocheting bullets and screaming men as transitions from the flashbacks to Claire in Scotland. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘A Dragonfly in Amber’ 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

Actually, at least as the Milan shows kicked off and the audience surreptitiously checked Twitter feeds for exit polls from Scotland, it seemed to mean ... the 1970s! At Milan Fashion Week, Fendi, Alberta Ferretti, Max Mara 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Watt was an instrument maker from Greenock, in central Scotland, when, in 1765, he was asked to repair a Newcomen pump, an engine in which steam pushed a piston through a cylinder. Watt's workshop at the Science Museum 2011-03-20T00:05:21Z

The National Youth Choir of Scotland was wonderful, capable of gauzy delicacy and ringing fortes; the baritone Ashley Riches elegant in his brief moment in the spotlight. Review: Berlioz, Rendered Newly Audacious at Carnegie Hall 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

Harry described what happened in September after the palace announced that his grandmother, the queen, was under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle, in Scotland. Here’s What We Learned From Prince Harry’s Interviews 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

“Some destinations are getting short on capacity for the rest of the season,” Hellmuth said, “such as smaller places in Scotland or Iceland.” What to know as Europe reopens to U.S. travelers 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

None of this year’s nominees are from Scotland. Gearing Up for Turner Prize, Art Exhibition Will Roam Scotland 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, Keoghan is at home in Scotland, where he was speaking from his car outside his gym. Barry Keoghan Doesn’t Mean to Be a Scene-Stealer 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z

For a young child from Raploch, traditionally one of the most deprived areas of Scotland, this is indeed no small opportunity. The Big Concert – review 2012-06-22T00:10:46Z

While Scotland typically accounts for around 8% of the UK and Ireland box office, in The Wee Man's case the country is so far delivering more than 99%. Bad weather makes life Misérables for UK box office 2013-01-22T12:33:26Z

A statement from a representative said doctors advised Houston to reschedule concerts Thursday and Friday in Manchester, England, and a Sunday performance in Glasgow, Scotland. Whitney Houston postpones more European tour dates 2010-04-07T15:14:00Z

Having trained at Bruichladdich Distilling Academy in Scotland, Darek was living in Manhattan when he met some fellow brewing hobbyists dabbling in unaged spirits. Made in Tennessee: Corsair Artisan Spirits 2011-12-07T14:20:28.397Z

Mr. Suschitzky’s documentaries included a film about the steel industry, an 11-minute short about rents in Aberdeen, Scotland, and a film about world hunger. Wolfgang Suschitzky, Photographer and Cinematographer, Dies at 104 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

Right now, we’ve got two happy little kids in a happy little village in Scotland. I was shipwrecked in icy south Atlantic waters 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

The series is filmed on location in Scotland. 'Outlander' will get second season on Starz 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

BBC London does not let Scotland promote itself to the world. Seinfeld takes up hip-hop and Rowan Atkinson takes on the law – and wins 2013-01-22T16:18:04Z

The following day, having flown back to Scotland, I opened my suitcase and they were nowhere to be found; irrevocably lost. J.K. Rowling on the Magic of ‘Things’ 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Alamy The recent death of Iain Banks left a gaping hole in contemporary literature, but nowhere was the loss felt more than in his native Scotland. Snake Road by Sue Peebles – review 2013-07-27T07:45:00Z

Ms. Duke played, as the infectious theme song put it, “cousins, identical cousins”: Patty, a fun-loving stereotypical American girl from Brooklyn Heights, and Cathy, a prim young lady from Scotland. Video: Remembering Patty Duke 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere in the show, Almond’s “Present Form” series depicts towering rock columns from a millennia-old stone formation, dating from roughly 3000 BCE, found on an island off the coast of Scotland. Darren Almond's Ghostly Photography at London's White Cube Gallery 2014-01-30T05:00:00Z

“Good cooking is storytelling: who you are, where you came from and where you are right now,” explained the chef Pamela Brunton, 45, a pioneer of destination tasting menus in Scotland. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

Hannay, accused of the murder, flees to Scotland to try to uncover the plot himself. Television Review | 'Masterpiece Classic: The 39 Steps': An Action Hero Low on the Bond Factor 2010-02-26T22:14:00Z

Companies from Denmark, Israel, Spain, Belgium, Australia and Scotland will also be passing through. 15 Summer Dance Festivals, Saratoga to Vail 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

I will play no further part in the public life of the Catholic Church in Scotland.” Cardinal “Tyranny of tolerance” O’Brien is a hypocrite of the worst order 2013-03-04T16:39:00Z

I’d thought about going back to London or Scotland, but I’d lost my passport and my green card, and trying to replace them felt too risky. Detoxing in prison and hating myself: ‘You’ve got to face up to what you did’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

"We do attract a lot of people from outside of Scotland," he said. T festival tops 2.5 million tickets 2013-07-06T12:05:55Z

Trump had even talked about going to one of his golf courses in Scotland immediately after the election so he didn’t have to watch Hillary Clinton bask in her success. How Melania Trump blocked Ivanka Trump from encroaching on her domain 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

