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A storm is erupting over the Royal designation given to a Canadian Gaelic College by Queen Elizabeth II. Colaisde na Gàidhlig - The Gaelic College in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia is to be styled immedi...

People from across the world have been invited to join in a global ceilidh held over 24 hours next summer, as part of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games celebrations. The Royal Scottish Country Dance...

Launched on 16 Nov 2013, Sgeulachdan na Mara / Sea Stories is an innovative interactive map that reveals Barra's rich local knowledge, language and culture through the voices and experiences of the ...

Just as the descendents of Scottish emigrants can be found in every corner of the globe, so too can their language. Scottish Gaelic is the focus of a new musical project celebrating the languages sp...

Just as the descendents of Scottish emigrants can be found in every corner of the globe, so too can their language. Scottish Gaelic is the focus of a new musical project celebrating the languages sp...

Thank goodness Burns Night is just around the corner. With Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations all over for another year, I've been suffering from post-festive-season-depression this past week. Tout...

The first trailer for the highly anticipated clan television drama Outlander was released to rapturous response over the weekend. The trailer largely focuses on the heroine of the story, Claire Randal...

Just a quick update on a story we reported on earlier in the week - the MacGregor/Campbell feud document has sold at auction to an unnamed MacGregor bidder. The persecution of the Clan Gregor manuscr...

This coming Saturday is perhaps the biggest day of the year for Scottish cooking - Burns Night is the day in which the Scots skill for bashing turnips and squeezing minced sheep offal into an animal'...

Dr Joseph Morrow, 38th Lord Lyon King of Arms Hot off the Heraldry press, we're pleased to report that a new Lord Lyon King of Arms was appointed in Edinburgh last week. Dr Joseph Morrow, an advoca...

The cliffs of Ben Chracaig looking north over the Sound of Raasay Donors are currently being sought to help preserve ancestral land home to Clan MacNicol/MacNeacail for at least 800 years. The Clan...

A Shetland fire station has been forced to close its doors as the result of a viking fire festival. Two fire fighters from the station on the Island of Bressay have refused to shave their beards ahe...

Clan Map of Ireland, 1485 This time tomorrow I'll be jet-setting across the ditch to Ireland for a quick break with my wee brother who is currently visiting me in Edinburgh. We'll be spending some ...

The Scots Pine Despite our campaign to have the Rowan crowned as Scotland's national tree, we're rather blue to report that the Scots Pine has officially taken out the title. Last year thousands of...