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Back On The Road!
Original cast member William Morgan is glad to be back on a second tour of Opera Highlights This is the first time Scottish Opera have ever “revived” an Opera Highlights […]
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Q-Aye – Valentine Edition
Romantic (and some… not quite so romantic) Scottish Facts for St Valentine’s Day A small wooden box bearing the message, ‘Corpus Valentini Martyris’ or ‘Body of St Valentine’ has […]
Culture
Q-Aye 3! – More Scottish Facts
The third round of our essential weird and wonderful Scottish facts – part 2 Edinburgh has more statues of animals than it does of women. Statues of bears, dogs, […]
Heritage
Burns, Set In Stone
Memorials to the Bard exist all around the world MANY years ago I met with members of the Atlanta St Andrews Society in Georgia, USA. They told me how, […]
Burns
An Homage To Burns
In 1796 Scotland mourned the death of Robert Burns, and so too did The Scots Magazine, dedicating six pages to his obituary. Here is its final message… Upon the whole, we […]
Burns
1786 Burns Poetry Review
For Burns Night we’ve dug deep into our archives to find our first printed review of the poetry of Robert Burns, published in The Scots Magazine way back in December 1786… Surprising effects […]
Heritage
Hamilton’s Scottish Heritage
Discover the Scottish roots of Alexander Hamilton, feisty right hand man of George Washington and the inspiration behind one of the most successful Broadway musicals of the decade Hamilton […]
Burns
Burns Night With A Twist
Take a look at these three extra special ways to enjoy this year's Rabbie Burns festivities. Would you try haggis-spiced ice cream?
Community
Bring Back Burns!
Will you be singing Auld Lang Syne at Hogmanay? A survey by Sainsbury’s has found that only 3% of Brits know all the words to Auld Lang Syne, and […]
Culture
Jay Is For January
Our nature expert Jim Crumley encounters a jay, or, as the colourful bird is described in Gaelic, a “sgreuchag-choille” – screamer of the woods One of those half-dark-at-noon January […]
