Family and friends who had emigrated sent letters back telling of great success. Stories spread of great wealth being accumulated and many Scots believed they could achieve the same. Some ...

In Lowland Scotland, the countryside was under pressure; there were more people and fewer farms to buy. Farms had grown larger and become more industrialised, making them more expensive. In ...

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Scotland's History Modern Scotland Hugh MacDiarmid starts a Scottish renaissance The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may ...

An emigration wave to Britain has hit Hong Kong ... The SCMP earlier reported that the Scottish government would extend free university education to cover holders of BN(O) visas in the next ...

The minimum age for leaving school in Scotland should be lowered from 16 to 14, according to plans being proposed by the Scottish Conservatives. Party leader Russell Findlay said the "bold idea ...