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Image copyrightBethany HainesImage caption Bethany Haines spoke to officers from the YPG who showed her places her father had been The daughter of a Scottish aid worker who was beheaded by the Islamic State group in Syria has vowed to return there to recov…

Donald Trumps hatred of windmills is the stuff of world-historical record. Long before he launched his presidential bid, Trump lost a legal battle with Scotland over the installation of a wind farm near his golf course there, arguing that the turbines would c…

As part of our 2019 review – and to mark the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – design reporter Jennifer Hahn looks back at the top 10 cosiest, most hygge interiors. Hotel Kinsley, USA, Studio Robert McKinley "We didn't want antlers or pl…

To continue our review of 2019, India Block picks out the 10 most exciting houses of the year, including a Brutalist house in Bali, a tiny home in Tokyo and a shed-shaped Scottish house. Ghost House, Warwickshire, UK, by BPN Architects Made of pale concrete…

In medieval times, Urquhart Castle’s main problem was a centuries-long war for Scottish independence. In an attempt to seize control of the castle, English and Scottish armies subjected Urquhart to a series of bloody battles, devastating raids, and constant s…

Far-reaching though the effects of this moment in the Brexit story will be, the 2019 general election may change the landscape of British politics and the fabric of its society in even more profound and decisive ways. With renewed calls for a referendum on in…

Far-reaching though the effects of this moment in the Brexit story will be, the 2019 general election may change the landscape of British politics and the fabric of its society in even more profound and decisive ways. With renewed calls for a referendum on in…

The Scottish independence movement has come a long way since I was a child. A few decades ago the Scottish National Party was on the fringes of politics and even when the Scottish parliament was founded, it was a Labour government at the helm. Independence wa…

Shutterstock Launched to coincide with St Andrew’s Day this year on November 30, language app Duolingo’s Gaelic course attracted an impressive 103,000 active learners in its first two weeks – outstripping the number of actual Gaelic speakers in Scotland. The …

Last weeks decisive victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has snapped years of debilitating uncertainty over the United Kingdoms wayward path out of the European Union. The constitutional setup within the U.K., however, may be on a rockier road after an el…