Features

Scotland tees up for golf Open

Scotland is set to host two major golf events in the sporting calendar this month.

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.

New beginnings

Some of Scotland's finest museums are set to re-open this year following major refurbishment.

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.

Whisky Galore!

The 70th anniversary of real life events that inspired the famous film Whisky Galore! falls in 2011.