Our decision to visit Scotland was at first based on a rare opportunity to score tickets to the world-famous Royal Edinburg Military Tattoo. When we arrived in Glasgow for a week-long tour, our first ...

The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in northern France on D-Day. But the ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Some makers of Scotland's traditional bagpipes are feeling the squeeze of the credit crunch in the U.S. market, but have found new customers and a growing market in Asia. A ...

While bagpipes have been recorded in Scottish history for some 600 years, the origins remain unclear. Different variations found around the world include the Irish bagpipe, the Northumbrian smallpipes ...