"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Queen Elizabeth's grandfather King George V, her father King George VI, and, of course, the Queen ...

Nevada is known for its desert bighorn sheep — the official state animal — and the desert tortoise, its official reptile. But there are other official designations that are lesser known, including a ...

Tartan may well be “the most categorised textile on Earth”, said Cal Revely-Calder in The Daily Telegraph. There are more than 11,000 recognised varieties of this grid of “geometric patterns of ...

A nationwide appeal for tartan memorabilia has been launched in Scotland for a major exhibition celebrating the world-famous fabric. Curators at V&A Dundee, a popular U.K. museum located in Dundee, ...

This Burns Night, Lotte Brundle offers you a brief history of the internationally celebrated chequered fabric.

Scotland is a land filled with stunning landscapes, a deep-rooted history, and lively traditions, and it boasts some of the most iconic and culturally significant clothing you'll find anywhere. From ...

If your heritage is Scottish or Scots-Irish, or indeed of any of the other of the seven Celtic Nations, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall (England), Isle of Man, Brittany (France) and Galicia (Spain) ...