Crime writer Ian Rankin speaks of his "great honour" to be appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Edinburgh.

Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs"?

The real-life Sheriff of Nottingham insists he is not the evil villain portrayed in the movies.

The first sitting of the Scottish Parliament for nearly 300 years saw some MSPs make protests about swearing allegiance to the monarchy.