Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Battle of the Bagpipes combines the stories of pipe bands from Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Armed Forces with a history of ...

Okay, so we were rubbish at the football at Euro 2024 but the Tartan Army were irrepressible and “Flower of Scotland” and “Highland Cathedral” made for stirring skirling on the marches through German ...

This brand-new documentary series explores the world of piping, lifting the lid on traditions, culture and its star players as they compete for the ultimate piping prize. The official synopsis reads: ...

Soldiers come from all over the UK to the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh. There’s one subject missing from the sign, presumably to avoid scaring ...

I was called up and sent to the Royal Artillery, we went by train to Hereford and was met at the station along with other lads who had also got their papers. We went by trucks to the camp where we ...

“It emphasises the effort that goes into reaching the top level of competition, with pipe majors who give it everything” “It is a very traditional documentary, which picks out some individual stories ...

‘It was stupid as hell. Men falling all around me, falling dead. It was bloody horrible … (but) hearing the pipes gave the troops courage.’ — Harry Lunan, First World War piper. Imagine the feeling of ...

BILL MILLIN, the "mad piper" who defied enemy fire to play on the beach during the D-Day landings, yesterday denied that he had misled a museum by presenting them with the wrong set of pipes. The ...