In a referendum held last September, voters in Scotland rejected declaring independence from Britain, but by a 55-45 percent margin, much closer than most people expected only a few months before.

Scottish Proverb of the Day: The world is full of things that appear simple from a distance but reveal incredible depth once we truly engage with them. The Scottish proverb, “Learn the language of the ...

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase: “The Scottish Year of Food and Drink”? Anyway, in what may very well be the single greatest example of culinary bravado since ...

As an outsider, I look at the Church in the United States with a certain amount of envy. Compared to the United Kingdom, you’re stronger and more blessed than you probably know. However, despite the ...

THE Scots have always prided themselves that their education system is superior to that south of the border. But there is one new feature of Scottish education—a 35-hour working week for school ...

The referendum in Scotland and the result must be full of lessons for individual federalists and government groups in countries composed of many nations. Although there are vast cultural and social ...

Scottish voters on Thursday chose to keep Scotland a part of the United Kingdom in a referendum on independence. Before the vote, independence movements in the U.S. looked to the Scottish secession ...

"Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" This is the question the people of Scotland will be asked today as the country holds a referendum that could see an independent Scotland ...

Launched to coincide with St Andrew’s Day this year on November 30, language app Duolingo’s Gaelic course attracted an impressive 103,000 active learners in its first two weeks – outstripping the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Carmelite nuns in Germantown, New York, learned Scottish football chants to support Scotland at the World Cup. The ...