Gregor Townsend has made six changes to the starting Scotland team to face England in this Saturday’s final round Six Nations match at Twickenham. The Scots travel south in defence of the Calcutta Cup trophy they lifted for the first time in 10 years at BT Murrayfield last year, with a victory in west London … Read more Scotland name team for England
Three goalkeepers and six outfield players are bidding for their first Scotland caps in Peru BBC coverage How to follow: Watch on BBC One Scotland; text commentary on the BBC Sport website Scotland have nine potential debutants in their squad as they take on hosts Peru at 02:00 BST on Wednesday. Uncapped goalkeepers Jordan Archer, … Read more Peru v Scotland
A number of years ago, I went with a small group of friends to visit the ruins of Castle Campbell in Clackmannanshire. It was a strikingly bright June afternoon: a cloudless sky, no breeze, and the sort of humid, energy-sapping heat that very occasionally and very unexpectedly intrudes upon Scottish summers. The castle sits between … Read more Bloody Scotland: The Origin Story | Historic Environment Scotland
By Russell Bruce So May got a deal through the House of Commons. It wasn’t her deal, it was a DUP deal that Rees-Mogg’s ERG found some unlikely common cause with. There is little real concern in England whether N.Ireland remains in the UK. It is an outpost with no real sense of connectivity for … Read more Scotland’s been DUPed
Theresa May has ignored Scotland throughout the whole Brexit process, and excluding The National in this way simply underlines how she is running scared of answering tough questions. The stuff about Theresa May “running scared” of difficult questions makes for great political rhetoric. But, as I’m sure the First Minister is well aware, it doesn’t … Read more Scotland? What Scotland? – Peter A Bell
Walls are, of course, back on the menu in today’s world politics restaurant — but back in 1990 they were coming down rather than going up. 45 years after they were first divided into capitalist West and communist East, Germany marked its official unification on 3 October. The official dismantling of the Berlin Wall began … Read more BBC Scotland – BBC Scotland – Nine reasons humans may have accidentally peaked in 1990
Tweet Follow @RPJblog By Jason Michael SOON IS A RELATIVE TERM when we discuss the fortunes of nations. No doubt the Irish republican rebels of 1798, even after their defeat and as they stood on the scaffold, said to themselves: Soon Ireland will be free. What we can endure, what we can achieve in our … Read more Scotland, It is Time
SURGEONS across the world owe a debt to Scotland’s pioneering 19th- century body “butchers”. Medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris has highlighted how our surgeons were prepared to push the boundaries in her new hit book The Butchering Art. Rory Kinnear’s character in BBC show Quacks was based on Robert Liston Take Robert Liston, from Ecclesmachan … Read more Surgeons across the world owe debt to Scotland’s pioneering 19th-century body ‘butchers’
Theresa May has ignored Scotland throughout the whole Brexit process, and excluding The National in this way simply underlines how she is running scared of answering tough questions. The stuff about Theresa May “running scared” of difficult questions makes for great political rhetoric. But, as I’m sure the First Minister is well aware, it doesn’t … Read more Scotland? What Scotland? – Peter A Bell
Loch Morlich, Cairngorms National Park It’s perhaps a bold claim to make that there’s nowhere quite like Scotland in winter, but we are sticking to our guns on this one! With a unique combination of events, festivals, landscapes, natural wonders, food, drink and more, Scotland makes a pretty special package during the winter months. Want … Read more Why No One Does Winter Like Scotland