Gaelic

There have been no request for Gaelic-medium education in the last three years

West Lothian to launch new five-year plan to boost Gaelic language

A Currie blacksmith shoeing a horse in March 1956.

Currie Heritage in Pictures: 31 photos from the 1950s and 1960s

More than 9,500 people helped celebrate Beltane Fire Festival this year.

15 incredible pictures of Beltane Fire Festival 2026

Flur pizza and pasta bar has opened in Bonnie & Wild

Scottish tap water credited with making ‘best ever’ pizzas

Mànran will play Portobello Town Hall at 7pm on Saturday 2nd May 2026 as the headline act for Porty Festival.

Multi award-winning supergroup to headline Porty Festival

Sorcha Groundsell plays police family liaison officer Kat Crichton in new BBC murder mystery series An t-Eilean, which was filmed on Lewis and Harris (Picture: Black Camel Pictures/BBCAlba/John Maher)

Gaelic drama goes international - Angus Robertson

Can you master these tough tongue twisters?

10 of the toughest and trickiest tongue twisters to try

Meteorologist Scott Duncan was born and brought up in the Cairngorms, which inspired his passion for the weather and climate

Gael force: Scots forecaster hosts blether about the weather

Forthcoming BBC ALBA documentary reveals musical threads connecting Beethoven compositions and traditional Gaelic songs

Documentary draws link between Beethoven compositions and Gaelic music

Chris Young was declared overall winner.

Scot takes 2020 Golden Spurtle world porridge-making title in online finals

Tim Armstrong (pictured right) launches book about Edinburgh's fight for Gaelic school picture: supplied

Edinburgh's fight for Gaelic school immortalised in new book

You can now buy a gin made from peas - this is what it tastes like

Minding his language - Broken Chanter's David MacGregor on the Gaelic, folk, and...

There has been an unbroken tradition on Berneray in the Outer Hebrides of marking New Year's Eve on January 12 in line with the old Julian calendar. PIC: Creative Commons/Flickr/Robbie Shade.

The Scottish island that is yet to celebrate New Year

John Campbell of Ardmaddy, first cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland, was painted in full Highland dress by William Mosman in 1759. PIC: Contributed

Myth buster: Was tartan really banned after Culloden?

Harpist Anna Tait Westwell, from Oban has won the 2017 Sir Philip Christison Trophy at the Royal National Mod in Fort William. PIC: John Paul Peebles.

Record numbers celebrating Gaelic culture at the MÃ²d
The Royal National MÃ²d - the celebration of Gaelic language, music, art and song - is now underway in Fort William with a record number of people taking part in competition and performances.
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The words were recorded on Eriskay in the late 1890s with many since falling out of use. PIC: Creative Commons/Flickr.

Collection of lost Gaelic words to be revived

Collect of three soldiers (L to R) Corporal MacDonald, Lance Corporal James Wilson and Private William Kemp in 1940 at Glencoe. Picture: SWNS

Story of Gaelic speaking soldiers who escaped Nazis will be film

Review: The Colour Ham, Voodoo Rooms

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Film contest has G-force

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Mandy lines up tree event

Get taste for local food at Blasda event