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Podcast in Scots

Sheena Blackhall’s novella, Minnie, tells the story of a young girl growing up in a North East farming community between the wars. Minnie experiences and overcomes many personal challenges. In... more »

Scots Language podcast - Minnie

Sheena Blackhall’s novella, Minnie, tells the story of a young girl growing up in a North East community between the wars. listen now

Scots on YouTube

A Guid New Year (...

This tune is that of an old Scottish song often sung during or after the bells on January 1st to ...
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News

Devolution Quoted

17th Dec

Ten years of Scottish devolution are to be celebrated today with the formal unveiling of new quotations on the Canongait Wall. The wall, which... more

Janet Paisley on Hugh MacDiarmid

15th Dec

Poet Janet Paisley follows in the footsteps of Hugh MacDiarmid in episode 5 of BBC Scotland's radio series In the Footsteps. Paisley tries to make...more

Robbie Shepherd fans meet on facebook

07th Dec

Long standing Scots writer and broadcaster, Robbie Shepherd, now has a fan page on facebook. Click here for more information about the Robbie... more

Other news

Word of the week

“BOOSE, BUISS n a stall”

This is another word which demonstrates the variety in Scots spelling. As well as the two spellings given above, it appears as ‘buse’, ‘beuse’ ... more

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Scots Gospel Readings

Christmas Day

The Scots Language Centre is marking the Advent season with a series of specially selected readings from the Scots translation of the New Testament. Beginning on 29... more

Scots in Pictures

Lairdie's Brae

Lairdie's Brae in the plainstanes at village o Glamis in Angus.
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