First published in 1739, The Scots Magazine is the world’s most widely-read Scottish interest title, which has evolved into a colourful, authoritative, thought-provoking monthly periodical with many thousands of readers worldwide. It’s a blend of in-depth articles and shorter pieces about Scotland past, present and future. The country and its culture are well represented, reflecting the many facets of the nation: the people, outdoors, events, music, wildlife and history.
Imperial Spaces takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire -- the Irish and the Scots -- and explores how they imagined themselves within the landscapes of its farthest reaches, the Australian colonies of Victoria and New South Wales. Using letters and diaries as well as records of collective activities such as committee meetings, parades, and dinners, the book examines how the Irish and Scottish built new identities as settlers in the unknown spaces of Empire.
More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969. It became an international best-seller and was translated into nine languages.
The Discursive Construction of the Scots Language: Education, politics and everyday life (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture)
This monograph is about how the Scots language is discursively constructed, both from ‘above’ (through texts such as educational policies, debates in parliament and official websites) and from ‘below’ (in focus group discussions among Scottish people). It uses the interdisciplinary discourse-historical approach to critical discourse analysis to examine what discursive strategies are used in different texts, and also to investigate salient features of context.
In this book, Carol Craig reminds us of the well-known Scots saying, ‘Better sit still than rise up and fa’. Like many Scots I am aware of the influence such thinking has had on my own life. Not only have I witnessed others who have have been too scared to try to do new things but also I have often felt tempted myself to sit and watch rather than commit to something new and unknown. When Carol asked if I would help support the Centre in producing this book my habitual hesitancy almost triumphed. But the call to stand up and do something different was too strong....
