"My great grand-uncle was a Gaelic bard. My aunt is a very good Gaelic ... Dr Mackay said the Scottish poetry scene was in “vibrant shape,” despite concerns about future funding for festivals ...

A new artwork is to be commissioned to celebrate a Gaelic poet whose poems highlighted the impact on rural communities of the Highland Clearances and Crofters' War. Màiri Mhòr nan Oran - Great ...

Dr Mackay was delighted by the welcome he was given by pupils from local Gaelic schools of poems, songs and music at the even marking his appointment. He said: "No one thinks of Edinburgh as a ...