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Teenagers given a writing boost by Book Trust

The Scottish Book Trust has today announced the seven teenage writers and illustrators who will join the What’s Your Story? programme. Now in its fourth...

Remembering a forgotten Scots explorer

William Speirs Bruce’s name has been largely forgotten in the realms of polar exploration and research. He was a Scottish nationalist and naturalist who led...
A young Rabindranath Tagore

Robert Burns and the Bard of Bengal

You may have recently found yourself humming some of the Bard’s best-known songs. If not, then it is possible that you may have sung Auld...

The story of Britain’s most beautiful shortcut

The Crinal Canal runs across the Kintyre peninsula - and by 1854, 33,000 passengers had been transported along it. Marian Pallister explores the canal from...
Writer William Boyd

With James Bond writer, you only live twice

You know the name... you know the number - James Bond, 007. As the author of the James Bond novel Solo, William Boyd has shared...
Laura Main (Photo: Ruth Crafer)

The Main attraction for dancing queen Laura

Scottish actress Laura Main is one of the stars in a hugely popular British TV show. The Aberdonian stars as Sister Bernadette in the BBC1...


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