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Artist turned writer Jenni Gudgeon

Scottish artist turns her hand to writing fairytales

Give the people what they want, as the old saying goes - and that's just what Fife artist Jenny Gudgeon has done. Five years ago,...
The Edinburgh International Science Festival (Photo: Ali Wight/Edinburgh International Science Festival)

Edinburgh will host eleven busy festivals in 2018

Everyone knows that Edinburgh is the home of Scottish festivals. But did you know that during the year, there are 11 different festivals taking place?...

Book review – Loch Maree’s Missing Sea Trout

What’s the story? Jaffa has long maintained that salmon farms are not to blame for the decline of wild salmon and sea trout stocks in...

Honest Alastair returns a ‘lost’ library book to Stornoway

Most of us have encountered a fine when borrowing books from our local libraries and returning them late. But the honesty of Alastair McIntosh has...

A fantastic return with Calum Stewart’s new album

Calum Stewart inspires with Tales from the North, a superb new solo album that challenges the conception that Uilleann pipes are the preserve of Irish...
Cilla - The Musical comes to His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen later this year

Tickets are now on sale for two outstanding musicals

Two new spectacular star-studded shows to hit His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen for first time. Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) will welcome both the fashionable, Olivier...


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