57 h. ago Live Music Scotland: Here are some of the best gigs happening in Scotland this December – including Edinburgh's Hogmanay concert

If you have the fear of missing out, use our searchable table to find concerts happening in Scotland before the end of the year.

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3 d. ago Readers Gallery December 2025: A selection of beautiful pictures from around Scotland taken by our readers

Readers Gallery December 2025: A selection of beautiful pictures from around Scotland taken by contributors to The Scotsman Readers Gallery

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3 d. ago ‘They rose out of the ground!’: Scotland’s brutalist beauties – in pictures

The imposing concrete buildings that defined British postwar architecture held a vision of the future – but many fell into disrepair. A new book finds the finest examples Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Scotland's top 10 alcohol brands of 2025 named as beer dominates list

Popular lagers, whiskies, and gins have all been singled out.

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5 d. ago Scotland end 2025 with win but night soured by star player being stretchered off

Cuthbert injured late on as Scots survive Chinese comeback

Sport

5 d. ago All the supermarket Christmas 2025 opening times for Aldi, Lidl, M&S, Tesco and more

Find below when all of the supermarkets across Scotland will be open during Christmas 2025.

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5 d. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Very Rev Dr Alan McDonald, former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Very Rev Dr Alan McDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2006-2007. Born: March 1951 in Glasgow. Died: 29 September 2025, aged 74

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9 d. ago European Curling Championships 2025 Final: How to watch Scotland's women go for gold

Can Scotland’s women complete a Lazarus-style comeback to clinch gold?

Sport

1 week ago Today at the European Curling Championships 2025: Scotland results, Thursday schedule, how to watch on TV

It’s day six at the European Curling Championships.

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1 week ago UK Budget 2025: Which headline decisions effect Scotland and what matters are devolved

It’s one of the most discussed - and leaked - budgets in recent history, but not all of it directly impacts Scotland.

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1 week ago European Curling Championships 2025: Scotland results, Wednesday order of play, how to watch on TV

It’s day five at the European Curling Championships.

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1 week ago Scotland at the European Curling Championships 2025: Tuesday draw, who Scotland are playing, results, how to watch on TV

It’s day four at the European Curling Championships.

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1 week ago Today at the European Curling Championships 2025: Monday draw, who Scotland are playing, results, how to watch on TV

It’s day three at the European Curling Championship.

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1 week ago European Curling Championships 2025: Team Scotland lineups, groups, format and schedule

One of the biggest competitions in the curling calendar is currently underway in Finland - and Scotland will be hoping to bag medals.

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2 w. ago Scotland’s best bar, hotel and restaurant named at glitzy 2025 Thistle Awards

SCOTLAND'S best bar, restaurant and hotels were all crowned at an event dubbed the Travel Oscars last night. The Scottish Thistle Awards revealed its 2025 national winners at the Hilton Glasgow. Finalists who triumphed in regional awards earlier this year competed for coveted national trophies, earning recognition for their outstanding contribution to Scotland’s tourism industry....

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2 w. ago Edinburgh baker Jasmine Mitchell on Scotland, surviving Great British Bake Off 2025 and her plans after win

The Edinburgh-born baker set a new record with her 2025 Bake Off win - all while she was sitting her medical exams.

Events

2 w. ago Scotland Gritter Names 2025: The funniest Scottish gritter names – including new additions Clearopathra and Den

Here are the funniest Scottish gritter names and how to track them in 2025, including new additions such as Clearopathra, Den-ice Law and Snowasis.

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2 w. ago Scotland's best restaurants for 2025 named as one city dominates

The top Scottish eateries of the year have been crowned.

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2 w. ago ‘It gives everyone a lift’: Scotland’s World Cup qualification unites a nation

Excitement is palpable as Tartan Army to head to football’s biggest stage for first time in 28 yearsThe prognosis from the north Glasgow primary schools squad had been bleak. “Everybody says Scotland are going to get pumped,” my eight-year told me as he left football training on Tuesday evening, with a realism born of experience even over his short life.But three hours later, Scotland fans across the nation and beyond were catapulted beyond euphoria as their team qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in more than a quarter of a century after a bum-squeaking, breathtaking 4-2 win against Denmark at Hampden. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scotland’s wild World Cup moment was built by collective will and individual brilliance | Ewan Murray

Steve Clarke’s history-making team has a ferocious work ethic that should typify what Scotland stands forIt was not a time for calm reflection. Kenny McLean had just lobbed Kasper Schmeichel from the halfway line. Limbs. Unbridled, unfiltered joy.On one outrageous Hampden Park night McLean, Kieran Tierney and Scott McTominay relegated Archie Gemmill’s stupendous solo effort against the Netherlands in 1978 to merely the fourth best Scotland goal of all time. Zinedine Zidane’s volley for Real Madrid in Hampden’s Champions League final of 2002? A mere tap-in by comparison. What was produced by McTominay, Tierney and McLean will live long in the memories of the children and grandchildren of anybody who was in attendance on Tuesday night. They call McLean “the Mayor of Norwich”. He may as well now be the mayor of Nairn, North Berwick and Newtongrange. Continue reading...

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