Scotland

Scottish People: Food and Culture
Scotland has a rich cultural heritage that is unique in its own way. To know more about Scottish people, their food and culture, read on...

Scottish People: Clothing and Jewelry
The Scottish people have a unique dressing style, and the jewelry they use is simple but beautiful. To know more about the clothing and jewelry of the Scottish people, read on...

Scottish Castles
The landscapes of Scotland are dotted with beautiful castles. Here’s a look at some significant Scottish castles.

Facts About Scotland
Famous for its clans, kilts and medieval castles, read on to know more about Scotland…

Scotland Is Special
Unique and beautiful, country in a country, Scotland is a lovely place to see and experience. Traditions, kilts, golf and good old "Loch Ness Monster" is attracting many visitors each year. The people are nice as well, friendly and with a great sense of humor so it is a pleasure to be around them. Try it for yourself!

Scotland: Achiltibuie: Discovering The Remote City of Achiltibuie
Tourists who prefer to visit a quiet region of Scotland will want to enlist the Internet to discover about the remote city of Achiltibuie.

Shopping in Glasgow
A guide to the best shopping in Glasgow.

Scottish Wedding Legalities
A guide to getting married in Scotland

Edinburgh Grassmarkets
A quick guide and history to the Grassmarkets area of Edinburgh.

Scotland Tourism Guide
Come to exotic land of Scotland in United Kingdom and search for the invaluable treasures stored in here.

Holiday Cottages in Moray
Before moving further into the topic, I would like to tell you about Moray. Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.

Scotland Hopes Chilled By Absence of Murray
Lions hopeful Euan Murray has been ruled out of the Six Nations clash with Wales at Murrayfield

Book Accommodation in Scotland Online
If you are looking to book accommodation in Scotland then this article provides you with some great tips and information for getting a good deal.

Scottish Cuisine
Scottish cuisine shares a lot with British cuisine but has distinctive attributes and recipes of its own which result from foreign and local influences both ancient and modern.

Glasgow's West End - These Little Town Blues are no more
Something you should definitely read if you are going to move to or visit Glasgow's West End.

A budget break in Scotland
This article provides many money saving tips for visiting Scotland including how to save on accommodation, flights and attractions.

A Luxury Break in Scotland
This article has suggestions for those looking to have a luxury break in Scotland. These include a cruise, a rail journey and a couple of the best hotels in Scotland.

Dubai Ruler Gets Go-ahead for Lavish Highlands Lodge
Councilors reject planners' advice that proposed 16-bedroom building overlooking Loch Duich would be an eyesore

Attractions and Accommodation in St Andrews
St Andrews is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Fife and offers a mixture of historic buildings and top class golf facilities. This article has information on accommodation options and the most popular local attractions.

Inverness and the Loch Ness Area
Information on Inverness and the Highlands region of Scotland with ideas on what to see and do and where to stay.

Scotland Bids Fond Farewell to the Talents of Latapy
Ewan Murray: After an eventful decade north of the border, Russell Latapy is heading home for a coaching role with Trinidad & Tobago. The purists will miss him

Very Good Outlook for Holiday Cottages in Scotland This Year
With all the doom and gloom around, you'd think that every business is going down the pan. Not so. With good weather forecast for Scotland this summer, and with people looking to getting better value for money from their vacations, self catering in Scotland is expected to boom.

'Insolvency Arc' May Influence Scottish Poll
Michael White: Only in the US has the political fallout from the financial meltdown been more visceral than in Scotland

Newcastle Stag Weekends for a Great Partying Experience with your Near and Dear Ones
With Gobananas you can look forward for a great partying experience with your near and dear ones. We operate all over the UK with many partners who work just to give you a real good time.

How Can Cleaners Edinburgh Help Me?
Using cleaners Edinburgh can provide many benefits, whether you own a home or a business, because these companies provide cleaning services that can be minimal or thorough and complete, depending on your specific needs.

Facts About Using A Cleaning Company Edinburgh
There are many quality cleaning company Edinburgh businesses, and these companies can offer many benefits if you have a business or office that needs to be cleaned, whether it is a one time occurrence because of a special event, a weekly routine, or even a daily job.

Stag Weekends in Scotland
Enjoy some real shooting action amidst the unspoilt charm of the lush countryside of Scotland.

Edinburgh Stag Weekends-for all occasions and celebrations
Edinburgh stag weekend with the brilliant brilliant pillow fights. It will be fun even if a little dangerous. Rafting was great and the hen group on the bus was really up for laugh.

