A bagpiper performs near the River Thames and Parliament in London. Close-up midsection of a man playing Scottish bagpipes, street musician playing bagpipes in Edinburgh, Scotland, Bagpiper in ...

A bagpiper performs near the River Thames and Parliament in London. Close-up midsection of a man playing Scottish bagpipes, street musician playing bagpipes in Edinburgh, Scotland, Bagpiper in ...

The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great Highland form from Scotland, are a loud and imposing musical instrument. Known for being difficult to practice quietly, they’re not the ideal ...

Softly from Scotch bagpipes there sounded, last week, in the depths of Westminster Abbey, that lilting, infinitely plaintive tune, The Flowers of ... body was taken to Scotland, last week, there ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

Much of Scotland, and indeed the rest of the UK and beyond (the story below ran in the London Standard), has been grimly gripped this week by the ongoing and scarcely believable trainwreck that is ...

Renowned for their electrifying performances and unique mix of bagpipes, fiddles, accordions, and whistles, alongside guitar ...

A Class X student in Gujarat, who was raped by her teacher following her Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao speech, is displaying remarkable resilience by focusing on her upcoming board exams and her dream ...

Gifting flowers for Valentine’s Day isn’t exactly groundbreaking, but it’s always nice. We’d be lying if we said we didn’t delight in receiving a beautiful bouquet. You can do better ...

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