Kay calls on SNP to support Scots culture

Scots broadcaster and writer, Billy Kay, has urged the Scottish government to find ways to support Scots culture. In a letter to Culture Minister, Linda Fabiani, Kay, the author of Scots, the Mither Tongue describes his “shock” on hearing the news that the Scottish Arts Council is to cut funding to a range of institutions that support Lowland culture and language, including the Scots Language Centre. Kay says he believes it is “imperative that the Government comes out with a clear statement of intent to find ways of countering these decisions and give adequate support to the native language and culture.”

Kay’s intervention is the latest in a week that has seen a number of high profile MSPs, cultural commentators and activists tell the government that they need to find new ways to support Scots.