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Much is made of the Scottish accent. Probably one of the most well-known aspects of our country, it’s also probably one of the most misunderstood. Often characterised as rough and impenetrable, the truth of the…
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Craig brings The Late Late Show home to Scotland
You can take the boy out of Scotland… Craig Ferguson, star of the hit US chat series The Late Late Show, recently returned to his homeland of Scotland to film a series of special episodes celebrating…
The East Neuk, the perfect getaway – iris my case…
Finally after several years and various spin-offs, the original cast from American Pie are back on screens across Scotland in American Pie: Reunion. Quite unbelievably, nine years have passed since we first watched Steve…
Runner’s delight
Have you noticed the recent surge in fitness fans? With the arrival of lighter days in Scotland, and the approach of numerous participation sports events taking place over the summer, lycra clad* people have been…
Folk fest on Shetland
If you like nothing better than a bit of good old traditional fiddle music, look no further than Shetland over the next four days. Kicking off tonight is the Shetland Folk Festival, one of our…
Read All About It! (clever huh?)
The first time I ever went to a gig at Edinburgh Castle, ladies three times my age were throwing their underwear on stage – a sure sign that Sir Tom Jones was in town. Yes…
Edvard Munch’s iconic artwork becomes the most expensive artwork sold at auction
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two This morning I woke to the astounding news that Edvard Munch’s iconic artwork The Scream sold for $120m at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York which lasted…
Listen live!
It doesn’t matter whether you like classical musical or not, you’re bound to know Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. It’s one of those pieces that you hear all the time,…
A pint on the Highlands’ Knoydart peninsula | Travel | The Guardian
It is their first trip to Britain. Outside the wind is whipping spray off the swell and throwing it at us with insane fury. “And Knoydart?” Their…
NYC to Luing
Nice piece in the New York Times today about a poetry fan’s impulsive trip to Luing having read Don Paterson’s poem Landing Light. …and yet there I was, clawing my way through the wet and…
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