A barber who has been perfecting his craft since he was 13 has made his “dream come true” by opening his first shop in Bolton.

On a cold Tuesday in London in 1926, a tallish but sickly and eccentric Scotsman invited members of Britain’s Royal Institution to look at a homemade contraption he had assembled and that he had been ...

On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.