A grant from Scotland’s Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Program covered half of the costs for phase one, and a government-backed low interest loan helped with the rest. Harnessing an Unusual Kind of Natural Energy: Dancers’ Body Heat 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

In total, Ms. Linton, who Maxim magazine once called “the hottest thing to come out of Scotland since microwaved haggis,” has played about 20 roles in films and television shows, none particularly notable. Louise Linton Has Made a Movie 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z

The Sudanese Aboulela, who now lives in Scotland, doubly subverts what in the West is a traditionally white, male genre by casting Muslim women as the rogue adventurers. Review | Leila Aboulela’s ‘Bird Summons’ takes the traditional road trip novel down a new path 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

In 1822, Scotland native Gregor MacGregor talked up Poyais in modern Honduras, making it sound irresistible: He told people it was incredibly fertile, had endless gold in the river, and boasted beautiful cathedrals. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

Life is a bit like that in Scotland. Frank Quitely, comic book artist at work 2014-03-17T01:51:59Z

Trump owns or manages seventeen courses, including two in Scotland, one in Ireland, and one in the Bronx, and most of them are highly regarded—and not only by him. Lessons from Playing Golf with Trump 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

The sad thing is that the sort of parochialism displayed by Gray has been around in Scotland for a long time. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z

Like its Latin American exemplar, Sistema Scotland is hoping to change the lives of the children of an underprivileged community through immersion in classical music. Big Noise orchestra's classical music proves instrumental in social change 2012-06-20T19:38:32Z

The Romans successfully invaded the UK in 43 CE and managed to occupy most of England, but Ireland, Scotland, and Wales proved too rugged a landscape and were too ferociously defended. 10 bewitching facts About Beltane, the ancient gaelic fire festival 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

He was also a fearless sailor, regularly sailing off the west coast of Scotland and on the river outside his house in Somerset. Ian Constantinides 2013-05-28T16:45:12Z

The tough stance on Edinburgh’s saunas would bring the city into line with the more stringent approach taken 50 miles away in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

Sparsely populated Scotland is aging rapidly so labor shortages affect its economy more than the rest of Britain. Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit... 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

They enslaved and conquered and built an empire, albeit briefly, that included large swaths of England and Scotland. Vikings in London, Glamorous but Just Like Family 2014-03-28T13:35:00Z

In the end, neither its Viking past nor its imagined Nordic future would be strong enough to sever Scotland from England. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Some six weeks later, he learned the job was his — with one condition: He had to fly to Scotland to meet Rowling. ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ at 20: The Film That Started It All 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

Mary Queen of Scots first introduced the breed's French predecessor, the toy spaniel, to Scotland and England in the 1500s and owned a few pups herself. The value of Pumpkin on "The Gilded Age," descended from a breed that's all about the good life 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

The work of people such as Gray and Byrne started a cultural renaissance that had people heading for Scotland in search of inspiration, rather than having to leave in order to find it. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z

The Isle of Skye, just off Scotland’s west coast, is bursting with tourism, which means hotel rooms are booking up six or more months in advance, and restaurants are turning away diners without reservations. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, Shields journeyed to Scotland to film “A Castle for Christmas,” the aforementioned Netflix film, directed by Mary Lambert, that will premiere Nov. 26. Brooke Shields is just getting started 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

In her eloquent, skilfully organised documentary, young men and women in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland talk about their Asian heritage and their roles in a multicultural Britain. Britain's best film directors show some early promise 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

Many people in Scotland considered the Cape Breton style — fiddling and dancing, in particular — as frozen in time. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

On the tail end of its first European tour, in 1952, the company stopped in Scotland. When City Center Was Balanchine’s House 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Palle left Denmark on March 1, 1928, and as he traveled by rail and steamship the world press chronicled his every move, through England, Scotland, Canada, Japan, the Soviet Union, Poland and Germany. Palle Huld, Danish Actor Said to Be Model for Tintin, Dies at 98 2010-12-06T06:51:00Z

Its dark nature apparently prompted the exasperated McCartney to retreat with his family to their farm in Scotland. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z

Mr. Doig has an exhibition of paintings and drawings opening in August at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh that will travel to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the winter. ArtsBeat: Basquiat Painting Draws Top Price at Christie’s 2013-06-25T23:22:55Z

The latest story to boldly go into this final frontier of theological speculation comes from Michel Faber, a Dutch-born writer who lives in Scotland. Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber

Back-Roads Touring is taking 25 percent off its new Royal Taste of Scotland tour. This week’s best travel bargains from around the globe 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Then he accepted a writing residency in Scotland, and we put our plans on hold. Please, Lord, Let Him Be 27 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

The awards formed part of the Bloody Scotland international crime writing festival. Malcolm Mackay wins crime book prize 2013-09-14T23:23:32Z

“So it ends up being not literally Scotland or not literally Africa. It’s an impression of it. It’s like painting.” James Horner, Oscar-winning film composer, dies in plane crash at 61 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

He happily admits to being a "train loon" himself, having bought and renovated a railway station on an abandoned line in Scotland. St Pancras Chambers: no place like home 2010-05-02T20:30:00Z

