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A gripping read with a contemporary feel

Stay Mad, Sweetheart’s synopsis didn’t sell it to me. Exploring issues of workplace discrimination and ‘the grey areas of consent’, Kist’s book is highly addictive...

An adventurous tale to appeal to early teens

Using Smailholm’s natural beauty as the backdrop to a secret, magical world, Williams’ 16th-century tale is full of imagination. Wynn, daughter of Laird and Lady...

Taking a look round a grave matter in Edinburgh

Across the centuries, countless notable (and less so) Scottish figures have been laid to rest in the capital. Golledge, a local historian, explores the individual...
The Bacchae staged at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Photo: Robert McFadzean / RCS)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland named in world top three

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is one of the world’s top three destinations to study the performing arts, according to prestigious global rankings released...

Hybrid digital poetry festival goes live on Saturday

StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is set to go live with its online celebration of poetry in all its forms this weekend. The annual event...

The Wigtown Poetry Prize is launched for 2021

The Wigtown Poetry Prize, an annual celebration of poets and poems in the country’s three indigenous languages, has had its first ever digital launch. The...


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