Stag Weekends Edinburgh
Everybody needs to party sometime, and with Gobananas you can pretty much party all the time. We have partners all over the UK whose only interest is giving you a good time.

Visiting Argyll
If you are visiting the West Scotland, then you simply must visit Argyll.

Ingredients for a good Scottish hotel
Scotland is famed for its ravishing scenery, welcoming locals, outdoors sports and excellent food; making it a very popular destination for many tourists. Here are the ingredients that make the perfect Scottish hotel.

Glenisla, The Heart of Scotland
A brief history of the Glenisla Hotel, the Church and the old Manse. One murder, parties of thieves and illicit whisky brewers.

Country Diary: Loch Ruthven
Ray Collier: Sitting in the large, comfortable hide on the edge of the loch, a few miles south of Inverness, the scene looked idyllic.

The University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow, with it's rich history and tradition in Scotland, is an excellent tourist attraction for history and architecture buffs visiting the country.

Biggest Quake in 24 Years Shakes and Stirs Uk
East Midlands at epicenter as tremors are felt from London to Scotland

Harry Potters Hogwart Express Spotted in Fort William Scotland
The real story behind Hogwarts Express and the Jacobite Steam Train, which runs from Fort William Scotland.

All Eyes on the Greens
Michael White: In Scotland, all eyes are on the veteran independent Nat, Margo MacDonald, and the two Greens who criticized the budget last night

The Spokeshave
Allan Fyfe, proprietor of Lethenty Mill Furniture in Scotland, compares and contrasts antique, Stanley and Veritas spokeshaves.

Burns Birls in His Grave
Roy Hattersley: None of Scotland's contemporary artists are forging a cultural identity distinct from England.

Backpacking in Scotland
With its stunning landscapes and vibrant cities – Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness – Scotland is quickly becoming a fixture on the European backpacking circuit. But it’s the range of excellent hostels and cheap accommodation that really makes it so appealing to budget travelers.

Great Britain is going to break up - Scotland will leave it
The Scottish nationalists now have more seats in the Scottish parliament than any other. Their single political aim is to leave Great Britain. It was a big shock. Great Britain as a country will sooner or later be reduced to a rump of England, Wales and Northern Ireland It is inevitable that sooner or later, Scotland will break away from Great Britain and become independent.

The Power Of Kilts
What do you do when you see a man wearing a skirt, I mean kilt?

Voters Want Change. Brown Has to Show He Can Deliver It
Defeat in Scotland shows the scale of the task. But Reid's departure consigns to history the biggest hurdle: factionalism. By Jackie Ashley

We are all Scots today!
Precisely 300 years after the May 1st, 1707 Acts of Union, an election in Scotland on May 3rd is about to bring an Independentist party to power. The Scottish Nationalist Party represents Scots’ premier choice for the years ahead.

Scotland is Brown's Testing Ground for His Campaign Against Cameron
He has great faith in ideas and arguments: present your case, shred your opponents', and you win. Is politics really like that? By Jonathan Freedland

Diary
Bless Alex Salmond. Not only does the man who would be Scotland's next first minister launch his campaign beneath a statue of Mel Gibson, he reveals he was boy soprano in the only Scottish touring production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors! Amazing. By Jon Henley

Country Diary: Loch Ruthven
This freshwater loch, about 12 miles south of Inverness, is the most important British site for breeding Slavonian grebes, and the reason for my visit last week was to see if the birds had arrived back from their winter quarters along the coast...By Ray Collier

Kosovo Breakaway Could Raise Scot Nats' Hopes
The breakaway British region of Scotland could be among the beneficiaries of this week's expected UN recommendation that Kosovo be granted provisional independence from Serbia, leading in time to full sovereign status. By Simon Tisdall

The Scottish highlands, land of ancient peoples.
Despite Glencoe in Scotland being remote, in mountainous country, and regarded as being inaccessible for centuries, it is a land of ancient people going back over 3,000 years. The traces of these people are there to-day for those who look for them.

How Not To Tour Scotland
Tourists charge around the main roads in this most beautiful country, in a long queue of traffic. They need to do less touring. Take it easy, use short journeys, and discover the country roads, that’s the best way.

Glencoe, Scotland: Land of Ancient People
Despite Glencoe in Scotland being remote, in mountainous country, and regarded as being inaccessible for centuries, it was a land of ancient people going back over 3,000 years. The traces of these people are there to-day for those who look for them.