Ahead of the film's release in U.S. theaters on Friday, the duo spoke to Reuters to discuss Scotland and dragons. A Minute With: Actors Butler and Ferguson on Scotland and dragons 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

He found his natural subject matter in the history and geography of Scotland, and in particular Glasgow. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z

The concert was part of a tour taking the band to Glasgow in Scotland and Waterford in Ireland before moving on to Canada and the United States through September. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars sing to heal wounds of war 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Kids from the streets of South Africa to Scotland and Japan to Haiti often wear the magical yellow shirt. Brazilians for a day, tourists wear 'verde amarelo' for World Cup opener 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

The festival includes the only North American performances of the National Theater of Scotland’s trilogy of “The James Plays”; the immersive “Situation Rooms” of the Berlin theater group Rimini Protokoll; and the thunderous Unsound Festival. The Luminato Festival Turns a Former Power Plant Into a Creative Engine 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

And it wasn’t all historic either: The Scottish Nationalist Party assured voters that Scotland’s similarities to its Scandinavian neighbors — its small size, its environmental awareness and its Norwegian-style oil reserves — would guarantee prosperity. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Before he starts on the second draft, Rankin embarks on a fact-checking mission, retracing Rebus's journey up the A9 in the north of Scotland. Ian Rankin and a fear of page 65 2012-11-06T00:19:55Z

Another island getaway is Iona, famous as the birthplace of Christianity in Scotland. Scotland’s ultimate island getaways 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

This is a very dark movie, set in tunnels and spooky-mansion rooms and the chilly, misty valleys of Scotland. 'Skyfall': Bond is back on target with a killer villain 2012-11-07T00:43:03Z

One thing I've realised, living here," Featherstone replies slowly, "is that Scotland is a hugely diverse country, both geographically and demographically. Edinburgh festival 2011: where National Theatres meet 2011-08-02T20:30:02Z

When I reread his reports to Scotland Yard, I realised that the whole of his theory about the killing had not been made public. Guardian book club: Kate Summerscale on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher 2013-01-11T20:00:11Z

The tagline for this year’s edition is “community over chaos,” and there was plenty of both in “Thrown,” a National Theater of Scotland production running at the Traverse Theater through Aug. 27. Wrestling With Identity at the Edinburgh Festival 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z

They settle on Scotland, location of Tintin and the Black Island. Sport Relief 2010 | Dom Joly and the Black Island | Comedy Exchange | South Park and more | Watch this 2010-03-19T06:45:00Z

The Oscar-winning film-maker behind The Last King of Scotland says he is making the film, Marley, because of the star's "continued resonance around the world". 'Beyond' famous 2011-04-08T13:58:07Z

All this is speculation for now, but if Scotland becomes independent it will, beyond a doubt, change the terms of engagement for the museum on both sides of the border. What would be the implications for the British Museum if Scotland voted for independence? 2013-06-25T16:08:00Z

While it takes some effort to reach the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, it’s worth the trouble. Scotland’s ultimate island getaways 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Pixar has a lot riding on this movie, which arrives on June 22 and takes place in medieval Scotland. ArtsBeat: Pixar Adds New Movie to Slate 2012-04-25T14:45:25Z

Her total for the week was 24 fish, more than most ardent anglers could expect to catch in a year in Scotland or New Brunswick. On a remote Russian peninsula, one of the world’s most celebrated Atlantic salmon fisheries 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

But “Kaleidoscopes: 200 Years . . . and Beyond,” the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society’s 26th International Kaleidoscope Convention, is being held this weekend not in Scotland, but in Rockville, Md. This convention is all shimmers and mirrors 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Army group in southeast England, and also perpetrated the fiction that an Allied force massed in Scotland would invade Norway. 'Double Cross': A spy story with high stakes 2012-07-25T21:47:09Z

If, on the other hand, you happen to be appearing in one of the productions brought up to Scotland by Double Edge Drama, the odds are better. Edinburgh festival fringe: Eton College turns heads, and careers 2012-08-04T09:47:21Z

At 66, David Heyman is one of Scotland's best-known screen actors. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

In this 13th Charles Lenox mystery, the dapper, inquisitive young amateur investigator assists Scotland Yard in its inquiries into an unidentified man who turns up dead on a train in Paddington Station. Review | Five new thrillers and mysteries to help escape reality — or see it in another light 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

A vivid, detailed book bravely imagining the "silent history" of prehistoric Scotland. Top 10 books on the ancient world 2010-09-29T12:08:00Z

The London 2012 Festival opened on 21 June with five headline events across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Did the Olympic arts inspire? 2012-09-12T09:59:30Z

A Viking Cruises tour is a grand introduction to northern climes, from Scotland to Scandinavia. Shetland Isles to Norway: Cruising the land of the midnight sun 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Would any kid, upon finally making contact with her frantic mother, describe their location like this: “It’s this farmhouse … I don’t know where, it’s all very landscape-y and maybe Scotland, but we’re safe-ish.” A Survival Guide for the End of the World 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

The journey takes her around Scotland and to Nigeria, where she meets her father. The artists' artist: children's authors 2011-07-06T21:30:01Z

