Features

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.

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.

Celebrating the One o'clock Gun

2011 marks the 150th anniversary of Edinburgh's famous One o'clock Gun which generations have set their watches by.

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.

From the Soldier’s Leap to a leap of faith

Killiecrankie is an appropriate home for Britain’s first permanent bungee jumping platform.

A meeting of minds

Celebrating the links between Scotland's pioneering town planner and India's national poet.

Celebrating David Hume

One of the world's leading thinkers was born 300 years ago this year.

Scotland’s royal connections

As Prince William and Catherine Middleton marry, it’s a perfect time to come and discover Scotland’s royal connections.