Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...

According to The Scots Magazine of January 1949 they tend to have nocturnal habits: “The fern, which is the floral symbol of Shetland, the trows’ homeland. In the autumn, at Hallowmass, folk had seen ...

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language has released its ode to Outlander.

You’ll find this term in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) at the entry for sit. It is defined as follows: “sit out, to sit apart and take no part in a dance; in a ...

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of ...

The word 'church' in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ...

Poet Jackie Kay has written a book in Scots: Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story. She joins presenter Michael Rosen to talk about her love of the language and what it meant to her growing up.

But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The words in heaviest rotation are ...

Centuries ago Scottish Gaelic was the language of the nation but after years ... She also produces seasonal lessons to give you the words you may need for each holiday. Here are some phrases ...

“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

Jimmy was stationed in Germany with the army when he met Ingrid, and despite only speaking a few words of German, and Ingrid ...