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Maine Highland Games [Shari Rodden]

Maine Highland Games: A celebration of Scottish heritage and culture

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

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’

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

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’

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...
Debut Prize - Suzy Aspley

The Good Books, Suzy Aspley: ‘I curl up in the dark with a great book and read until I can’t keep my eyes open

Suzy Aspley has been shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize with her crime fiction novel, Crow Moon.    The first book I remember reading:...


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