Seven thatched stone huts represent a croft, or typical farming community of Scotland. Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Edwin Morgan was Scotland's greatest living poet and the natural choice in 2004 to become the country's first makar – its national poet laureate. Scotland stalls on new poet laureate 2011-01-02T18:43:43Z

The road to west Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, starting with the A858 in Carloway and passing near the standing stones at Calanais, is probably the longest dead-end in Britain. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

He writes from Scotland to tell her about the rebellion against Mary Stuart and seeks her help raising funds in England for the Scottish rebellion. The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

You will find self-seeded thickets of it from Bavaria to Scotland and beyond. Longing for the snow-white birch tree of our northern neighbors 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

But, helped by little Elizabeth Taylor, Lassie escapes and treks from Scotland to Yorkshire, having lots of adventures, one of them involving a loyal but doomed little terrier called Toots. Dog weepie movies – ranked! 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Hiran, 37, a small business owner in Scotland, says he is “optimistic” about the vaccine. 'The sooner the better': hope and doubts as Covid vaccine nears rollout 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Scotland commissions six episodes, and I begin the much simpler job of whittling down six exchanges. Bob Servant Independent: the don of Dundee 2013-01-15T06:30:01Z

Partial vision, and the hard lessons of war-torn Scotland, keep all the characters on edge, their fight-or-flight mechanisms in overdrive. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z

In 2010, Mr. Grieve began diving for king scallops in the waters of western Scotland. In Scotland, Serving Halibut for a Better Planet 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

The festival is the catalyst for a multicity tour of the films, with additional screenings planned across the United States and a venue in Scotland this fall. Friday’s News: A Run Around Kilimanjaro, and Other Outdoor Travel News 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

By confining himself mostly to the Protestant countries of England, Scotland and Holland, Friedman, for all his range, narrows his focus too much. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, one of the main causes of the strike, BBC Scotland, has been warned by politicians that some of its cuts could potentially put it in breach of the BBC's Royal Charter. BBC strike: presenters join walkout 2013-02-18T13:04:43Z

It is not a vast area but then neither is the UK's total of upland meadow; England has an estimated 1000 hectares and Scotland, the land of heather and thistle, only around 100. Heritage Lottery money helps Cumbria's threatened hay meadows 2012-12-13T15:00:00Z

Several years ago, I received a postcard from a friend who was travelling in Scotland. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Act IV: King @ThaneOfCawdor has rebuilt a weak throne into a monarchy in power, easily the greatest king Scotland has ever seen. Style Invitational Week 1366: Tour de Fours XVI — the LIAR club 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

A new hardcover edition of the book — a dark adult tale of two mismatched characters searching for gold in Scotland — with illustrations by Mr. Campbell, will be published 0n Tuesday by William Morrow and Company. Neil Gaiman Follows the Guiding Light of Instinct 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Last year, the award went to Douglas Stuart for “Shuggie Bain,” his autobiographical debut novel about growing up in Scotland with an alcoholic mother. Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

I personally enjoyed it but I liked Scotland and the ridge better. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

Built in the eleventh century, Alnwick is deep inside Northumberland, England’s most northerly county, and just twenty miles from the border with Scotland, inside a frontier country that had become increasingly lined with fortresses. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

McLaughlan was reportedly released from jail early and sent back to Scotland. Man who jet-skied to Isle of Man to visit girlfriend denied reentry: report 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

"I'll make clear my concern on the impact of public sector broadcasting in Scotland." Salmond to meet BBC DG over cuts 2012-09-06T16:29:31Z

I got to work putting a plan together and booked a surprise trip to Scotland for 1 April. Love in the time of corona: 'This wasn't how I planned it, but she said yes' 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z

A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said: “This morning Police Scotland did attend before the United Airlines flight UA162, going to Newark. The flight was subsequently cancelled.” United pilots arrested, accused of intoxication prior to US-bound flight from UK 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Ironically, 19th-century Scotland's global successes, not least the international investment patterns of an open economy, prove to have been the ultimate causes of the country's current malaise. To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z

Manson, originally from Scotland, met Harry while she was in her pre-Garbage band, Angelfish. Blondie and Garbage team up for show at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The four nights of London stagings will be augmented on Saturday by hundreds of performances of the plays across the country by groups from students to the National Theatre of Scotland. Theatre Uncut - review 2011-03-17T17:58:55Z

The three authors are aided by Wells’s brilliant wife, Jane, and the narcoleptic, one-armed Scotland Yard inspector who helped battle the Martians. ‘The Map of Chaos,’ by Felix J. Palma 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

It was a great night with a truly fantastic line-up of young talented musicians from across Scotland. Oban fiddler wins BBC music award 2012-02-06T10:32:12Z

At 14 he was taken out of school and spent three years sequestered in Scotland with a teacher who inculcated the basics of his immaculately expressive style; he then studied at the Oberlin conservatory. String fellow 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

It tells the story of two soldiers returning from Afghanistan to an uncertain future in Scotland. Proclaimers musical gets UK premiere 2013-09-17T09:48:19Z

