The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) tell us that broukit means “soiled with soot or streaked with dirt”. Nineteenth-century examples show that the term was often used to describe children.

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) document the long history of this term for a good-luck gift, typically given to mark “an ...

Beauty brand Rare Beauty is using decentralized newsletter platform Substack to share behind-the-scenes insight, cultural ...

John Swinney has urged Scots to follow the message of Robert Burns’s Auld Lang Syne and show small acts of kindness in 2026. The First Minister used his New Year message to look ahead to Scotland's ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

As the clock strikes midnight and the world ushers in 2026, revelers around the globe will sing "Auld Lang Syne," a song about "old acquaintance be forgot" and, well, other lyrics people may not ...

This rare silver penny, minted by King David I during the 1130s, bears an inscription that suggests it was struck in ...

However, so far, all parties have been rather cagey about what their manifestos will say about schools, teachers, and young people, but there are recurring rumours about the issue of additional ...