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Fringe Review: Adults Only Magic Show

Culture | Fringe
Richard Bath heads out for an adults-only night of magic and comedy. ★★★★ Short version: I really enjoyed this, and it was comfortably the best...
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Slave to the rhythm: Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson

Arts & Antiques | Culture
The most progressive and cosmopolitan of the Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson expressed his national identity and love of sensual pleasures in dynamic modern paintings...
Manran at The Mound

Mànran kick off the takeover of Edinburgh Mound throughout the Fringe Festival

Culture
Trad supergroup Mànran has kicked off the takeover of Edinburgh’s Mound throughout the Fringe Festival. Hundreds of Scots piled onto the Mound on 1 August...
Lyon & Turnbull's Head of Jewellery, Ruth Davis FGA DGA, with The Abernethy Pearl. Credit: Stewart Attwood.

Largest Scottish freshwater pearl in living memory to be sold at auction

Arts & Antiques | Culture
Scotland’s largest freshwater pearl, the largest in living memory, is going under the hammer - and could fetch £60,000.  Discovered in 1967, the Abernethy Pearl,...
National Galleries of Scotland. An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location. Credit Neil Hanna

Take a voyage of discovery with Glasgow Boy Sir John Lavery

Arts & Antiques | Culture
His travels took him from Belfast to Scotland and New York, via Paris and Morocco. But Glasgow Boy Sir John Lavery never travelled without his...
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Children’s book review: The Highland Cowgirl and The Great Auk’s Great Escape

Books | Culture
Izzy Alexander takes a look at two new children's picture books by debut author Louisa MacDougall.   The Highland Cowgirl by Louisa MacDougall is a...
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