Culture

A look at the Scottish play and the real Macbeth
An exploration of Shakespeare's Scottish play is coming to our TV screens this week. Cathy MacDonald finds the Gaelic roots of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and explores...

Bringing a mum closer to her newborn baby
The second episode of a new Scottish series bringing the every day events at a maternity hospital will be shown this week. Technology brings a...

The Scot who has been forgotten in his homeland
Despite having earned a remarkable reputation as ‘the peacemaker’ in Ghana, Banffshire’s George Maclean has long been forgotten in his native land. There are names...