Living history

This kind of nationalistic display has no place in a modern multicultural society. There are more responsible ways of bringing history alive:

Scotland's greatest win over England is to be re-enacted and watched by up to 15,000 people on Saturday.

The National Trust for Scotland is staging a reconstruction of the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn in Stirling.

The Scots, under Robert the Bruce, routed the English led by Edward II in a victory which has been celebrated and marked down the centuries.