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Lifting the lid on cult film classic Highlander

With a helping hand from more than sixty cast and crew members from the cult classic film Highlander, arts journalist Jonathan Melville reveals all about...
An Alexander Goudie self portrait with palette and black smock c. 1985 (Image: Goudie Estate)

A new exhibition to mark painter Alexander Goudie

Flamboyant and confrontational Scottish figurative painter Alexander Goudie is being celebrated in a new exhibition. Goudie (1933-2004) was part of a generation of influential painters...
The Mash House

Secrets, death and malt whisky in debut novel

The Mash House is a story of secrets, murder and whisky – and first time novelist, Alan Gillespie cites time spent in the Highlands as...

Seaweed and Angus tourism in our new podcast

In the tenth Scottish Field podcast, we're heading to the east coast. This week, we're joined by Rosie Morton, the chief sub-editor at Scottish Field,...

The fascinating tales of boarding school sports

An old Etonian? A recent Wykehamist? Remember the good old days at Edinburgh Academy? If you have fond memories of boarding school or are a...

Brookmyre’s latest thriller is a Cut above the rest

Dark humour and jittering suspense underlines the twisting narrative of Chris Brookmyre’s latest thriller. Expertly crafted, our unconventional characters Millicent and Jerry narrate us through...


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