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The Hitcher

A cold wet night. A car with no driver. What should a young hitcher do?James Spence's frightening story is a classic Halloween tale.
Gods of Grayfriars Lane Episode 4

Kate and Lizzie have started to settle into their new home on Grayfriars Lane. While Kate is studying at the university, Lizzie acts as housekeeper. They each write about their very different lives in …
Fit Like Is't?

In Scotland today the name ‘Doric’ is sometimes claimed in the North East – centred on the city of Aberdeen – as the exclusive name for the North East dialect. And not only that, …
Shetland Dialect Co-ordinator reports

Bruce Eunson is Shetland's new Dialect Co-ordinator. Here he explains what his job involves and outlines some of his plans for the coming months. In April of this year I started a 3 year contract in …
Gods of Grayfriars Lane Episode 3

Kate and Lizzie settle in for the first night in their new home, exchanging stories of their contrasting childhoods in rural Scotland and India.The next episode will be broadcast on Thursday 14th …
Win a Broons Jigsaw!

Waverley Books are giving away a Broons jigsaw to four lucky winners. Produced by Broons illustrator Peter Davidson the scene has been taken from The Broons Book of Gairdenin' Wisdoms. All readers …
SLC Takes Part in St Andrews Researchers' Night

Dr Dauvit Horsbroch and Katrina MacLeod of the Scots Language Centre have produced a podcast for St Andrews University Researchers’ Night. The podcast, which runs for about 18 minutes, is available …
YAVAL a, v same crop in succession on the same land; supine; to overturn

There is some difficulty surrounding this word and its many variants, such as awald, awald, avalt and avell. There are two completely different groups of senses and we may in fact be looking at two …
Ma thochts on the schuills

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