In a referendum held last September, voters in Scotland rejected declaring independence from Britain, but by a 55-45 percent margin, much closer than most people expected only a few months before.

Scottish Proverb of the Day: The world is full of things that appear simple from a distance but reveal incredible depth once we truly engage with them. The Scottish proverb, “Learn the language of the ...

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase: “The Scottish Year of Food and Drink”? Anyway, in what may very well be the single greatest example of culinary bravado since ...

As an outsider, I look at the Church in the United States with a certain amount of envy. Compared to the United Kingdom, you’re stronger and more blessed than you probably know. However, despite the ...

BUENOS AIRES — The international system is living through some notable crises. There is a basic questioning of democratic values, as if republican guarantees were a thing for some but not for others.

How do you deal with a political party that doesn’t even want to be in office? That’s the question that British politicians are asking themselves in the ramp-up to the 2015 UK election. Less than a ...

"Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?" This is the question the people of Scotland will be asked today as the country holds a referendum that could see an independent Scotland ...

Scottish voters on Thursday chose to keep Scotland a part of the United Kingdom in a referendum on independence. Before the vote, independence movements in the U.S. looked to the Scottish secession ...

THE Scots have always prided themselves that their education system is superior to that south of the border. But there is one new feature of Scottish education—a 35-hour working week for school ...