(1) Alex Ferguson picking up top coach last year was the nearest we've been to basking in any reflected tartan glory since Liz McColgan did the biz in 1991.

(2) To date, yes: we've peddled tartan schlock in the form of hokum Burns Night suppers to generations of tourists so we can't blame them for finding novelty in the trappings of the occasion.

(3) The tartan was a small vessel that navigated along the coast of the Mediterranean.

(4) Meanwhile, in the Mail's tartan edition, Mr Bartholomew had changed his tune somewhat, recommending to the rag's Scottish readers that they'd be better off staying put.

(5) The company directors of Beartas designed a new tartan , woven in Harris Tweed and called the u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Isle of Harris Tartanu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.

(6) In his own defence, he discloses that, though he is a Londoner to his pearly suit, he is nevertheless one-eighth Scottish on his mother's side, which doesn't even qualify him for a clan tartan .

(7) As the name would suggest, the outstanding All Black, No 8 Scott Robertson, includes some tartan genes, courtesy of a Perthshire-born grandfather.

(8) He would love to think that his part, however small, in Liverpool's restoration under Houllier has stoked the embers of the club's tartan tradition.

(9) Not for him even one of the 300,000 tartan fans specially produced by VisitScotland to promote Scotland in the States.

(10) Scotland isn't just tartan fun and highland jinks, it's urban youth culture as well.

(11) The band has worked hard raising funds for the tartan which cost around u00d4u00f6u00bcu251cu25511,000 to design and u00d4u00f6u00bcu251cu2551300 to kit out each band member.

(12) Chief investment officer Wendy Hay, dubbed Scotland's superwoman and a tartan version of City investment boss Nicola Horlick, was first to be directed to the exit door.

(13) Her version of the plaid, a tartan also in silk, is hung over the shoulder and pinned in place with a brooch.

(14) He was wearing a tartan patterned lumberjack shirt and jeans.

(15) The first is a negative tartan tax to incentivise business location in Scotland.

(16) In the absence of more tartan involvement, rest assured that some locals will settle for the next best thing, hoping to witness England tumble out of the competition, perhaps even on penalties.

(17) If designing a new tartan will save the Scottish Socialist party from dying out completely, I'm willing to have a go.

(18) Davis believes Holyrood should use the tartan tax to cut income tax by 3%, even if that means Scots got a better deal than the English.

(19) For those who know Mackenzie primarily as the author of whimsical tartan entertainments such as Whisky Galore, this bitter book comes as something of a revelation.

(20) The sight of Andy Henderson standing on the wing still causes a cold sweat in tartan supporters, though at least Chris Cusiter's test debut proved memorable for the right reasons.