Editorial Team

Modern Scot focuses on clear, factual reporting and analysis of Scotland’s civic, cultural, economic and environmental life.

Cameronbridge distillery entrance and silos

Economy·Featured·Fife

Strike at Europe’s Largest and Oldest Grain Distillery in Scotland Puts Diageo Restructuring Under Pressure

More than 100 workers at Europe’s largest and oldest grain distillery are preparing for three weeks of industrial action as Diageo restructures its global business and reviews jobs across Scotland. The dispute brings the company’s billion-dollar cost-cutting programme into one of the industrial sites

Featured·Policy and Government

Westminster Set India Trade Terms as More Than Half of Scotland’s £3bn Trade Projection Flows From India to Scotland

The Scottish Government presented India as a £3 billion opportunity for Scottish businesses. Its own central model tells a more complicated story. Technology and digital services make up £1.994 billion of the £3.20 billion scenario, and the methodology assumes 90 per cent of that

A Grangemouth Factory Is Trying to Make Omega-3 Without Catching Fish

SEPA is considering a permit for a new industrial process at Earls Road in Grangemouth that

Caption: An Edinburgh tram on Princes Street. The city is considering the next major expansion of the network, with proposed routes towards Granton in the north and the Royal

Edinburgh Is Preparing to Spend Up to £2.9 Billion on Its Next Tram Expansion

Edinburgh councillors are being asked on 10 September to decide whether the city should advance the

Scotland Is Becoming a Giant Battery

At the end of March, Scotland had 22 operating battery-storage projects with a combined capacity of

Scottish Sites We Love

Scots Words and Place-Names

Do you know the difference between a skellie and a skerrie or a smiddie and a souter? Or that wast is west

by Editorial Team

19 April 2021

Aberdeen City·Scottish Sites We Love

Aberdeen Gardening

I am simply delighted to have stumbled upon a website that not only offers detailed information about all of the beautiful plants

by Editorial Team

19 April 2021

Scottish Sites We Love

Mountain Bothies Association

Bothies are a great way for groups of 5 or less to seek shelter from the elements while visiting remote areas and

by Editorial Team

19 April 2021

Highland·Transport

Early Morning Inverness to Heathrow Service Returns After Two Decades

A change to the British Airways timetable restored early morning departures from Inverness to London Heathrow, allowing same day return travel for

by Editorial Team

28 March 2019

Scottish Sites We Love

Caledonian Maps

Tucked away in the Highlands, just off the A96 and a few miles in from the Moray Firth, you’ll find Caledonian Maps

by Editorial Team

10 August 2017

Scottish Sites We Love

Ancient Scotland

Martin McCarthy has been taking photographs of Scotland’s landscape since 1993 and selflessly documenting Scotland’s ancient sites online since 1995. Based out

by Editorial Team

18 August 2016

Scottish Sites We Love

Scottish Brick History

The Roman occupation of Scotland in first century AD brought brick-making skills to the Scots. Before the industrial revolution all bricks in

by Editorial Team

12 August 2016

Scottish Sites We Love

Highlands Astronomical Society

The Highlands Astronomical Society (HAS) began like most astronomy clubs do, with a small group of passionate star-gazers meeting up to observe

by Editorial Team

8 August 2016

Scotland, In Focus·Scottish History Ledger

‘Twas the Night Before Referendum…

Published by the Modern Scot on the evening of 17 September, 2014. ‘Twas the night before Referendum, when all through the land

by Editorial Team

17 September 2014

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Editorial Team

Strike at Europe’s Largest and Oldest Grain Distillery in Scotland Puts Diageo Restructuring Under Pressure

Westminster Set India Trade Terms as More Than Half of Scotland’s £3bn Trade Projection Flows From India to Scotland

A Grangemouth Factory Is Trying to Make Omega-3 Without Catching Fish

Edinburgh Is Preparing to Spend Up to £2.9 Billion on Its Next Tram Expansion

Scotland Is Becoming a Giant Battery

Scots Words and Place-Names

Aberdeen Gardening

Mountain Bothies Association

Early Morning Inverness to Heathrow Service Returns After Two Decades

Caledonian Maps

Ancient Scotland

Scottish Brick History

Highlands Astronomical Society

‘Twas the Night Before Referendum…

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