Living by the Sword
Scene: a village road. The howling two-seater was red and black. The coney was brown and worried. The chasing stoat was silent and hungry. The car was snarling behind the stoat. Mrs Stoat realised the game was up and shot into a wall to the right.
Living by the Sword
Kilts, bagpipes, lochs and mountains are iconic images which have long been deployed to sell the nation to the rest of the world.
Living by the Sword
Archaeologists in Orkney have hailed 2018 as “year of the axe” given the haul of neolithic tools discovered at the 5,000-year-old Ness of Brodgar site.
Living by the Sword
He is described as Scotland’s answer to Robin Hood - an outlaw and freebooter who shared the spoils of his thieving campaign against the gentry with the poor of the north.
Living by the Sword
Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announced plans to build a large scale lager brewery in Edinburgh.
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Sir Billy Connolly has said he has given up touring and even further one-off stand-up appearances are now in doubt.
Living by the Sword
They arrived in the Highlands from the north west corner of pre-partition India with their pack horses and mules in tow.
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Glasgow’s Continental Christmas Market opens this month, bringing with them the best of traders and stalls from all over Europe.
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It started when great clouds of smoke were seen billowing from the second floor of a printing house on Old Assembly Close.
Living by the Sword
The premise of this novel is an intriguing one. A group of three people, including Louise Penny’s usual central detective character, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Quebec provincial police force...
Living by the Sword
A five-star rehab facility in South Africa is opening its doors to Scottish residents seeking treatment for addiction.
Living by the Sword
Netflix original film Outlaw King follows Robert the Bruce as he battles to regain control after being made an outlaw by the King of England for taking the Scottish Crown.
Living by the Sword
Things are looking a bit bleak up at CairnGorm Mountain, and no, I’m not talking about the weather. However, Final Words is a glass half-full kind of column, so this week I’ll be examining some of the ways in which the ski centre’s current travails might turn out to be good news...
Living by the Sword
Aberdeen’s collection of more than 1,000 human skeletons is set to reveal fascinating new detail about the city and its people over hundreds of years.
Living by the Sword
The festive season officially kicks off in Glasgow this month with the big annual Christmas light switch on.
