Jackie Ross – North East Storyteller

In this year of stories, Jackie Ross, a director of the Doric Books Company, is one of the busiest storytellers in Scotland.Journalism student Esther Chizat from Toulon in France, wanted to find out more about Jackie’s company and plans for…

MacWordle – New Scots version of Wordle Released

A new version of Wordle – the online word game – has specifically been designed for Scots speakers and learners who want to practice the language. MacWordle was designed by the Dictionaries of the Scots Language in collaboration with Vasilis Karaiskos,...

‘Lang Covid’ by John Black

A poem by John Black, Head Teacher at Meethill Primary School in Peterhead: Lang Covid: Fan Covid comes an’ Covid goes It leaves ye kinda wabbit It mak’s ye thank yer lucky stars Ye bothered te get jabbit. The snotters clear, the hoastin’ goes Ye...