As a young poet living in Scotland, Parini embarked by chance on a road trip with Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentine writer he had never heard of. New in Paperback: ‘Mantel Pieces’ and ‘Borges and Me’ 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Parasite Go Home" while another read in French; "Free Scotland. Cheers and some boos greet royal tour in Quebec 2011-07-03T03:57:06Z

Stephen Gough, who does just as his nickname suggests, has been arrested repeatedly over the years for wandering England and Scotland naked, in what he says is an expression of his freedom. ArtsBeat: At Edinburgh Fringe, Topical Playwriting is Seriously Up to the Minute 2012-08-22T23:28:25Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod More than 50 of Scotland's best-known arts organisations, including the Edinburgh festival and the Traverse theatre, face deep cuts in their grants from the new government arts agency, Creative Scotland. Most Scottish arts organisations to face deep funding cuts 2010-07-23T15:09:00Z

Back at base in Scotland after the Falklands, the Conqueror was secretly fitted with two pairs of giant pincers. Secrets of the Conqueror by Stuart Prebble – review 2012-10-12T07:00:02Z

The Kilderkin, a stone's throw from Scotland's parliament in the city, will be open until three. Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

A vial of unmatured malt from the Ardbeg distillery on Islay, Scotland, was sent to the International Space Station in a cargo spacecraft in October 2011, along with particles of charred oak. Whisky goes where no dram has gone before 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

Shetland is part of Scotland, but culturally it’s more like southern Scandinavia; the local summertime celebration is called “Viking Days.” Shetland Isles to Norway: Cruising the land of the midnight sun 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Now villains are after Matt and Emily so they are forced to move to Scotland. Hollow Earth by John and Carole E. Barrowman – review 2013-02-02T15:00:00Z

Glasgow University in Scotland last year set up a project to find out if the institution benefited financially from the slave trade, such as receiving donations from businessmen involved in it. British Students Paint Over Kipling Mural, Protesting ‘Racist Attitudes’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

She works with the charity Sistema Scotland which promotes teamwork, pride and aspiration. Learning life skills through music 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

Though subtitled “The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer,” his book could be described more accurately as Scotland Yard’s quest for the evidence that would convict the one man they suspected all along. Review | A true-crime columnist turns his attention to Victorian-era serial killer Thomas Neill Cream 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Asked later to comment on Scotland's independence referendum, Cleese instead claimed he had "a five-point peace plan for Syria" before declaring that "the Scots should do exactly what they want to do". Jagger helps launch Python gigs 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

The two men — friends since 2007, when they collaborated on the National Theater of Scotland’s “The Bacchae” — were having dinner one night when Cumming asked him what he thought about the idea. Alan Cumming Uses Dance to Get at the Truth of Robert Burns 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

The website recommended Behr’s Scotland Road as a close alternative, and the two swatches looked remarkably similar. Are expensive, trendy paint brands really worth it? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

So it’s self-financed, and I did a big tour with my business partner in Scotland, tasting lots of whiskey — it’s a hard job. ‘Outlander’ Star Sam Heughan Wants You to Love Scotland, Too 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

This ranked the clinical commissioning groups in England and their equivalents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on a six-point scale, ranging from no provision at all to those which fully met RCP standards. Gaps in mental health care for new mothers cost UK £8bn a year – study 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

A vocal supporter of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, Connery lives in the Bahamas and has said he will not live in Scotland again until it gains independence from the United Kingdom. Sean Connery immortalized with Estonian bust 2011-01-27T18:02:12Z

"There are still people playing really interesting stuff, but on a tiny radio station, like Resonance, or an internet station in New Zealand or Scotland," she says. What happened to John Peel's 4ft of spare vinyl? 2010-05-20T20:29:00Z

The Appalachian hill country and much of the Deep South were settled by a wild caste of emigrants from the borderlands of Scotland and England. Joe Klein Explains How the History of Four Centuries Ago Still Shapes American Culture and Politics 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

CIE Tours is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Month with discounts on select tours to Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Travel deals: $100 off glamping in Montana and summer fare sale to Europe 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Prince Charles, of all people, heard about my escapade when he was visiting Sheridan’s in Ballater, Scotland, the shop that sells me these black puddings. A black pudding saved my life 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Born in Bishopbriggs, Scotland, Bruce initially courted a career as a cellist, but left the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama as a teenager to pursue his interest in jazz. Jack Bruce, Cream bassist, dies at 71 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

We believe the Burrell Collection represents a unique contribution to twentieth century architecture in Scotland and to museum design internationally. Museum becomes listed building 2013-02-01T11:24:48Z

I'm the son of a Church of Scotland minister. Gordon Brown invokes Demosthenes and Cicero - badly 2010-05-04T17:36:00Z

We were scouting in Scotland and Ireland, and at one castle I said: “Am I having a past life experience? I recognize this place.” How the Creators of ‘Cursed’ Conjured a Fresh Take on King Arthur 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

If so, bite it: Legally, “Scotch” is made only in Scotland. The next big thing in American distilling: Single malt whiskey 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

