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Cash prizes for best Scots film made in just 48 hours

The 48 Hour Film Project, a filmmaking event which annually challenges Scots to make a film over a wild and crazy weekend, is about to...

Head to head in a friendly battle of repurposing

We all love a bargain, revamping ourselves and our homes, and being able to do our bit for the environment at the same time. Alannah...

Gorge yourself on a celebration of all things cheese

As a turophile – the official term for a lover of cheese – The Philosophy of Cheese was a glorious read. Cheese guru Patrick Rance...

Vikings, huge crustaceans and a helpful seagull

The basis of A Large Measure of Snow is that in December 1967, with all roads to the town of Kinloch cut off by snow,...

The fascinating story of one Scottish river’s song

If Rivers Could Sing, a delightful little book, is subtitled ‘A year in the life of the River Devon as it passes through the counties...

The autobiography of a true Scottish rugby great

Ken Scotland, a fullback for Heriot’s, Cambridge University, Scotland and the British & Irish Lions in the fifties and sixties, was one of the finest...


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