Stories like A Court of Thorns and Roses have been seducing audiences with tales of romance and magical danger for hundreds of years. Edward John Poynter's painting Orpheus and Eurydice, 1862. Fairies ...

Support for Scottish independence has increased steadily in recent decades. Where polling suggested little more than 10% of Scots favoured independence in the early 1980s, the figure had risen to 30% ...

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Scotland is on course to elect a pro-independence majority of MSPs next year, giving fresh hope to those hoping to secure a second independence referendum and ultimately break away from the UK.

A rich tradition of folklore and curiosities are woven into the threads of Annandale’s heritage. Tales of ghosts, shape-shifting witches, malevolent fairies, dragons, doomed lovers and many more ...

Stonehenge had a hard Scottish heart, a new study suggests. The ancient site’s central stone, a large slab known as the Altar Stone, consists of rock transported at least 750 kilometers from ...

The Scottish Gas Scottish Cup format and key dates for the 2024/2025 season can now be revealed, with the finals of the men's and women's competitions taking place at the National Stadium, on Saturday ...

Judges Anna Campbell Jones, Banjo Beale and Danny Campbell head South where they must choose between a self-build near Lockerbie, a cottage in Moffat which dates back to the 1700s and an old manse in ...

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Mairi McAllan told the Scottish Parliament that the government’s flagship 2030 climate change target is now "out of reach". The Scottish government has confirmed it will scrap its annual and interim ...

Bed rotting has a silly Scottish cousin. Believe it or not, you probably already love to “hurkle-durkle” — a Caledonian colloquialism that’s trending globally on English-language social media. We’ve ...