“In day-to-day life, Naismith spoke in Scottish mannerisms, had a Scottish accent, used the broad Scots dialect, engaged with ...

“Tae the bonniest lass”. He played Scottish music on the fiddle, and took part in Highland Games, particularly enjoying hill racing and Tug O’war. When at McGill University, Naismith ...

Physical education teacher Dr James Naismith is widely considered the person who had the first hoop dreams and created Basketball in 1891. Born in Almonte, Canada in 1861, he has been claimed by the ...

He would later gift his wife a book by Burns with the inscription: "Tae the bonniest lass". When at university, Naismith enlisted with The Fifth Regiment: Royal Scots of Canada Highlanders.

As a toddler, Zoe won a Bonniest Baby competition and was signed up to modelling agencies. She did commercials for nappies, and an advert for Marks & Spencer when she was four. She won a beauty ...

The public are being invited to choose three new quotes from three of Scotland’s national poets to be added to the Scottish Parliament’s wall of wise words. Did you know with a Digital ...

Britain’s Labor Party gave the answer: “The prams of Britain are filled with the bonniest babies in living memory. Britain today gives mothers and babies a better chance of good health than ...