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JK Rowling wrote her early books in the Elephant House in Edinburgh

10 fantastic Scottish facts about Harry Potter

Culture
From polyjuice potion to gillyweed, transfiguration to parseltongue, most of us are familiar with the weird and wonderful creations of JK Rowling’s imagination. Aside from...

Review: A History of Scotland’s Landscapes

Books
What's the story? Seeking to decode Scotland’s city and rural landscapes, Fiona Watson and Piers Dixon show us how to ‘read’ the environment around us....

How one Scottish town floored the world

Film & TV | Scotland
Scotland's influence on the world is well known through the likes of John Logie Baird, John Loudon McAdam, Alexander Graham Bell and Alexander Fleming. With...
The audience enjoys a captivating performance from a Dunbar artist (photo: Coastword)

The word is out for this year’s Coastword Festival

Culture
A celebration of words comes to the east coast this weekend, in the form of CoastWord Festival. Offering a collection of spoken word performances, music...
Harry Benson at Kelvingrove Park (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

Photographic legend Harry’s work goes on show

Culture
An exhibition celebrating the work of one of the world’s best-known photographers begins this weekend at the National Trust for Scotland’s Pollok House in Glasgow....

Artists join forces for a Scottish and Icelandic show

Culture
Nearly 30 artists from southern Scotland and Iceland are joining forces for Coast to Coast– an exhibition of original prints taking place in Dumfries and...
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