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When two historic figures met 275 years ago

This month, October 2021, marks the 275th anniversary of the only meeting between two of the most enigmatic and charismatic personalities of the 18th-century, Madame...

A fascinating life after swapping Glasgow for Japan

With a title like Fish Town, despite what you might expect, this book does not centre around fish. You should, after all, never judge a...

Review: Blood Brothers is as powerful as ever

I first saw Blood Brothers on stage in Edinburgh in 1998, having been urged to see it by a friend, who said it was their...
Natasha Gerson (Photo: Big Finish)

The Halloween scares begin in new Scots audiobook

October's here, with spooks and scares in store at the end of the month with Halloween, but the chills are multiplying already with a scary...

Outlander’s Sam Heughan would love to be the next 007

Scots star Sam Heughan has admitted that he would love to step into Daniel Craig's now vacant shoes as James Bond. No Time To Die...
Remote Fishing Village, by Pam Carter

Pam Carter’s On Reflection shows at the Strathearn Gallery

Pam Carter, one of Scotland’s most iconic and loved landscape painters has just opened a new solo exhibition, On Reflection, at the Strathearn Gallery in...


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