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A time for family, friends, festivities and an undeniable sense of childhood nostalgia, the Christmas season brings with it so many sentiments. We’ve chosen a selection of our favourite Christmas ...

Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow but now lives in Manchester ... A Year of Scottish Poems is a glorious collection of 366 poems compiled by Gaby Morgan. Reflecting the changing seasons, landscape ...

The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast on radio in 1924, and Meg Clothier begins her book of the same name – written to ...

I got a triple whammy a couple of years ago. I left my teaching job – a job whose rhythm I had been happily following every ...

Hand gripping at a yellowing wedding dress. This pastel piece was for an art project for 'Art and Literature' looking at the poem 'Havisham' by Carol Ann Duffy.

December 19, 2024 • "History" can seem big and imposing. But it's always intensely personal – it's all of our individual experiences that add up to historical events. Over the next few ...

Around St Andrew’s Day last month the SQA announced its revision of the Scottish literature options for the exams.

If you’re in search of an ancient, theologically rich carol ... church history, with Christian doctrine being defined and refined through heated debates and councils. Prudentius’ poetry ...

If you were a reader of Captain Video’s televison reviews, you experienced the creativity, sense of humor and encyclopedic knowledge that Mike Duffy brought to the job of being the Detroit Free ...

Ann Abel has been an award-winning travel writer and editor for more than 20 years and has been a Forbes contributor since 2008. She knows the difference between expensive travel and true luxury ...