THE publication entire of the journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1 though liberal use of it was made by Lockhart, offers the great advantage that the reader, being interrupted by no comment save that of the ...

‘No,’ said the lady in the bus, — she had to speak rather loud to make herself heard above the din of the traffic, — ‘No, I used to like Scott as a child, but I never read him now.’ ‘I don t suppose ...

Caroline McCracken-Flesher, a UW English professor and director of the Center for Global Studies, co-edited a new book, titled “Walter Scott at 250: Looking Forward.” The book considers the ways in ...

Whatever you need for memorable narrative verse, whatever you want for reading aloud, whatever you hope for thrilling romantic tales, you won’t find much better than the poem by Sir Walter Scott (1771 ...

This week on Annika, the Marine Homicide Unit is called to the Forth Bridge in Edinburgh, where divers have found a body locked inside what appeared to be a dog cage. A new officer is sent on ...

A new rugby trophy marking Sir Walter Scott's role in the early versions of the sport in the Scottish Borders has been unveiled. The famous author, who made his home at Abbotsford near Galashiels, ...

Two monuments in a Scottish Borders town are to be restored to their original state. The statues of novelist, poet and historian Sir Walter Scott and explorer Mungo Park are in Selkirk town centre.