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Scots broadcaster Kirsty Wark (Photo: Heather Yates)

Big names will come to the 21st Wigtown Book Festival

The 21st annual Wigtown Book Festival is set to welcome a rich variety of writers, broadcasters and others – and is unveiling new attractions like...

There’s been a murder – on the very first page

Murder on Page One lives up to its title. Straightaway the reader is engulfed in a bloody murder, as Lorraine McNeill, a literary agent is...
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Bid to bring the Stone of Destiny back to Perthshire

Could the Stone of Destiny be returning to Perthshire? Perth & Kinross Council’s request to house the Stone in a new museum in Perth is...

Discover the secrets of Scotland’s lochs

Armchair tours of Scotland's lochs are coming to our TV screens. Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs is setting sail with presenter Paul Murton for a...

The life of the fox – and its loss of solitude

Jim Crumley’s search for solitude and silence is as alien to us as it is a luxury. In today’s world where traffic always hums and...
As The National Wallace Monument turns 150 years old, young visitor Leonardo Dentis from Turin, Italy, helps William Wallace to unlock a new era in the attraction’s history.
(Photo: Phil Wilkinson)

Wallace Monument set to mark its 150th birthday

The National Wallace Monument has unveiled a day of celebrations to mark the visitor attraction’s 150 year anniversary since it officially opened to the public...


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