The position will see the award-winning novelist put his own spin on the event, including some new events for the programme.

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

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 ...

Kingsley Amis wrote an epic story in Food & Wine about the history of Scotch whisky and how to enjoy Scotch whisky, and ...

King Charles wore a kilt in a new photo released by Buckingham Palace in honor of Burns Night, the annual celebration of ...

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

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

Brian Cox will return to Scottish stages in a new play by leading British playwright James Graham. This is the first major ...

The following year around 70 Scottish writers, sensing that livelihoods were at risk, many piqued by an attack largely from beyond Scotland, signed a letter condemning the “strategy of protest which ...