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Scots in Education Conference 2023

In Partnership with Scottish Government, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Education Scotland and and Scots Hoose, the Scots Language Centre are delighted to host the 2023 Scots in Education Conference.
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Scuils Confeerence

The Associe for the Leetratur o Scotland (Association for Scottish Literature) is awa tae haud an ae day scuils confeerence in Glesca offerein CPD in sindry brainches o langage an leetratur anent poyetry, film-makkin, novels, an screivings, in baith the Scots an Soothron leids. The …
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McSuibne ootset

The McSuibne Agley ootset is noo on at the Station Creative Gallery, in Dumfaurlin, …

Kirk and Nation in Robert Burns

"In which Professor Gerard Carruthers will be arguing that the 1712 Patronage Act is more culture-defining for eighteenth-century Scotland than the 1707 Union of the Parliaments …" This free event from the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies will take place …
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The Jolly Beggars

The Scots Opera Project present a new version of Burns’ The Jolly Beggars, …

Tannahill The Opera

The world premiere of the Scots Opera Project's "Tannahill" at the historic …

Taps aff

This poster fae a weel kent drinks company wis seen in a tunnel jist aff the Coogate o Dundee. It jalouses the drinks wil…

Craigie's Stane

Craigie's Stane at Lerrick ('Lerwick') in Shetland, wi a bonnie sicht ower the watter. The Soothron for stane is "sto…

Brig o Stirlin

This hoose is by the auld brig o Stirlin ('Stirling') an haes ower its lintel the word brig follaed wi a Greek letter. A b…

Ferry Selkie

The Ferry Selkie haesna lang opent in Brochty Ferry ('Broughty Ferry') by Dundee. Brochty is affen kent as The Ferry jist.…

Cragsman's Widow

This plaque hings in Kirkwa ('Kirkwall') in Orkney an haes the poyem Cragman's Widow bi Robert Rendall. Robert Rendall (18…

Dee an dy folk - Peerie Shop Cafe in Lerrick

A buird in the Peerie Shop Cafe, in Lerrick ('Lerwick'), Shetland, wi a toast wrutten in Shetland. In the Scots spoken bi …

The Muckle Haa

The Muckle Haa is on Scallowa ('Scalloway'), Shetland, an as the buird tells us the Soothron for muckle haa (or haw) is &q…

Dram an Haggis

Here an eatery or howf on the north gait o Saunt Aundraes cryed Dram an Haggis. A dram is a sma measure o drink. The'r a b…

Braw rows

Thir braw broun rows wis seen in Brochty Ferry ('Broughty Ferry'). Onything that's braw is affa guid or weel done. Photie…

Flooers

The Flooers shop in Kirkwa ("Kirkwall") in Orkney. The Soothron for flooers is 'flowers'. Photie taen bi Sarah …