Did you know that Scots and English can be considered as much separate languages as Norwegian and Danish?

Find out more in this fascinating new article on Scots and bilingualism by Emily Hay. scottishbooktrust.com/articles/scots…

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Many successful musicians, actors, writers and artists are struggling to make a living due to gaps in copyright law, a lack of support for freelancers and unpredictable streaming revenue.

We're calling on the Government to ensure creators are properly rewarded for their work 👇

Did anyone else have a secondary school trip to Glenfiddich Whisky Distillery and the Speyside Cooperage? Retrospectively realising that it’s so unbelievably jakey Scottish craic that we’d all just go on a jolly to a whisky distillery for our 14 year old school day out.

Happy Tuesday x

The last time we had a partial solar eclipse, I was in secondary school and all the teachers let us go outside for the period and it was like all of our christmases had come at once 😂

Emma is literally the hardest working human I know. Every spare minute she has when she’s not working as a (brilliant) journalist, she’s working on her career as an author.

Just finished watching Scoop! Wow. Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper are incredible actors. What a story. And here’s to Sam McAlister 👏🏻

Members of all political parties attending NY Tartan Day, but it seems people are only making the typical “oh they’re off for a taxpayer jolly” about the SNP politicians.

NEW: Young Scots for Independence are set to hold a major international event to discuss Scotland’s path back to EU membership.

Delegates from across Europe are set to visit Stirling next month to help build international support for Scotland’s right to choose independence.

I’m just getting round to watching Scoop just now 👀

¿Te gusta la música celta escocesa? Pues si necesitas inspiración (o descubrir alguna banda nueva) aquí tienes mis 38 grupos favoritos de música folk de #Escocia ¿Cuántos conoces ya? madaboutravel.com/musica-celta-e… cc VisitScotland Oficina de Turismo de Gran Bretaña Iona Fyfe Mànran

I see the usual suspects and foaming at the mouth…

Spotify’s new CFO is a weapons manufacturer. He’s currently the deputy CEO/CFO at Saab, a company that sells “aeronautics, weapons, command and control,” and more. The people at the top are consistently profiting from war. We say NO WAR PROFITEERS IN MUSIC.

Ew. Report.