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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...

Access to land questions answered in this book

The ScotWays Guide to the Law of Access to Land in Scotland is an informative book. It gives clear and concise explanations of Scottish land...

Mark Bonnar’s always happy to head to Shetland

Scots actor Mark Bonnar admits that reading the scripts for the new series of Shetland was tough to do. Mark, who grew up in East...
Stephen Jardine, back home in Dumfries (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

New BBC show host is so proud of his Dumfries roots

Journalist and broadcaster Stephen Jardine will present a new current affairs programme on the new BBC Scotland channel. The first of 24 episodes of Debate...


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