The Scottish surnames of Clan Ross reach back to a rugged arm of land that juts eastward into the North Sea, just above Inverness. In Gaelic it is simply Ros β a promontory. For nearly 800 years, the clan that took its name from this peninsula has shaped the history of the Scottish Highlands. If […]
Stand in a small church hall on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and you might hear something extraordinary. A fiddle plays a reel that has been passed...
Learn about the sgian dubh β the small knife in every Scot's kilt stocking β its Gaelic origins and the etiquette that still matters today.
The Highland Clearances emptied thousands of Scottish villages. Here's why the diaspora still travels to find the ruins β and what they discover.
The village of Cullen sits on the Moray coast, small enough that you could drive through in under two minutes. Thereβs a wide sandy beach, a Victorian...
Discover how the Gaelic phrase uisge beatha β meaning water of life β became the worldβs most celebrated spirit, and what it reveals about Scottish character and culture.
Somewhere in Scotland, as the clock strikes midnight on New Yearβs Eve, a dark-haired stranger is standing on a doorstep. In one arm: a lump of coal.
Long before a birth certificate proved a childβs name, Scottish mothers trusted something older: a small silver brooch, shaped like two hearts joined...
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There is a Gaelic phrase β cianalas β that has no direct translation in English.
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