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The first Naval V.C. of the Great War awarded to Edinburgh Captain to fetch more than £200,000 at auction

Arts & Antiques | Culture
Noonans Mayfair are to sell the first Naval V.C. of the Great War. The medal was awarded to Captain Henry Peel Ritchie of the Royal...
Maine Highland Games [Shari Rodden]

Maine Highland Games: A celebration of Scottish heritage and culture

Culture | Overseas | What’s on
Did you know that Maine has the highest concentration of people with Scottish ancestry in the United States? Ahead of the 45th Maine Highland Games,...
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Review: Lotte Glob exhibition, Ullapool

Arts & Antiques | Culture
Lotte Glob is an internationally acclaimed Danish potter and ceramicist based in North West Scotland. In this, her 80th year, An Talla Solais, in Ullapool,...
Martin Stewart.

The Good Books, Martin Stewart: ‘Being a pre-screen child meant devouring words and language’

Books
The former English teacher and lecturer on the comfort of reading non-fiction and his childhood love of Roald Dahl.   The first book I remember...
The Coupall falls, Argyle and Bute.

Scotland Through A Lens: Karl Oparka on chasing waterfalls

Culture
From the Highlands to the Southern Uplands, Karl Oparka has photographed 70 of Scotland’s waterfalls and found little is known about these hidden wonders. His self...
Bessie MacNicol, The Lilac Sun Bonnet, 1899, purchased with funds from the Cowan Smith, MacDougall and Treaty of Union Bequests, 2024. Credit: Neil Hanna

National Galleries of Scotland celebrates acquisition of rare work by ‘Glasgow Girl’

Culture
The National Galleries of Scotland has acquired a rare work by ‘Glasgow Girl’ Bessie MacNicol. Many of MacNicol’s works were dispersed or lost following her...
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