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Handy guidebook that’s on the nose for whisky lovers

Iconic Whisky provides a tremendous amount of knowledge on the nature of a thousand whiskies from around the globe. It takes a visual approach ensuring...

Phoneline of duty brings Martin to Still Game

Martin Compston is famous for his role as Steve Arnott in hard-hitting police drama Line of Duty. But the Greenock-born actor will show another side...
Robbie Coltrane (right) in Tutti Frutti

Tutti Frutti ready for another screening – 30 years on

After more than 30 years, critically-acclaimed drama, Tutti Frutti will make its long-awaited return to TV screens next weekend. The iconic six-part series is to...

The true story of a botanical fraud in Scotland

Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and all-round critically acclaimed, A Rum Affair tells the extraordinary tale of eminent botanist John Heslop Harrison. In the...
Warwick Davis and Adam Meldrum, who uses CHAS (Photo: Lesley Martin)

Peter Capaldi helps raise thousands for CHAS

Scots actor Peter Capaldi helped to raise thousands of pounds for charity at the weekend. Capital Sci-Fi Con – Edinburgh’s not-for-profit sci-fi, movie and pop...
Greg Hemphill (left) and Ford Kiernan as Jack and Victor in Still Game (Photo: Alan Peebles)

Get ready for the final series of the beloved Still Game

Scotland's worst-behaved pensioners are back this weekend, as the final series of Still Game gets underway. The award-winning comedy will begin its ninth series on...


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