JOHN Swinney should have ignored the meeting of the Council of the Nations and Regions. Whether it is held in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen, the population of Scotland expects him to act like the ...

THIS week marked a year since 1200 people were killed by Hamas, and 251 taken hostage in the attacks against Israel. Since the October 7, ...

IN one of his essays, Somhairle MacLean wrote that “Scottish Gaelic song is the chief artistic glory” of Scotland.

The Majestic Line (www.themajesticline.co.uk) runs a flotilla of four small cruise ships throughout the Hebrides from Oban, with occasional forays through the Great Glen, to Orkney and into the Clyde.