This meant that all the renovated castles in Scotland, subdivisions of modernist prefabs and Tuscan villa communities that crossed my desk looked pretty seductive. My life inside the luxury real estate bubble 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Over the next 10 years, they moved around the UK, living in Norfolk, London, Leicester and Scotland. How we met: 'I had this surge of adrenaline. I just had to get to know her' 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

Despite being a lifelong Anglophile, he made just one brief visit to Scotland and England, his only trip abroad. Edward Gorey Was Eerily Prescient 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

Thanks to a flurry of co-productions between theatres in Scotland, Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum is currently associated with two top-quality ensembles. Time and the Conways – review 2013-03-11T17:48:10Z

Events are held in London, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, with each show centred around a live concert before a live big-screen link-up to the main event for the traditional singalong. Last Night of Proms in 3D cinemas 2012-08-22T11:37:28Z

She and her family moved to Scotland when she was 3 and then to New Jersey when she was 12. Harvard author's parents die in Ohio plane crash 2011-06-20T04:11:07Z

“America was built on the contributions of immigrants,” said Mr. Shonibare, who has mixed in names of those opposed to immigration including Donald Trump, whose mother came from Scotland and whose paternal grandparents were German. New Triennial Offers Artists the Canvas of Cleveland 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

I’m apolitical but he wasn’t; he wanted Scotland to be independent, and that never left him. Sean Connery remembered by Jackie Stewart 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z

After a few months, Penny ended up making plans to travel with her family to Europe, tagging on Scotland at the end to allow the Pennys to meet. Experience: my namesake found me after 24 years 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Born in Cairo, Aboulela grew up in Sudan and is now living in Scotland. Stories of the Muslim Immigrant Experience, From a Sudanese Writer Now Living in Scotland 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

After an exhausting, humiliating and intrusive fight with my GP and NHS Scotland, I ended up paying for the operation myself. My breast reduction: why I had the surgery that helped Simona Halep win at Wimbledon 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

Astonishingly, all the locations for “Outlander,” excepting South Africa, were filmed in Scotland. The Outlander Effect: The popular book and TV series is increasing travel to these Scottish sites 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Detective Inspector Karen Pirie can be sarcastic and pushy; she has a casual disdain for her employer, the police department of Fife, Scotland. Review | Val McDermid’s heroine is no Jessica Fletcher — and that’s a good thing 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

The Queen, supreme governor of the Church of England, the mother church of the Anglican Communion, will host the Pope at her official residence in Scotland. Susan Boyle expected to sing for the Pope 2010-06-10T12:52:00Z

Despite the cuts, Dundee will be one of the most fiercely contested election battlegrounds, with the Scottish National party, which runs Scotland's minority government, hoping to wrest control of the city from Labour. Plans for Dundee V&A remain in the balance 2011-01-12T18:18:37Z

I look forward to the next episodes - going back to Scotland. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

The scenery in that part of Scotland is great. Andy Murray Has a Place for You to Stay 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

He was the eldest son of James VI of Scotland and his Danish wife, Anne. 10 royal heirs who died before they reigned 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Q: In addition to your guest conducting, your other posts are spread very wide geographically: Scotland, Sweden, Seattle, and of course your honorary status with orchestras in Florence and Denmark. Sibelius rocks, and other reasons a Danish conductor keeps coming to Seattle 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z

The pro-independence actor, not the professor, Mr Cox was also present at the Yes Scotland launch. Celebrity independence interventions 2014-02-20T15:08:01Z

Wind turbines are produced by our leading trade enemy: “We should look to China where big time pollution takes place as they manufacture inefficient and costly wind turbines for Scotland!” The story of Donald Trump’s feud with his one true nemesis: Windmills 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Being that there’s no scientific explanation for how she, Brianna and Roger were transported through time by touching the ancient standing stones at Craigh na Dun in Scotland, why stop there? Perspective | In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

In Scotland you won't want to miss the really interesting Finnish circus show Petit Mal at Eden Court in Inverness, Any Given Day at the Traverse and Sweeney Todd at Dundee Rep. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-06-11T15:48:00Z

Toby, 11, and Torrin, eight, have been home schooling since 7 March near Aviemore, northern Scotland, with their mum, an editor, and father, head of legal for an IT consultancy. 'What I got wrong was trying to be a teacher': how to last the distance at home schooling 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

When I was a child, out fishing in Scotland, we caught giant dinosaur prawns in our tangle nets, and none of the adults could identify what these extraordinary creatures were. Cressida Cowell's top 10 mythical creatures 2013-02-16T08:00:00Z

The exhibition, which runs through April 10, offers insights into the evolution of detective work like fingerprinting and forensics, much of it spearheaded by the force commonly known as Scotland Yard. ‘Black Museum’ Emerges From Britain’s Shadows 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

The daughter of farmers, Wilson grew up in Banff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and recalled an idyllic childhood playing in the fields. T Magazine: Knit Witty 2010-10-25T14:00:00Z

Trouble starts approximately one instant after Lasley steps off the plane in Scotland. An Intimate Look at the Dangerous, Boom-and-Bust Lives of Oil Workers 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

