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Big Banana Feet. Credit: BFI

Big Banana Feet: Lost Billy Connolly film comes to cinemas after being found on eBay

Culture | Film & TV
Nearly 50 years ago, Billy Connolly was in Northern Ireland filming Big Banana Feet.  The edgy fly-on-the-wall documentary followed the comedian around the country’s volatile...
Neil Lancaster.

The Good Books, Neil Lancaster: ‘Ian Rankin is the master of Scottish fiction’

Books
The retired Met police officer turned author on being inspired by Ian Rankin, John Niven's heartbreaking memoir and Tony Kent as the British David Baldacci....
Aasmah Mir. Credit: Ben Wulf

Boswell Book Festival: Rose Reilly, Jackie Kay, John Niven and Aasmah Mir all set to feature

Books
Boswell Book Festival is back this year and features stories from two living legends of WW2, a Tik Tok sensation from the Hebrides and Ayrshire’s...
Les Wilson

The Good Books, Les Wilson: ‘I grew up reading Winnie-the-Pooh, I do a good Eeyore voice’

Books
The former political journalist on being inspired by historian Jan Morris and shrinking time on CalMac ferries to Islay by reading.   The first book...
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BBC announces two new series of hit drama Shetland

Film & TV
The BBC has announced two new series of the hit drama show, Shetland, have been commissioned. Filming for the ninth series will begin this month...
Brian Cox. Credit Colin Hutton

Brian Cox: Succession star named as new patron of Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Culture
Succession star Brian Cox has been named as the newest Patron of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The role will see the Scottish actor act as...
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