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The Good Books, Angie Spoto: ‘I re-read The Hobbit and fell in love with it all over again’

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Angie Spoto on the book she recommends to everyone, reading the books of her childhood to her son, and her favourite place to read.   ...
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Renowned Scottish artist Will Maclean exhibits new work in Ullapool

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As part of Ullapool’s inaugural Art Week, renowned Scottish artist Will Maclean is exhibiting new works under the title of Ghost Boats in the Ceilidh...
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The couple who gambled everything to become Wigtown bookshop owners

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Joyce Cochrane had just discovered she was pregnant when she and her partner Ian gave up their jobs and moved from Edinburgh to revive a...
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Alan Cumming named new artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre

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Scottish actor Alan Cumming has been named as the new artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre. The actor, most recently famous for his hit role...
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Scottish artist Beth Robertson Fiddes on her latest exhibition: ‘I’ve always been fascinated with water’

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Award-winning Scottish artist Beth Robertson Fiddes is opening a new exhibition at the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. She has built a global following through her...
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The Good Books, J.D. Oswald: ‘Realising you can stop reading something you don’t enjoy and pick up something else is liberating’

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J.D. Oswald on his memories of reading as a child, how he doesn't enjoy Dickens and becoming addicted to audiobooks.    The first book I...
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