Prior to the 1266 Treaty of Perth, the Western Isles of Scotland were controlled by various Norse and Gaelic rulers who owed their allegiance to the Kings of Norway rather than the kings of Scotland.

In this chapter, I contend that the foundation of new churches during the Viking Age underpinned the transmission of saints’ cults from the Gaelic world to the Northumbrian kingdom. I disentangle ...

A Scotscalder man, considered one of the most important painters in Scotland today, will have a solo exhibition in Glasgow ...

Lalani handpicked every item in each house, paying homage to the region's Norse-Gael heritage by mixing Scandinavian and ...

Bird-Shaped Brooch, 500–550 C.E., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan ... growth of vernacular literatures and bilingual intellectual cultures. Gaelic missionaries and ...

In Irish the name is Ó hAirt, i.e. descendant of Art, who was son of King ... is derived from the old Gaelic word "uiging", meaning "Norse Viking" - not from the word "uige".

Practise Viking throwing skills in Brynja Bloodaxe’s Chucking Challenge Row the longboat to new lands in Ragnarr the Raven’s Rhythm Raider Catch the biggest haul in the Snorri Salmon-Face ...

No matter how powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science-fiction authors writing today, best known for the ...

I recently flew back-to-back in economy on Virgin Atlantic Airways and Norse Atlantic Airways. The mainline option, Virgin, has more amenities, but low-cost Norse can offer a better value.

The best movies on Disney+ are actually just the best movies Disney has ever made, because the streaming giant has a monopoly on the House of Mouse. That means any property owned by Disney is on ...