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A book celebrating the Secret Life of Tartan

When we think of tartan, wedding finery and shortbread tins might first spring to mind. But in The Secret Life of Tartan, tailor and fashion...

Maritime music at this year’s Celtic Connections

Scotland’s unique marine environment will be celebrated in a special performance at Celtic Connections to mark the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020. Scottish Natural...
Trevor Noah (Photo: Featureflash Photo Agency)

Big names heading for Glasgow Comedy Festival

International comedians and joining the best of Scotland at this year's Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The hugely popular event in the city’s...
Annalene Beechey as Anna in The King and I (Photo: Johan Persson)

The King and I is coming to Glasgow’s King’s Theatre

An unmissable production of Rodger and Hammerstein’s The King and I will run in Glasgow later this month as part of a UK tour. Direct...
Proxima stars Eva Green and Matt Dillon

Opening and closing gala films at Glasgow Film Festival

Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) 2020 has announced its opening and closing gala films. The 16th annual festival will open on 26 February with the UK...

The Scotsman who aided Lord Wellington

This is a long overdue account of a man who played a crucial role in Scotland’s military alongside Lord Wellington, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army...


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