Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries ...

We are nearing the end of the SpyCops inquiry in London, an extraordinary (partial) exposure of the actions of the British ...

Haggis is ceremoniously served to a soundtrack of bagpipes each year on Burns Night. But where did this offal-based creation ...

A Scottish mansion where writers Sir Walter Scott and William Wordsworth were reputed to have smoked opium has been brought to the market. Sir Walter lived at the house for six years and was also ...

To be or not to be on schools’ teaching syllabus – that is the question. Despite being widely seen as the greatest writer in the history of the English language, the Scottish Qualifications ...

Chris Deerin is Scotland editor and contributing writer at the New Statesman. He writes regularly on Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. You can see his writing here and in the ...

Novelist Sir Ian Rankin has been announced as the first ever guest programmer for an “epic” crime writing festival. Sir Ian ...

Anderson and Gray are also the masterminds behind the recent Bloody Scotland, the first festival dedicated to crime writing in Scotland. ‘The grand dame of Scottish crime fiction’ is one ...