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1. Hogmanay - Celebrating New Year's Eve in Scotland Hogmanay (sometimes seen spelled Hogmany) is a Scots word that refers to New Year's Eve and the subsequent New Year celebrations. Although Hogmanay itself is 31 December, the Scottish in fact celebrate the new year until 2nd January. This day is an...
2. Craig Ferguson Hello, my lovelies! I'm addicted to Craig Ferguson. Remember him? Mr. Wick, the sleazy boss from The Drew Carey Show? "He is best known in the U.S. for his role on The Drew Carey Show, where he played Nigel Wick, Drew Carey's boss. Of his over-the...
3. Transatlantic Sessions Video Showcase A  folk music collaboration between top musical artists from North America, Ireland and the UK. For the latest series (three), a beautiful old farm steading converted into a small concert/studio space at Strathgarry House near Killiecrankie in th...
4. Drambuie Cocktails The name Drambuie comes from the Scottish Gaelic phrase an dram buidheach, meaning the drink that satisfies. Fancy a satisfying cocktail? Read on! 
5. William Wallace - Braveheart Whatever your own particular perspective causes you to think of William Wallace, surely no one can deny that he must have been quite a remarkable man in many ways? It was William Wallace who provided the inspiration and determination for the downtro...
6. Singing Kettle Video Showcase The Singing Kettle is a folk music group who are well known for performing traditional children's songs with a distinctly Scottish flair. The group began in the mid 1980's with the husband and wife team of Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise and their fri...
7. Southern Culture On The Skids If you've ever laughed at one of those lists of redneck, hillbilly, or trailer trash traits, Southern Culture on the Skids is right up your alley. Explore their raucous style and humor, from their 50s-inspired surf instrumentals to their biting redne...
8. Edinburgh Tattoo Video Showcase The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a show given by military bands and display teams in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. The event takes place annually, as part of the Edinburgh Festival (a collective name for many independent festivals and events in Edi...
9. Scotland the Brave I was born and raised in Scotland and have lived here almost all of my life. I have also been fortunate enough to have travelled fairly extensively within it, from its biggest cities, to its tiniest villages - and a great deal in between....
10. John Logie Baird Would it make a difference to your day to day existence if you didn't have a TV? Could you survive without your soap operas, your live sports' coverage, your news broadcasts, or indeed any one of an all but infinite number of televisual productions?...
11. Southern Culure on the Skids: Liquored Up and Lacquered Down Lyrics If you're looking for the best mocking of Southern stereotypes, look no further than Southern Culture on the Skids and their anthem, Liquored Up and Lacquered Down, to give you the skinny on the big hair, the booze, and the bars that make of those st...
12. Famous Scots The official population of Scotland at the time of the last census was 5,062,011. That is considerably less than Greater London alone, so how can we begin to explain the incredible contribution native Scots have made to the worlds of science and lite...
13. Southern Culture on the Skids: Banana Pudding Lyrics Let Southern Culture on the Skids help you celebrate that most Southern of puddings, banana pudding. Even the snobbiest of food lovers among you must admit to having a secret love for this squishy dessert, best enjoyed with well-cooked pudding and le...
14. The Electric Brae Scotland The Electric Brae is an optical illusion located in Ayshire Scotland. The Electric Brae is known locally as Croy Brae It is a quarter of a mile long hill that gives the impression that you can 'free wheel' up it. The significant thing a...
15. Aly Bain Video Showcase Aly Bain MBE (born 15 May 1946 in Lerwick, Shetland) is a Shetland fiddler who learned his instrument from the old-time master Tom Anderson. Now considered one of the finest fiddlers in the Scottish tradition, he became nationally prominent as a foun...
16. Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950) is a Scottish television and film actor. Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, the son of Jean McMillan Ross (née Howie), a teacher and...
17. Southern Culture on the Skids: Whole Lotta Things Lyrics Well, I had a good daydream I woke and it's gone But the taste in my mouth seems to linger on Rubbin' my eyes, lookin' down at my shoes Said, "Man, there's a lotta things I'd like to do. Whole lotta things that I'd like to do. A lot in this world th...
18. A Traveller's Tale: Scotland I do not doubt that the vast majority of people reading this will indeed have heard of Scotland and be somewhat familiar with words such as "kilt," "bagpipes" and "whisky!" But how many of you actually know much more about this land, its features and...
19. Southern Culture on the Skids: My House Has Wheels Southern Culture on the Skids or SCOTS, as they are known to their fans, writes songs about the seedy but happy underbelly of life in the American South. My House Has Wheels, in particular, embodies their attitude that you can be poor, trashy, and st...
20. Trebuchets, the God of All Catapults The trebuchet was the most fearsome catapults in Medieval times. Kings would spar no expense in making them the best that they could be. Edward I or Edward Longshanks, king of England in 1304 once ordered many many churches to be stripped of lead in...