The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) tell us that broukit means “soiled with soot or streaked with dirt”. Nineteenth-century examples show that the term was often used to describe children.

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) document the long history of this term for a good-luck gift, typically given to mark “an ...

Beauty brand Rare Beauty is using decentralized newsletter platform Substack to share behind-the-scenes insight, cultural ...

However, so far, all parties have been rather cagey about what their manifestos will say about schools, teachers, and young people, but there are recurring rumours about the issue of additional ...

Composer Lisa Robertson has multiple projects planned for 2026, of them all rooted creatively in the Highlands, writes David ...

A leading Irish Jew says the casual use of the term 'Holocaust' by a footballer on televsion ‘trivializes the greatest ...

On to the Ace 68 Turbo, which isn’t particularly big but is a 68-key gaming keyboard with Mount Tai GT HE magnetic switches.

As part of her list of 50 unmissable treasures in the British Isles, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at some outstanding ...

The British Journal of Photography has announced the winners of Portrait of Britain Vol. 8. The contest, which began in 2016, ...

Sports and festivals may seem like an unlikely pairing, but to Shizuka Minami, the combination makes perfect sense.

That would see Northern Ireland generating 80% of its power through renewables by 2030 – that’s just four short years away, and we’re now just at 44.2%. Stormont has been banging that drum for years, ...

The recent controversy over Grok generating sexualized deepfakes of real people in bikinis has seen the bot blocked in Malaysia and banned in Indonesia.The UK has also threatened to ban X entirely, ...