IT’S news likely to get Scots hot under the kilt as a historian claims that bagpipes — one of the nation’s national symbols — ...

BAGPIPE chiefs last night launched a proud defence of the instrument in the face of claims they’re not truly Scottish. A ...

It's been claimed that early bagpipes were actually used in modern-day Turkey back in 1000BC and the pipes did not appear in Scotland until the late 14th century. History expert Kirsten Henton wrote ...

From salt made by hand on a Philippine island, to ceremonial dances in Kenya and ancient textile traditions in Belarus, the ...

The musical instrument and uniform, devised as instruments of war centuries ago, are today considered the epitome of cool. Jonathan Vigliotti reports: Every spring, when Scotland thaws and roars back ...

A few years back, when a friend asked me to play the bagpipes in a concert marking the 15th anniversary of Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, I was thrilled. In my experience, most ...

Scottish bagpiper Julie Brinklow assumed the swelling in her chest was just a “bigger muscle” from playing the bagpipes Julie Brinklow / SWNS Julie Brinklow, a prominent bagpiper from Scotland, ...

Competing at World Pipe Band Championships helped Eve Muirhead become known as the Ice Queen on her way to Olympic, world and European gold medals in curling, but the Scot is warming to her new role ...

Jim Smith started playing the bagpipes when he was 12 Jim Smith has played the bagpipes for more than 60 years but when he was told he would have to have all his teeth removed he thought his lifelong ...

Bagpipes will be permitted inside stadia at the tournament finals in Germany Scotland fans will be allowed to take bagpipes inside stadiums at Euro 2024. It was feared the Tartan Army may be without ...