When James McAvoy began to study acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama at age 18, he also undertook a second, more practical course of study—as a baker. “Yeah, a confectioner,” ...

A campaign to get schoolchildren to do Scottish reels has been launched by an MSP whose most recent attempt to take the floor exposed shortcomings in her own knowledge of Scotland’s dance tradition.

The largest Scottish reel is 1,453 participants, achieved by five schools at an event organised by the Nairn Associated Schools Group (UK), in Nairn, Scotland, UK, on 22 June 2007. The event was ...