Have you ever had a daughter talk back to you? Or a friend who promised to return your belongings weeks ago, and has yet to do so? Congratulations: you’ve just encountered a besom. Did you know with a ...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: If you're not from Scotland you may assume this show is about boobs. Scots, though, will know the word 'besom' . It's a mischievous girl, a ­troublesome teen, a lady of low ...

Halloween and the success of the Harry Potter stories have revived one of the last commercial besom-makers in Britain. Proof of a growing market in the crude sweeping brushes has triggered a ...