Thomas Mackay

The famed linguist David Crystal once said a “language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects" and this is no less true for the native Celtic tongue of Scotland; Gaelic.

Edinburgh or ‘Auld Reekie’ is Scotland’s number one tourist destination that was… built upon a pile of corpses of which the bones can still be found today.

A useful way to remember the clock changes is to think about their seasons: in Spring they ‘spring forward’ while in Autumn they ‘fall back’ - here are the exact dates.

Learning a language unlocks many benefits and it has never been easier to do… Yet, most of us are monolingual, why?

Oxters, lugs, thrapples, bahookies… Us Scots sure have some colourful words for the human body that you won’t encounter anywhere else, how many do you know?

Bizarre but beautiful, one needn’t visit Bikini Bottom to get a feel for pineapple-themed planning as this eccentric 18th century summerhouse by Lord Dunmore offers just that.

Movies based on video games have failed to impress audiences in the past but recent titles and newly-released Five Nights at Freddy’s movie are setting a new standard.

There are currently 2,668 billionaires in the world, but who are the ten richest people among them?

Hasbulla Magomedov, aka Mini Khabib, is now one of the world’s most well known online celebrities after he went viral TikTok videos. Want to know more about him? Here's everything you need to know about Hasbulla Magomedov.

From humble beginnings, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has become one of Europe’s most popular events after dazzling audiences for three quarters of a century. Here’s what you should know about the 2024 edition