Scotland

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…

Every month we roundup the freshest website designs released on the web in the previous four weeks. This month is a little different: for December were rounding up the 50 best designs of 2019. From some very tough competition, these are the 50 sites we liked…

Mary Arnold-Forster Architects used planks of burnt larch to clad a cross-laminated timber house in the Scottish Highlands raised on low foundations above the rocky landscape. The house is located in the small village of Nedd, which is also the name of the p…

Overnight the electoral map of the UK has changed significantly. Scotland is once again bathed in a sea of yellow, as England has been shrouded in blue. With the Scottish National Party obtaining 45% of the vote north of the border, and the Conservatives only…

By Jamie Dettmer December 13, 2019 Britons woke Friday to an utterly transformed political landscape following an electoral earthquake that has ripped up modern British politics, and whose tremors will be felt for years to come. Prime Minister Boris Johnso…

LONDON -- Boris Johnson's gamble on early elections paid off as voters gave the UK prime minister a commanding majority to take the country out of the European Union by the end of January, a decisive result after more than three years of stalemate over Brex…

The stunning backdrop of Scotland is the landscape for the latest edit from the crew at DEITY, "Torridon"! Featuring Martha Gill on board the Skywire Carbon Handlebar and Copperhead 35/OS Stem, enjoy a slice of exploration as DEITY partners with Unieed Creati…

A housing estate dubbed "Scotland's Chernobyl" is set to be demolished next year. The Clune Park estate, in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, is now home to about 20 people living in only some of the 430 flats. Property on the estate was once the cheapest in the U…

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