Tradition
Burns Humanitarian Award
Man to Man the world o’er, Shall brothers be for a’ that. . . .’
Robert Burns’ work is rightly famous the world over, not only for the beauty and poetry of Burns’ words themselves but also for his fiercely humanitarian stance, a quality that shines through everything the great Scotsman wrote. It seems only fitting [...]
Piping Hot!
This summer sees the Piping Live! Festival return to Glasgow for what promises to be a record year. Tens of thousands of spectators and thousands of pipers from all over the world will descend on venues all across the city for a week-long celebration of one of Scotland’s great traditions; culminating in the World Pipe [...]
Tradition the act of transmitting
Scotland has been handing down its traditions for close to a thousand years now, since the earliest days of the clans in the twelfth century. But every generation adds the thumbprint of its own culture to the whole. Scottish traditions are not something sterile under glass and steel in a cold museum. They are vibrant, [...]