Ballot Dancing
The baffling array of electoral systems in Scotland unavoidably leads to voter apathy. By Peter Preston

Dounreay's Catalogue of Idiocy is a Cautionary Tale of Nuclear Danger
One thing would have prevented decades of radioactive pollution in the far north of Scotland: open government. By George Monbiot

Flower of Scotland
The play that has taken the Edinburgh festival by storm shows what a truly national theatre can do. By Charlotte Higgins

Scotland Yard Looks Into Cameraman's Murder
British police are to investigate the killing of James Miller, the British cameraman shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Gaza three years ago. By Chris Tryhorn.

Labour's Pact With Scotland is Threatened By the Snp
Labour's pact with Scotland is threatened by the SNP and a pro-UK prime minister in waiting. By Peter Preston

The Grumpy Edinburgh
I returned recently to my home town of Edinburgh a city well-known for its surliness (if not Britain as a whole) and from the Black Cab grumps to shop assistants who assume that "they are always right" bad words I saw it as a tourist would. But things are curently changing - for the American Way!

Diary
How well is Scotland adapting to the smoking ban in pubs and restaurants, something the rest of us will soon have to come to terms with?..By Duncan Campbell

Breaking Out of the Box
The National Theatre of Scotland has shown its London counterpart how to pass the Olivier test. By Mark Espiner

Country Diary: Loch Ruthven
My route took me past fields bordering the river Nairn where the dippers, one of the earliest breeding birds in the Highlands, are now ...By Ray Collier

G8 Protest Banned After Violence Flares
An official march to the edge of the Gleneagles grounds to mark the opening of the G8 summit in Scotland was cancelled today because of trouble involving protesters, police confirmed.

Remapping the Borders
Eight years after they were comprehensively routed north of the border, the Conservatives are still saddled with the status of a minor party in Scotland. Jonathan Freedland

James the First
Hywel Williams: At last post-devolutionary Scotland has the subversive music it merits. James MacMillan, the Scottish composer, is that rare beast - the musician as polemicist. Aesthetic power is not supposed to confront political power with quite his degree of passionate engagement.

Behind the Black Watch
Ewen Macaskill: History demands that Scotland's regiments merge. Old soldiers, and serving ones, have been campaigning hard in Scotland to save Scottish regiments from merger. An announcement is expected from Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, today.

Tales of Tartan Turncoats
Scotland's official history still languishes in the cardboard cut-out stable of a largely fictional past. The real Rob Roy MacGregor, it was reported with shock last week, bears little resemblance to his romantic image.

Kirsty Scott: Come to Scotland (byob)
The Scottish parliament begins its overhaul of the licensing laws this week. Time for a clear head. The tickets for last week's Champions League fixture between Rangers and FC Copenhagen didn't specify BYOB. But that didn't stop the Scottish fans bringing their own carryout to Denmark to celebrate the Glasgow club's 2-1 victory.

BBC Has Bad News For Nessie Fans
Scotland’s most famous tourist attraction really is fiction, not fact, according to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) investigators who recently reported that they were unable to find the Loch Ness monster, known as "Nessie" to her friends.

Recognition 60 Years on for a Young Heroine of the French Resistance
A woman living anonymously among her neighbours in Scotland is to be awarded France's highest honour for her heroism during the second world war. Marguerite Garden, 77, will be presented with the Légion d'Honneur in Edinburgh this year in recognition of her role in the resistance...

Royal Bank's US arm faces allegations of race discrimination
A Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary is being accused by a US campaigning group of refusing loans to people on racial grounds.

Why I Wish My Vote Was in Llangollen
In Scotland and Wales social democracy is not dead, it's thriving. Every Labour councillor who loses a seat in Thursday's local elections will hold the government at Westminster directly responsible.

Migration Myopia
The fall in Scotland's population means it wants to attract outsiders. Soon, so will everyone else. Scotland's population is declining and its first minister, Jack McConnell, wants more people to come north - now there's a story guaranteed to get an argument going round our family breakfast table.

Hills are alive with sound of Italian gunfire
Alberto Banchetti loves Scotland. He is passionate about the scenery, the people - and the wildlife. Blasting pigeons from the sky over Fife last week with a Benellie semi-automatic shotgun, the 31-year-old Roman was in a state of bliss.

Tim Luckhurst: Pantomime on the Mound
Scotland's 'wee pretendy parliament' has failed. London should threaten abolition to make it see sense. The Scottish parliament did not organise a party to mark its 1,000th day.