Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The North Berwick Witches meet the Devil in the local kirkyard, from a contemporary pamphlet, Newes from Scotland (Credit: ...

Real men do wear skirts” — or at least kilts — when it’s time for the annual Scottish Tartan Festival in Minden.

As a Scot, the summer of 2009 was quite hectic for me. I had just passed my Viva at the University of Glasgow and had been informed of my impending summer PhD graduation. I was also an umpire at the ...

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Students at a Scottish university have been asked to design a tartan to mark the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. Heriot-Watt University was invited by the Scottish ...

About 500 years ago, someone in Scotland lost track of their tartan. A scrap of the fabric reemerged in a peat bog late in the 20th century. Carbon dating pegged the plaid to about 1500-1600 C.E., ...

Kate wore her most glamorous tartan look to date in Scotland this week Kate Middleton always uses her tour wardrobe to give a diplomatic nod to her host country. In Scotland this week, that meant one ...

Men and women in kilts or plaids will carry Scottish tartans up the historic steps of Memorial Presbyterian Church, 36 Sevilla St., at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, for the annual Kirkin’ of the Tartans.

Scottish Rabbi Mendel Jacobs talks about his effort to create the first kosher Scottish-Jewish tartan, which is traditional Scottish cloth. Here's a headline we did not expect to read this week - ...

We’re in the dark days of winter. Holidays gone. Early sunsets. It’s cold. Before I plunge you into a depressive state, here’s a solution that doesn’t involve light therapy: Get cozy with the cold.