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BBC ALBA: Gaelic drama series set to hit international screens

BBC ALBA has commissioned a brand-new crime thriller which will be the biggest Gaelic drama series in the channel’s history - with an estimated budget...
Alex Kane.

The Good Books, Alex Kane: ‘I often turn to audiobooks now because I can listen to them anywhere’

Writer Alex Kane on her love of Ruth Ware and enjoying audiobooks.   The first book I remember reading: I read lots when I was...
Phil Miller.

The Good Books, Philip Miller: ‘I might set fire to my terrible poems in a cleansing ritual’

The journalist and civil servant Philip Miller on growing up reading comics and writing poetry.   The first book I remember reading: The old Ladybird...
Martin Compston. Credit: Amazon.

Martin Compston to star in new drama shot in Glasgow

Scottish actor Martin Compston is set to star alongside James Cosmo in a new TV drama which will be entirely shot in Glasgow. Three-part psychological...
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Glencairn Glass: Winner and runner-up announced for crime short story competition

A sinister story about a Scottish recipe for stovies and a grisly tale about the strange sheep of Greshornish have been chosen as the winning...
Douglas Jackson.

The Good Books, Douglas Jackson: ‘I was bereft by the end of The Alan Rickman Diaries’

The former journalist on being encouraged to persevere by the late John Le Carre and why he always recommends the Aubrey-Maturin Napoleonic naval adventures.  ...


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