Scotland's exam authority, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), has replaced terms like "slaves" and "slave trade" ...

The Scottish government has offered to fund a feasibility study into establishing the Western Isles' first Gaelic language ...

A Scottish tradition of giving people a family name or a nickname based on their appearance, or where they are from or who ...

When Still Wakes the Deep isn’t delivering accursed, heart-pounding horror, it’s offering an expletive-filled primer in the Scottish language. Verisimilitude, of place, period, and slang ...

Before the coming of the Roman empire, Celtic languages were spoken across Europe. Present day placenames indicate the extent ...

He arrives with plans to centralise power under his control – plans that serve to make him enemies. Video: A history of Scotland: Language is Power.

The first book in the Harry Potter series has had a Scottish treatment and has been translated into Scots. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane marks the 20th anniversary of the first ...

The British Council is on the lookout for people from across Scotland to teach English in one of 10 destinations around the world. Through their English Language Assistant (ELA) programme ...