Culture February 14, 2018
Q-Aye – Burns Edition
As we brush up on our Tam O’Shanter and get those neeps mashed up for Burns Night, here are a few little-known facts about the bard and his influence around […]
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Culture February 8, 2018
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 February 1, 2018
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 January 25, 2018
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, […]
Culture January 19, 2018
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 […]
Culture January 17, 2018
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 January 5, 2018
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 […]
Community December 29, 2017
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 […]
Community December 26, 2017
First Foot Favourites
Yes, it’s that time of year again – time to pop next door to wish your friends, relatives and neighbours a Happy New Year It doesn’t matter if you’re […]
Culture December 11, 2017
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 […]
