On October 26, 1914, the ship—a hundred-and-forty-foot ... When he wasn’t in uniform, he liked to wear a bright-colored belt or shirt. He kept ferrets as pets and he drove a Harley-Davidson ...

In the early years of the 20th century, four painters left behind a drab grey Presbyterian Scotland for the exciting ...

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.

The Scottish government has said it will "under no circumstances" be banning cats after being urged to order a report to explore measures for protecting at-risk wildlife. The Scottish Animal ...

Celtic began their defence of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup with a 2-1 fourth-round win over a spirited Kilmarnock side at Parkhead. Killie keeper Robby McCrorie was injured with less than a ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

However, a fatal navigational miscalculation led the ship dangerously off course, placing her on a direct trajectory towards the treacherous Shaalds of Foula, a notorious reef off the Scottish coast.

But thousands of Black non-combatants who supported their white South African countrymen as labourers and carriers were also killed between 1914 and 1918. Individually named markers will ...

We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...

The Chicago Cubs unveiled a new set of uniforms on Thursday night that brings fans back to the 1980s. The powder blue uniforms harken back to the old set of uniforms and also pay homage to the ...

DONALD Trump will be taking an oath using his Scottish mother's bible as he is sworn in as US President for the second time. Trump’s mother Mary Anne MacLeod, was born in fishing town Tong ...

A gunman who wore a fake police uniform and fired blank rounds during an incident which forced the evacuation of nearby properties has been jailed for three years. Hari Mann, who also pointed a ...