To pre amble I did not grow up in Scotland. Where I am from you don’t attend a religious school unless your family are devout.
I had always thought I would never send my child to a religious school because: indoctrination, I think curriculum should not be influenced by religion, I am not religious myself and there is a history of some pretty bad things in institutions.
But here I am looking at schools and the catholic ones near me have better provisions for students. I feel very conflicted. What are people’s experiences?

I present to you for your collected opinions, I’m open to improvements

A property management business (permanently closed ofc), across the street of most derelict estate in the country, the infamous Clune Park Estate.

I’ve lost my wallet with my card in it so cannot pay online or with that like normal. I’m gonna be stranded in Aviemore for a bit if this connection bus doesn’t work out.

Edit - Connection worked out, all good

Hi everybody,

I hope this is the good place to ask !

We plan to visit Scotland with my girlfriend next year. I heard from friends that your accent is pretty difficult to understand for frenchies like us 😄

So I'd like to train my ears with some scottish content. I enjoy videogame content on youtube (games review or retro games for instance, or content like game analysis based on several games).

Do you know some people that make this kind of video ?

Many thanks in advance for your help !

I don't know how the host nation automatic qualification would work but I'd love to see the three countries put their heads together and go for it.

We've recently joined Reddit, so thought we’d introduce ourselves to r/Scotland!

We’re the team behind Belladrum, a three-day festival in the Scottish Highlands, just outside Inverness.

We’ve just announced our first three acts for 2027. James, Fatboy Slim and Amy Macdonald with 300+ more to be annoucned.

The line up is only part of what we're about -

There’s a woodland wellbeing zone, street theatre, comedy, cabaret, 100+ family activities included in your ticket, food, 14 stages, late night entertainment, big crowd moments and plenty of random things to discover along the way.

It’s basically a few days of disappearing into your own wee world - a proper festival escape.

So… who’s been to Bella before, and what’s your favourite thing about it?

And if you’ve never been , we're curious, what would make you give a Scottish festival a try?!

Edit to add: turns out my company has offices all over the UK, so I’ll keep my eye out for internal job postings.

Hi everyone. So as it says above, I’m a dual citizen to the UK and I’ve never been. My dad is from Glasgow and mum is from Liverpool, but they had me in Canada.

I’m now nearing 40, my kids are almost grown, and I’m ready to try a change. Kids have always known once they are grown and out, that I’d be moving away. I stayed in Canada for them.

I don’t want to romanticize anything and am looking for practical information but know kind of what I’m looking for.

I want to live somewhere outside of a city centre. I prefer small towns/villages, and the more wilderness the better. I want a place where folks know each other.

If I could get some names of places to consider that would be great and I can have a jumping off point. Where to search for homes? Any planning advice at all. I’ll be out of my depth for sure.

Also, I’m an archaeologist so any info on the job market if an archaeologist happens to see this.

* I don’t mind the cold. I live in the sunniest city in Canada and I can’t stand it. I feel like I’m crisping like fried chicken and would rather it rained everyday. So don’t avoid suggesting places further north. If Scotland doesn’t work, I’m seriously considering the Northwest Territories in Canada.

Long story short, mum has been plagued by mental and physical health issues her entire life and is now entering old age without much to her name.

She had a council house she loved however the new neighbours are nightmare.

I want to buy her a place closer to us.

I want her to be secure there no matter what might happen to me and my finances. Would a life rent protect her even if something stopped me paying the mortgage?

Quick context: I've been living in a flat in Edinburgh, surviving on benefits because of disability, for about 16 years. For a good chunk of that (maybe eight years?) I've been applying to get a council house, but as I have no priority I've had no progress, and don't really ever expect to to be honest.

I was served a Notice to Quit, about 2 months ago, effective at the end of October. I tried to contact the council to get in touch with me to help, and they only just managed to get around to that the week before last. In talking with the Housing Officer they've assigned, I get the feeling that I am being encouraged to stay beyond the date given for me to leave this flat, because it is "legal" and I would be "doing nothing wrong".

This feels complicated. I have literally nowhere to move to - I have been searching, but nowhere in the city is within the housing benefit rates any more, and the mid-market rental advertisements reject me for having too low an income. But if I stay, I worry that I will get into a pretty scary dispute with the letting agency; the prospect of going through the "First-Tier Tribunal" is intimidating, and obviously the agency won't be happy.

Has anyone had experience of going through this process? Does it get messy, and have lasting consequences, despite it being "legal"? If I wasn't facing the actual, literal prospect of being homeless, I wouldn't be considering this.

The Housing Officer also brought up another point, which honestly feels pretty fucked up: if I leave before all legal avenues have been explored, up to the point where sheriff officers are called to enforce an eviction, I will be considered "voluntarily homeless" instead of "involuntarily", and the council won't give me any priority towards being allocated social housing.

So, yeah. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this, and what their experiences were like, or if anyone can offer advice.

Located NW of Auchtertool, Hallyards (Hall yairds - "the yards at the hall") is reputed to have been Malcolm Canmore's hunting seat, then residence of the Bishops of Dunkeld until 1539.

John Knox wrote about fighting there between French troops and the Lords of the Congregation. In Feb 1560 it was reported "clean overthrown". James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran escaped via bedsheets to get there before meeting Mary Queen of Scots at Falkland Palace.

Now Planning Ref 26/01243/PPP for the £5bn Cato data centre proposes to build directly over it. HES refused listed status per The National on 2nd Oct.

We walked and flew it last week so there's at least a record. Photo from the flight attached, full video here - https://youtu.be/ml6TwgC2fb8

Planning portal: planning.fife.gov.uk (26/01243/PPP) / Project site: cato.ili-energy.com

As remembrance day is not far off id just like to show my recent artwork and love to hear your opinions.

Be candid I won't be offended

Came across this in my archives whilst backing stuff up. Hope it might be of interest to some.

From the now defunct Loch Lomond Sea Planes excursions. A ~1hr flight over Lochs and the West Coast, summarised into 14mins. It does have sound but most of it is plane/engine noise, with some of my post flight commentary text pointing out some highlights or places of interest.

Thought this was an interesting read (as someone not that familiar with the extent of the potato famine in Scotland)

Archived link: https://archive.is/sL8Vp

Have you heard? The team that makes the dragons come to life for the actors will be at Highland Realms Comic Con!

Callum & Courtney will be hosting the 'Here Be Dragons' panel, telling you all about what it's like on set, how they become the dragons, and sharing some telly magic. This is one panel you definitely do not want to miss!

They'll also be around all day for photos and autographs!

Tickets are on sale now at https://www.highlandrealms.co.uk

Changed days from years past but its nice to see it busy again. Worth a stroll around on a Saturday or Sunday.