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A complete guide to discovering the true Scotland

Scotland the Best is described as the ‘true insider’s guide to Scotland’. Author Peter Irvine has composed everything that a Scots traveller ought to know,...

Reading the road saw actor Tam follow the baton

As an actor, Tam Dean Burn's work has taken him all over the country. Having appeared on screen, notably several roles in Taggart and as...
George Lennox Watson at the age of 21 (Photo: Martin Black Collection)

Remembering the Mackintosh of yacht design

Think of the heyday of the Clyde and what names are conjured? John Brown, Denny, Lithgow, Fairfield, Yarrow and Napier were amongst the shipbuilding titans...
Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon has the write stuff

For millions of television viewers across the world, the exploits of a Scotsman are appointment watching. We're talking about Outlander - the TV series based...

Discovering the secret of Thunder Bay

Reporter Rebecca Connolly – who lives on the fictional Scottish island of Stoirm – senses a story coming on when Roddie Drummond returns to the...

Winner of north east short story competition revealed

The Toulmin Prize is open to amateur writers over the age of 16. The stories entered should have a north east focus, and may be...


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