‘It is something that we use to light up the dark Edinburgh nights’ EDINBURGH Thousands of people, some dressed as Vikings carrying flaming torches, marched through Scotland’s capital of Edinburgh as ...

Preparations are going well for this year’s Waipu Highland Games, held on New Year’s Eve for just the second time in the event’s 153-year history. Waipu Caledonian Society decided last year to break ...

As guests walk up the stairs and take their first step inside the Cathedral of St. Joseph, they are gazing above their heads at the architecture among the pews. It is not until the orchestra, choir ...

Scotland is often associated with the famous Highland bagpipes - an integral part of Scottish culture. However, a history writer has recently highlighted that the instrument is not truly Scottish and ...

Highland Park is located in the town of Kirkwall in Orkney, the northernmost part of Scotland that is at the same latitude as the very southern tip of Greenland, for point of reference. People have ...

This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in Scotland, 19th century. It is a Highland bagpipe, mouth blown, with a sewn leather bag with a green plaid cover. It has maple stocks and drone pipes with ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Proposals for a national cathedral in the country of about 19 million people had been put forward for more than a century, but its fruition was hampered by two world wars and ...

MEDINA, Ohio — Highland football defeated Cuyahoga Falls, 68-0, in a regular season finale Friday night at Highland High School. It’s the fifth straight year that the Hornets have won at least 10 ...

Oscar Isaac showcased his musical talents on The Tonight Show last night, performing Tears for Fears’ “Shout” on the bagpipe and “Sweet Caroline” on electric bass. Host Jimmy Fallon enlisted the ...

Scottish bagpiper Julie Brinklow assumed the swelling in her chest was just a “bigger muscle” from playing the bagpipes Julie Brinklow / SWNS Julie Brinklow, a prominent bagpiper from Scotland, ...