Features
The National Museum of Scotland in focus
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has undergone its biggest refurbishment since it was built in 1886.
Bagpipe quiz
Bagpipe rockers the Red Hot Chilli Pipers have helped us create a music quiz with a difference. Can you name that tune?
Piping Hot!
Every August sees the Piping Live! Festival return to Glasgow. We look at the annual event and the history of the bagpipes in popular culture.
Highland Games and Piping Championships
Highlights of Scotland’s summer programme of traditional events.
Riverside Museum opens its doors
New Glasgow museum to showcase the city's transport, shipbuilding and engineering heritage.
Jazz it up
Scotland is bursting with talented jazz and blues artists and plays host to vibrant festivals in some unusual, and offbeat locations.
Happy 600th St Andrews
2011 marks the 600th anniversary of the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland’s first university and the third oldest in the English speaking world.
Indian summer
Scotland annually plays host to a number of summer events celebrating Asian Scottish culture.
New beginnings
Some of Scotland's finest museums are set to re-open this year following major refurbishment.
Scotland in a word
When we asked you to sum up Scotland in a word, over a thousand of you got back to us. We take a look at some of your suggestions.