Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture

The culture of Scotland is the national culture of Scotland (which has a civic culture somewhat distinct from that of the rest of the British Isles). It originates from various differences, some entrenched as part of the Act of Union, others facets of nationhood not readily defined but readily identifiable. Culture of Scotland - Scots law. , see also Category:Scottish law. Scotland retains Scots Law, its own unique legal system, based on Roman law, which combines features of both civil law and ...

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• Culture of Scotland - Scots law
• Culture of Scotland - Scottish education
• Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency
• Culture of Scotland - Sports
• Culture of Scotland - Media
• Culture of Scotland - Food and drink
• Culture of Scotland - Arts
• Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture
• Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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Scotland retains its own distinct sense of nationhood. Academic research consistently shows that people in Scotland feel Scottish, whilst not necessarily feeling the need to see that translated into the establishment of a fully-independent Scottish nation-state. Scotland also has its own unique family of languages and dialects, helping to foster a strong sense of "Scottish-ness". See Scots language and Scottish Gaelic language. An organisation called Iomairt Cholm Cille (http://ww ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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, see also Category:Scottish law. Scotland retains Scots Law, its own unique legal system, based on Roman law, which combines features of both civil law and common law. The terms of union with England specified the retention of separate systems. The barristers being called advocates, and the judges of the high court for civil cases are also the judges for the high court for criminal cases. Sc ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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, see also Category:Scottish cuisine. Although the Deep fried Mars bar is jokingly said to exemplify the modern Scottish diet, Scottish cuisine offers such traditional dishes as haggis, Buccleuch Scotch beef, the Arbroath Smokie,salmon,venison, cranachan, bannock, Scotch Broth and shortbread. Scotch whisky and its distilleries Scottish beer and the "shilling" classification ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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, see also Category:Sport in Scotland. Scotland has many national sporting associations, such as the Scottish Football Association (SFA) or the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU). This gives the country independent representation at many international sporting events such as the football World Cup. Scotland cannot compete in the Olympic Games independently however, and Scottish athletes must compete as part of the Great Britain team if they wish to take part. Scotland does however send its ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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, see also Category:Education in Scotland. Scotland also has a separate Scottish education system. The Act of Union guaranteed the rights of the Scottish universities, but more importantly, Scotland became the first country since Sparta in classical Greece to implement a system of general public education. This began with the Education Act of 1696 and became compulsory for children fro ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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, see also Category:Economy of Scotland. Banking in Scotland also features unique characteristics. Although the Bank of England remains the central bank for the UK Government, three Scottish corporate banks still issue their own banknotes: (the Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank). These notes have no status as legal tender in England, Wales or Northern Ireland (although they can be used throughout the UK, particularly in Northern Ireland, where Irish banks also issue their own banknotes, and th ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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, see also Category:Media in Scotland. Scotland has distinct media from the rest of the UK. For example, it produces many national newspapers such as the Daily Record (Scotland's leading tabloid), the broadsheet The Herald, based in Glasgow, and The Scotsman in Edinburgh. The Herald, formerly known as the Glasgow Herald, changed its name to promote a national rather than a regional identity, while The Scotsman, which used to be a broadsheet, recently switched to tabloid format. Sunday newspape ...

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Culture of Scotland, Culture of Scotland - Scots law, Culture of Scotland - Scottish education, Culture of Scotland - Banking and currency, Culture of Scotland - Sports, Culture of Scotland - Media, Culture of Scotland - Food and drink, Culture of Scotland - Arts, Culture of Scotland - Other facets of Scottish culture, Culture of Scotland - Miscellaneous

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