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Matthew Grouse

Fund will help young talent Make It Happen

Some of the country’s most dynamic, creative young artists are to receive a kick-start to their careers, thanks to funding from the Royal Conservatoire of...

Original 1970s novel given a tweak by its author

There are many things I never thought I’d do, and giving a Peter May book a review riddled with caveats is one of them. Ever...

A fascinating year as the ethical carnivore

Over the course of a year, former Scottish Field staff writer Louise Gray decides to only eat what she has killed, a task that sounds...
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The Scot whose invented land cost 200 lives

On 27 April 1823 an Edinburgh cobbler lay ill and despondent in his small, bamboo hut in a jungle clearing on the Mosquito Coast. He...

Writers setting forth on a voyage of Discovery

The Voyage Out is an international anthology of writing, art and science. It compares the act of creating something on a blank page to the...
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The smiling Scots comic who’s now got the drive

Scots comedian Des Clarke is everywhere you look these days. Having presented the breakfast show on Capital Scotland for a decade, he is about to...


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