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“Scots New Testament 16th June 2013”
In the recordings of the Scots New Testament, Tom Fleming brings the well known stories of the gospels to life in a distinct Scots voice. Throughout the year the... more
“BIRL v, n spin, whirl”
The first unequivocal quotation with birl in the sense of spin appears in 1790 in David Morison Poems “The temper pin she gi’es a tirl, An’ spins but slow, yet seems... more
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Here We Go, Here We Go, Here We Go...
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win&rd... more
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The Daftness by W.N. Herbert
The Daftness by W. N. Herbert It is very unusual for a publisher based in England and serving the whole of the UK to pu... more
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Parliamo Glasgow
One of the most famous comedians to come out of Scotland in the 1960s, Stanley Baxter was responsible for a series of sk... more
Fae Buckie tae Berkeley
Cleanin Wifies
Margaret's glesses is chipped an her flairs are nae deen but at least her lavvy rolls haes been folded in tae pynts. Mar... more
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Braken Fences Part 19 Final instalment
Braken Fences, Wolf Kurtoglu’s first novel, has been described as ‘masterful’ (the Blether Region... more
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Ma Mither Toung, Scots…
This is an updated version of a Doric Scots Poem my Granda Wrote in 1973 when i was 10 yrs o…
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Bob Knight - Yellow On…
My version of Adam McNaughton's great song about travellers, inspired by the book of the sam…
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King Creosote (Kenny A…
Kenny Anderson/King Creosote - live at A Scottish Songbook
If you are within the UK you can …
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Steven Robertson - We …
From the Shetland Folk Festival dialect concert at Islesburgh 03/05/2013
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Sheena interview
Dauvit Horsbroch and Sheena Blackhall talk about the Scots language
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Jim Monaghan - The Uni…
Jim Monaghan at the Cumnock Music Festival poetry night 16/06/2011
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News
Language, Politics and Power
17th Jun
This article first appeared in Perspectives and we are grateful to Janet Paisley and Perspectives for allowing us to reproduce it here.
LANGUAGE, POLITICS AND POWER
by Janet Paisley
Language has always been a political issue, violently so at times. In 1948 Pakistan ordained Urdu as its sole national... more
SQA's online survey for Scots
13th Jun
In recent months the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has announced its intention to engage with people... more
Violet Jacob and the Sounds of Angus
27th May
The following article first appeared in Scottish Review and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Bob Cant,... more
Scottish Book Week
Wulf Kurtoglu
Braken Fences, Wulf Kurtoglu’s first novel is a science fiction tale of adventure and romance set in a near future. It has been described as ‘masterful’ (the Blether Region) and ‘the best novel written in Scots in recent times’ (Rab Wilson, Lallans).
To celebrate Book Week Scotland the Scots Language Centre... more
James Robertson
Join The Scots Language Centre for an audio broadcast of James Robertson reading his story 'Naebody'd Seen Him'.... more
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