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 ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 19 (UPI) -- A Scottish historian says the Highland bagpipe and the traditions, history and legend surrounding it were 19th century inventions. While the bagpipe has ancient ...

Bagpipes, the iconic national musical instrument of Scotland, may have originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. Dr Vivien Williams, a researcher from Glasgow University, has been tracing ...

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EDINBURGH: Illustrious for its unique and potent sound, the Highland bagpipe played a significant role in Scottish culture and history, which includes accompanying troops on their D-Day landing in ...

The bagpipe occupies the strangest rung on the musical ladder, shaped like an octopus in plaid pants, sounding to some like a goose with its foot caught in an escalator and played during history’s ...

Of the 156,000 Allied troops that landed on D-Day, 83,000 of them were British or Canadian and, of those, only one was playing bagpipes. As his colleagues fell around him, one man survived the day ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Noosa. Followed categories will be added to My News. Did their warlike skirl signal hope to troops and families besieged at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny that ...

Bagpipes, the iconic national musical instrument of Scotland, may have originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. Dr Vivien Williams, a researcher from Glasgow University, has been tracing ...