If you’ve ever seen any of the British crown jewels, you know they’re not exactly subtle. They are sparkle-set to the max: ...

THERE HAVE BEEN many ceremonial hats, or in this case mitres, on display as the largest ever conclave to elect the new pope ...

A LARGE crowd gathered on Friday night to welcome the new appointments for the Melrose Festival. The traditional event took place at the Corn Exchange at townsfolk came together in Market Square ...

Bella is a sub-editor at The Bookseller, with a background in academic publishing. In her latest narrative non-fiction ...

Sceptre has triumphed in a four-way auction for Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark, James Bailey’s biography of Muriel Spark. Editorial director Charlotte Humphery bought ...

This mirrors the British monarchy, where the Queen’s orb, sceptre, and crown are removed from the coffin ... believed to anchor their legitimacy in ancient Scottish ancestry. Contrast that with the ...

The Scotland men’s cricket team players have taken a short trip to Zimbabwe for a training camp. Cricket Scotland organised the tour to prepare their players ahead of a gruelling international ...

In 2001 a new Great Seal, designed by sculptor James Butler and produced by the Royal Mint, came into use.The obverse depicts The Queen seated facing front in coronation robes, crowned and holding the ...

Roses In A Green Jug by Samuel John Peploe will go under the hammer next month (Bonhams/PA) Paintings by fellow Scottish colourist Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell and by the late Jack Vettriano ...

EDF said on Thursday it had defuelled Hunterston B, on the west coast of Scotland, paving the way for the transfer of the site and 250 staff from the French power company to the UK Nuclear ...

The Hoops are on course for a sixth domestic treble in nine seasons, having already won the League Cup this season, while Aberdeen await in the Scottish Cup final next month. There are five ...

The Scottish government is dropping a key climate change target to cut car use in Scotland by 20% by the end of the decade. The aim - which was a previous SNP manifesto commitment - was to reduce ...