Explore the elements of Scottish culture and history, focusing on clans, tartans, and kilts. Learn about the function of clans, the implications of surnames on clan belonging and tartan wear, and the ...

Heavy stones will be tossed. Clans will be marching. The sounds of bagpipes and drums can be heard from near and far. And bridies will be served up. It’s all part of the 29th annual Glasgow Lands ...

Throughout the earliest recorded centuries, as Scotland's population began to grow, tight-knit communities and families began to make their presence felt. These rural groups needed to have a unified ...

ONCE upon a time, so long a time ago that no man can now remember when that time was, there lived a mermaid. She lived in a loch in the very heart of the land called Alba and she saw the sun rise over ...

With many Scottish clans taking part in skirmishes over the centuries, here are some of their famous war cries that would have been yelled out across the battlefield. The many clans of Scotland played ...

The last time so many clan chiefs marched in Edinburgh, they came to wage war on the Hanoverian monarchy. In 1745, they laid siege to the Scottish capital, and threatened to reclaim the Scottish ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Bagpipers play during the opening ceremonies of the 2019 Maine Highland ...

Modern chieftains are purely ceremonial figures, more likely to be employed as landscape gardeners than live in Highland castles. A series of laws passed in the aftermath of the final Jacobite ...

Robert McWilliam, president emeritus of the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations, said it was this was the best way of communicating with young people. However, the special meeting at Holyrood ...

OUTLANDER pals Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish have travelled back in time AGAIN — touring the Highlands in a motor home for a new TV show about Scottish clans. Graham’s character Dougal Mackenzie ...