This wee phrase is defined succinctly in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) as to “help yourself liberally”.

English, Gaelic and Welsh are the top three languages spoken in the UK. And at Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) we pride ourselves on providing ...

UNESCO predicts the global community will lose as many as 3,000 indigenous languages by the end of the century. When a dominant language such as English, French or Spanish usurps the indigenous ...

Scottish folk legend Barbara Dickson OBE, who is set to play four dates in Northern Ireland this April, has had a ...

Fife’s first-ever BSL (British Sign Language) Culture Day – a celebration of deaf culture, language and community – is taking ...

A round-up of events going on across Edinburgh over the course of the next week, including yoga, film festivals and tarot readings.

The Scottish accent can be notoriously hard for other English speakers to understand, but what if that’s because it’s not actually English at all? Though closely related to English, Scots is ...

One reader asks our correspondents answering questions on the stream: "If Putin gave Ukraine eight years between invading ...

Seachdain na Gàidhlig, however, is a chance to bring the language into the spaces in which it belongs, encouraging its presence in spaces such as pubs, cafés, and music venues. Here’s a look at some ...

Ewan Kennedy explores the connections between our national bard and our other national language.

British cyclist Garo Jlitakryan, 32, admitted striking the unnamed man with an axe at least six times, but claimed it was ...

VoiceBox is a Scotland-wide joke-telling event for primary school pupils, organised by the Royal College of Speech and ...