Sagay first encountered an unusual 1779 painting of a black woman and a white woman together hanging in Scone Palace in Scotland. Writing dispute for film 'Belle' bubbles up again 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

With her sisters and mother, she fled her birthplace, Pakistan, for her mother’s birthplace, Scotland. From Lahore to Orford Ness, Searching for the Roots of Trauma 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

It was - according to Scotland Yard - the start of "the biggest art fraud of the 20th Century". Can you love a fake piece of art? 2012-06-03T23:24:04Z

“She’s always been treated with such hostility and suspicion and actually just barefaced misogyny for the last 500 years,” O’Farrell told The Associated Press from her home in Edinburgh, Scotland. Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean ‘Hamnet’ wins Women’s Prize 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

Scotland is also home, at least in lore, to Macbeth, the grasping noble who murdered his king while the latter slept in Macbeth’s castle. Last Supper: The Real-Life Massacre that Inspired the Game of Thrones ‘Red Wedding’ 2013-06-04T15:24:37Z

Scotland Yard said on Sunday night that they were looking for a white male in his late 20s. Man who defaced Tate Modern's Rothko canvas claims he improved it 2012-10-07T23:47:08Z

The promotional treadmill is in full whirl but after a Christmas spent with their families in Scotland, the band are once more an easy-going delight to spend time with. Biffy Clyro interview: 'We care too much to be cool' 2013-01-26T22:00:01Z

From London to Scotland to her rural manor home in Kent, Maisie is constantly on the move as she works the case and performs the duties of her other job working for Britain’s intelligence services. Review | Jacqueline Winspear’s latest novel reminds us why we love Maisie Dobbs 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

His grandson Henry Percy had been knighted by that same King Edward in March 1296 while besieging Berwick, Scotland’s largest city; three years later he became the first Lord Percy as his reward. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

According to a Fringe spokeswoman, people from Scotland made up more than half of the audience members at the 2019 event, and Edinburgh residents around 35 percent. Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

The gently undulating Speyside Way is one of four official long-distance trails in Scotland – and this is its southern section. Make tracks: ride the world's newest cycling routes 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

One way or another, I never go to Scotland without stocking up at Mellis’s in Edinburgh or one of his five other shops scattered around the country. | Explorer: Unforgettable Foods, from Austrian Apricots to Parisian Butter 2011-09-30T19:03:18Z

That’s the chip I had on my shoulder when I went to see “Scotland, PA,” a musical riff on “Macbeth” that opened on Wednesday at the Laura Pels Theater. Review: Double, Double, Burger and Trouble in ‘Scotland, PA’ 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Though my time in Scotland is over for this year, the continues through Aug. 29. ArtsBeat Blog: Was It Worth It? Theater Makers Who Showed Their Stuff in Edinburgh Add It Up 2011-08-17T21:00:29Z

I went to Scotland to show the idea to the Scots. Asterix steps unwittingly into Scottish referendum debate 2013-10-24T12:46:13Z

The Act of Union in 1707, which linked England with Scotland and created the United Kingdom, did not create a federal state with new political institutions separate from and above those of England. A once and future realm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

A student in Scotland told Bacon that he'd managed to speak to his family at home, but nobody knows what happened to his brother who was arrested as a rebel a few months ago. Radio review: Richard Bacon 2011-08-22T18:59:01Z

It gave a voice to 20 writers to express a range of views about Scotland and independence. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

Scotland's mid-winter festival gets larger and more adventurous every year, with Celtic musicians from Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere joined by major country and world music artists. 2013 jazz and world preview: don't miss Fanfare Ciocarlia's frantic dance party and new jazz weekender Love Supreme 2012-12-30T19:20:01Z

Would the party be held in Scotland or South Africa? William outfoxes press with secret bachelor bash 2011-03-28T12:22:15Z

MacLean says it is part of Scotland’s heritage — “the blood of one small nation” — and has been distilled in the country since the 14th century. Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry 2012-05-23T14:47:00Z

"It was almost too good to be true," says Breslin, laughing down the phone from her home in Scotland. Theresa Breslin: bringing the past to life 2010-09-02T15:44:00Z

More recently, there were a few deep-red slices of wild wood pigeon, brought in from Scotland; a very fine thing on a chilly, windy fall night. At Aska, a Nordic Chef’s Vision Bears Fruit (and Lichens) 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

In 1992, Scotland Yard raided h/er family home and seized two tons of archived material. The Reinventions of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

This week also sees the launch of the 21st , which will bring a selection of Gallic offerings to London, Warwick and eight locations in Scotland until 7 December. Korean festival brings hits to London 2013-11-06T16:36:22Z

The massive fish was reportedly caught in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Restaurant owner shows off massive 294-pound halibut: 'King of the sea' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

Gordon Rintoul, director of National Museums Scotland, admitted the transformation was long overdue, especially given some of the displays had remained the same for more than 70 years. New National Museum of Scotland unveiled after ?47m revamp 2011-07-27T23:05:04Z

In a recent emoji update, the flags of Scotland, Wales, and England were added. Should There Be an Emoji for Everything? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

