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Author Salena Godden (Photo: Tristram Kenton)

Wigtown Book Festival launches £25,000 fundraiser

Books
Wigtown Book Festival has launched a £25,000 Book It and Spread the Word fundraising appeal to help secure the future of the literary event. The...
Cinema legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

A Scottish celebration of silent film

Film & TV
Scotland's festival of silent film is returning this month. Being held in Bo'ness, the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival’s Taste of Silents season begins on Saturday...

Swapping Glasgow to Skye in the formative years

Books | Reviews
One of the most fascinating aspects of reading  autobiographical books about Scotland is learning the life experiences of others in their formative years. Whether you've...
Katie Leung as DC Blair Ferguson in Annika (Photo: Alibi)

Shooting in Scotland was a relief for Katie Leung

Film & TV
Scots actress Katie Leung was delighted to shoot TV series Annika close to home as it meant she could be close to her family during...
The Last Supper busts (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

Edinburgh Cathedral exhibits The Last Supper in busts

Culture
A collection of life sized busts of Jesus and the apostles, made from fragments of crockery, is on display on the High Altar of Edinburgh’s...
Alan Cumming with his honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Photo: Robert McFadzean)

Scots star Alan Cumming honoured with doctorate

Culture
He’s the global actor, author and activist with an eclectic and electrifying career. Alan Cumming, the Scots-born superstar of stage and screen – and much...
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