Poet Len Pennie talks about performing in Scots and why it is so important to keep the language alive, as she discusses the legacy of Sir Walter Scott's work with author Damian Barr. Click here to subscribe to your BBC Scotland channel: http://bit.ly/BBC-Scotland-Subscribe See much more from In Search Of Sir Walter Scott here: https://bbc.in/3xEtCqp We’re also on other channels too! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcscotland Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbcscotland Instagram: http://instagram.com/bbcscotland

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Alongside voices from the Gaelic, Saami and Inuit communities, the Scots Language Centre's director Dr Michael Dempster gave a presentation to the joint Scottish Government & UNESCO #ArcticConnections webinar 'Indigenous Languages: Thriving in a Digital Age, held on the 28th of January 2021.

In 2019, archaeologists and volunteers from the Can You Dig It (CYDI) community archaeology program investigated a deserted farmstead named Upper Gairloch along the Raiders Road in Galloway. Looking to showcase a fresh perspective on Scotland’s past during the pandemic, Dig It! commissioned Mae Diansangu to write a poem inspired by the site. Diansangu’s poem, ‘nuhin new unner the sun’ was released in Doric and English to coincide with StAnza 2021, Scotland's International Poetry Festival (6 –14 March 2021) and can be read or listened to on the Dig It!, StAnza and CYDI websites.

Tom Spiers's 'A Doric Idvenchir' for the Doric Film Festival 2021