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Exclusive crime event for Book Week Scotland

Books
Ian Rankin will discuss his recently re-launched lost novel, Westwind, with bestselling crime author Stuart MacBride at an exclusive event during Book Week Scotland. Published for...

A fascinating look at Edinburgh’s proud military past

Books
Today, Edinburgh Castle is primarily admired by tourists and locals for the drama it adds to the landscape of our capital. Although a stroll down...
Edinburgh Castle by Francis Salvesen

Perthshire artist celebrates Britain’s landmarks

Culture
A self-taught artist originally from Perthshire will be unveiling a major exhibition of his oil paintings of the British landscape. Britain’s most stunning natural and...

More than 7000 watched Samhuinn Fire Festival

Culture
Thousands gathered to watch winter triumph over summer last night at the immersive Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh’s city centre. A crowd of more than...
Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit (Photo by Ross Gilmore/Redferns)

Marking Burns Night and Chinese New Year

Culture
Unique Events and the Edinburgh Tourism Action Group will celebrate the city's Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker and Chinese New Year Festivals in January 2020. A...
Laidlaw in ‘Hospital Blues’, 1916.

Piper Daniel Laidlaw was the hero of Loos

Culture | Scotland
King's Own Scottish Borderers piper Daniel Laidlaw made history when he inspired his comrades into a successful assault on German lines, bravery that earned him...
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