Brian Gorman was born in Wishaw in 1951, the son of Cornelius, a baker, and Winifred, a housewife. He had two brothers, Jim ...
When it comes to choosing a baby name, sometimes it's easiest to start by narrowing it down to all the options under just one ...
CAMPAIGNERS have launched a bid to overturn the ban on Palestine Action through the Scottish courts – a move they have said could trigger ...
Scotland somehow emerge from a bizarre World Cup qualifier with another victory on a remarkable night at Hampden, writes Tom English.
Growing up in A Coruña, Spain, in the early 2000s, we were told that learning a second language was just as important as ...
The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different ...
Read our review of Common Tongue at The Studio, Edinburgh: entertaining and insightful one-woman play about Scots ...
FOLLOWING the abject failure of the UK Labour government’s manifesto commitment to “change”, Anas Sarwar has sought to distance himself ...
Now we know why Gregor Townsend wasn't put up for interview a few weeks ago when it was announced that he had signed a new ...
Kiaan — The Persian meaning of this name is "king." It means "grace of God" in Indian/Hindi, has Irish origins that mean ...
Feast on the bounty of these seasonal word origins. Artichoke Artichoke ultimately comes from the Arabic al-harshuf, meaning "the artichoke." The word, and plant, passed into Spanish, Italian, and ...
The English and the Irish have a lot that sets them apart but much more that brings them together, not the least of which is language! While we acknowledge the influence that Shakespeare’s tongue has ...