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It would be true to say that publishing in Scots has seen a significant increase over the last decade, and that is particularly true of stories for children. But now and again something comes along that …
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Fans of Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo will no doubt be pleased to learn that a new version of the story has been produced in another regional form of Scots. We’ve had Orkney and Shetland …
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Sam Speirs of Whitburn West Lothian has written and recorded many songs over the years, and in 2015 he released an album called Downdie. A Downdie is the name given to a person from Whitburn and in this …
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The 16 October 2016 marks the 242nd anniversary of the death of Robert Fergusson (1750-1774). Robert Burns (1759-1796) remarked of Robert Fergusson in 1787 that Fergusson was his “...elder …
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Itchy Coo has recently published another translation of a popular Roald Dahl work which will no doubt interest children, parents and schools. Hot on the success of Susan Rennie’s The Guid Freendly …
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Individuals, groups and communities across Scotland are being invited to take part in a unique event called Dare to Dream. The project – billed in English, Gaelic and Scots - which runs alongside …
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The origin of hantle is uncertain, but it may be a reduced version of handful. However, whereas the modern usage of ‘handful’ implies a few, hantle refers to many, perhaps equivalent …
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Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) lived in Paisley where he was famous is his time and after it, when he was very popular with the mill workers. His poems were mostly songs and CDs are available of these. …
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Academic, writer and co-founder of Itchy Coo, Susan Rennie, has come up with another great translation of a childrens classic. Susan, who has become well known for her Scots translations of Tintin, has …
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The following appreciation of the life of the late James Forbes, who was a long serving board member of the SLC Council, was written by Frances Robson. When I met James twenty years ago, he was a …