scotland Snoop Dogg welcomed to Scotland with bagpipe rendition of 'Still D.R.E.' Rusty Blazenhoff

scotland 90-year-old Scotsman accidentally builds a Hobbit House Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures The most Scottish pastime possible… Grant St. Clair

scotland Scottish town turns kids' art into Christmas street lights Rusty Blazenhoff

History Scotland first country to teach queer history at school Rob Beschizza

real estate Ruins of haunted Scottish village for sale starting at £125,000 Thom Dunn

ghosts You can buy the ruins of a haunted Scottish village for just $173,000 David Pescovitz

scotland Scotland just became the first country to provide free tampons and pads to all Janelle Hessig

trump Trump gets approval to build another Scottish golf course, despite promise of no new foreign deals in office Thom Dunn

News Large fish photographed in Loch Ness Rob Beschizza

poetry The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn

Cryptozoology Loch Ness DNA suggests 'Nessie' might be eel, says geneticist Xeni Jardin

Science Artificial tongue's nanoscale "tastebuds" can sort real whisky from counterfeits more than 99% of the time Cory Doctorow

Business Rockstar Games made £4b between 2013-19, paid no corporate tax in the UK, claimed £42m in tax relief Cory Doctorow

music Monday Music: Run Runaway, by Slade Séamus Bellamy

security Report: UK "Ransomware consultants" Red Mosquito promise to unlock your data, but they're just paying off the criminals (and charging you a markup!) Cory Doctorow

Science This is the reconstructed face of a pet dog that lived 4,500 years ago David Pescovitz

scholarship Conducting "evil" computer research, in the name of good Cory Doctorow

Cryptozoology The Loch Ness Monster is worth $54 million to the Scottish economy David Pescovitz

ireland Weekend Tunes: Salsa Celtica–Pa'l Rumberos Séamus Bellamy