The culture spending cuts are hitting all of the UK, every corner, and here are two stories from Scotland. National centre for traditional music in Scotland threatened 2011-02-07T18:36:00Z

The drama, which is on TV next month, stars Sam Riley as a detective torn between the SS, Scotland Yard and Britain’s resistance movement. Berlin film festival spurns US to focus on past and future of Europe 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

The story of the Darien project of the 1690s is well known in Scotland but little discussed south of the border. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

Mr. Tear, who was born in Scotland and worked for years for several London fashion companies, has been her business partner since 2002. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

In the early 90’s we were in Edinburgh, Scotland. ‘Prince Was Our True Artist’: Readers Share Their Memories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

In the first episode, Ms. Walters rides the West Highland Line in Scotland, which viewers may recognize from the “Harry Potter” films. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Please Like Me’ and ‘Frontline’ 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Elk, boar, Arctic buntings and golden eagles are among the many animals that call Cairngorms National Park in northeastern Scotland home. In Transit Blog: Morning Walkabout ? 5/4: Estate Opens as Park, and Plans for the National Mall 2012-05-04T15:37:53Z

Detective superintendent David Grey is leading the Scotland Yard assessment of the complaints. Jimmy Savile: police pursue 120 lines of inquiry 2012-10-09T13:23:00Z

Youth orchestras inspired by Abreu's methods are being set up in places including Los Angeles, Scotland and Spain. Teen violin star is Venezuela's youngest conductor 2012-06-26T16:39:59Z

It's with a heavy heart in some ways; I think I'd still sacrifice an independent Scotland for a socialist UK, but… I can't really see that happening. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z

Zimmern has also seen some beautiful sunsets in Africa, Scotland and Canada, but his most memorable sundown occurred in Sicily, Italy. The World's Most Beautiful Sunsets 2010-06-18T19:00:00Z

The 525-mile mistake happened Monday, after an incorrect flight plan was filed, changing the flight path of the London, England flight from Düsseldorf, Germany – where it was originally scheduled to land – to Edinburgh, Scotland. British Airways flight takes off in wrong direction, lands 525 miles away from destination 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Photo: PR Five:15 – Operas Made in Scotland was Scottish Opera's project for encouraging new operas, inviting composers and librettists to create short music-theatre pieces with the potential for something more ambitious. This week's new live music 2012-08-24T23:05:00Z

"Yes Scotland", Scotland's main pro-independence movement, parroted the letter's language to say Scots didn't value being governed by a British government it described as "dreadful". Jagger, Hawking join big celebrity push to keep Scotland in the UK 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Plays include Lovesong for Frantic Assembly; and 27 for the National Theatre of Scotland, at the Cambridge Arts theatre until Saturday. Portrait of the artist: Abi Morgan, writer 2012-06-05T18:59:01Z

“It’s been a real renaissance in Scotland’s museums and galleries,” said Colin McLean, head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, which contributed around £50 million of the £165 million cost of the four buildings. Art: New Beacon of Scotland's Identity 2011-12-17T08:00:10Z

EDINBURGH, Scotland — A British comedian says he was attacked with a bottle at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival while dressed as Moammar Gadhafi. British comedian dressed as Gadhafi attacked 2011-08-21T17:01:04Z

The tweets are re-tweeted thousands of times, and responses pour in from across the world — France, Scotland, the United States, Australia, Peru. How a 7-year-old Aleppo girl on Twitter became our era’s Anne Frank 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

I travel all around Scotland and north England, sometimes as far as Brighton and London to do vegan festivals. The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstream 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

In the year since Ms. Waight Keller, formerly the designer of Pringle of Scotland, became the creative director at Chloé, many visitors have noted the remarkable calmness that radiates from her studio. At Chloé, Clare Waight Keller Pushes Femininity Forward, but It’s More Modern 2012-10-17T23:23:02Z

“I guess I couldn’t get her off my mind,” Mr. Scotland said. Love at First Photo Sighting 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Best-selling author Diana Gabaldon hadn’t even set foot in Scotland when she began the book that launched the popular Outlander series. The Outlander Effect: The popular book and TV series is increasing travel to these Scottish sites 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Impoverished Scottish Highlanders, Gaelic-speaking descendants of the Celtic tribes who once roamed northwestern Scotland, flooded into Cape Breton in the early 19th century. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Top film for the director remains The Wind that Shakes the Barley, with £3.81m, but only £1.3m of that sum was earned in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Amazing Spider-Man causes a spin at the UK box office 2012-07-10T11:45:47Z

Three overall winners will now be chosen by children all over Scotland, with prizes of £3000 available for the winners. Nine books battle for young readers' vote in Scottish children's book awards 2013-06-25T15:52:58Z

When it failed, and Scotland was almost bankrupted, Paterson lent his support to the 1707 Act of Union with England. Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

The snake is currently being quarantined in Scotland and reportedly may soon be housed in a Glasgow Zoo. Python travels 9,300 miles in unsuspecting woman’s bag onboard flight 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

There are also questions over what currency would be used in an independent Scotland, taxation and European Union membership. Tale of two towns as Scottish independence shows social divide 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z