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Sir Ian Rankin & Simon Reade. [Credit: Jess Shurte Photography]

New ‘Inspector Rebus’ play comes to Scotland

Culture | Performing Arts | Theatre | What’s on
Sir Ian Rankin’s ‘Rebus’ detective novels have been translated into 36 languages and adapted for radio, the stage and the screen. Now, following the success...
Cathy Marsden, Head of Rare Books at Lyon & Turnbull, with the rare first edition of Robert Burns' Poems. Credit: Stewart Attwood

Rare first edition Robert Burns’ poetry from 1786 could fetch £60,000 at auction

Arts & Antiques | Culture
An exceptionally rare first edition of Robert Burns’ poetry, published in 1786 by a Kilmarnock printer who was the first to take a risk on...
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Rule Britannia: On board Britannia with former Royal Yachtsmen for annual Yotties’ Week

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Morag Bootland joins former Royal Yachtsmen on Britannia for Yotties’ Week, an annual celebration of life on board the floating palace.   We all know...
Damian Barr. Credit: Kirsty Anderson.

The Good Books, Damian Barr: ‘James Baldwin’s voice is as urgent now as it ever was’

Books | Culture
Damian Barr on reading for the Big Scottish Book Club, his love of Jackie Kay's latest poetry and being inspired by James Baldwin.    The...
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‘Remarkable’ 1,000-year-old Pictish ring discovered at Scottish fort by amateur archaeologist

Culture | News
A 'remarkable' Pictish ring has been uncovered at a Moray fort previously thought to have been 'archaeologically vandalised' by the construction of a new town....
Tom Cooper. Credit: Neil Hanna.

How artists are breathing new life into Scotland’s ash trees under threat by deadly fungal disease

Arts & Antiques | Culture
Scotland’s ash trees are under threat. A deadly fungal disease is sweeping across the nation with millions of trees set to be lost.  When four...
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