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Official Help For Heroes tartan launched to raise funds

BRITAIN’S servicemen and women wounded in battle are set to receive a funding boost thanks to the new Help for Heroes tartan. The country’s largest...

XXXXL kilts as obesity levels rise

KILTMAKERS are being asked to produce outfits equivalent to an XXXXL as Scots obesity levels rise. Many shops are having to stock kilts with a...

Kiltmaking industry at risk as skills "die off"

By Cara Sulieman THE FUTURE of Scotland’s national dress is under threat as the number of authentic kiltmakers has dramatically dropped. Only 10 “proper” kiltmakers remain...

Kilt copyright could save tourists from tartan tat

By Michael MacLeod A CLAN chief is calling for a “tartan trademark” to stop cut price cloth being fobbed off as authentically Scottish. Lord Jamie Sempill,...

Scotland running out of kilts

By Alexander Lawrie THE TARTAN Army has all but wiped out the availability of the country’s kilts – after kilt hire shops reported a massive...

‘Tartan Tat’ Drives Out Kiltmaker To The Stars

By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S kiltmaker to the stars has decided to set up his own business - because Edinburgh’s world-famous Royal Mile is over-run with...

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