Editorial

In pre-internet days, only those who heard the contest live were aware of the insidious dues-paying system of judging. Those days are thankfully gone.

A fundamental change must occur if piping and drum …

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While on the surface, the loss of a major RSPBA pi …

You don’t look broke, Oscar. Oscar Wilde famously …

Lord it’s the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Whe …

In the pre-Internet days, we used to bemoan the sc …

Wool-clad competitors huddle under available shade …

The numbers don’t lie. The pipe band march, strath …

It’s fashionable these days to stress the positive …

By Martin Docherty The pre-competition scene at th …

Large bands that would reduce numbers by five or six would make a profound and lasting contribution to the greater good

It’s subjective judgment that always trips us up

There is an opportunity to reinvigorate in this most unlikely time

We could really use such an unlikely superstar