Trick or treaters given 18 years out of date Digestive Biscuits
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A dad was given a fright on Halloween when he bit into a milk chocolate digestive biscuit only to discover it was out of date by 18 years.
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How to get the best economy seat on your next flight
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Gone are the days when you might be able to sweet-talk a check-in attendant into upgrading your economy seat to premium or business. In most instances, you get what you pay for. However, even in economy, all seats are not equal.
West Highland Line named most scenic UK rail journey
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Scotland’s West Highland Line, made famous for its role in the Harry Potter films, has been named the most scenic rail journey in the whole of the UK.
Swimming pool work of art to be created for Jupiter Artland sculpture park
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A fully-functional swimming pool will be created for a vast outdoor art gallery near Edinburgh Airport to mark its 10th anniversary.
Alex Cai
Toronto Fencing Club
Alex Cai loves to outwit, outplay and outlast, but he’s not playing the popular reality TV showSurvivor – he’s fencing.
Each time Alex Cai walks onto the piste and stands in the en garde position, he’s competing to become the sole survivor.
Art reviews: Kelly Richardson at Dundee Contemporary Arts | Sue Tompkins at The Modern Institute, Glasgow
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The first Scottish exhibition by Canadian artist Kelly Richardson takes its title from a 2005 book about climate change by Tim Flannery. Therefore we learn early on, if we read the handout, that there is an environmental thrust to this body of work.
Music review: The St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra & Peter Donohoe, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
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Russian orchestras can have a habit of doing things their own way, claimed UK pianist Peter Donohoe in a Scotsman interview last week looking ahead to this perplexing concert. And never more so than in Russian music...
Rare Pictish carving of “big nosed warrior” found near Perth
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A large Pictish stone decorated with what appears to be a big nosed warrior holding a spear and a club has been found by workmen on the outskirts of Perth.
Comedian Isla Nelson, 3, named one of Scotland’s most inspiring women
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A three-year-old girl who has become an online sensation with her verdicts on politics and current affairs has been named one of Scotland’s most inspiring young women.
Three-year-old online comic named one of Scotland’s most inspiring young women
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A three-year-old girl who has become an online sensation with her verdicts on politics and current affairs has been named one of Scotland’s most inspiring young women.
Myth buster: Was tartan really banned after Culloden?
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Peter MacDonald, Head of Research & Collections at The Scottish Tartans Authority, examines a common claim that tartan was banned following the doomed 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Merkland Street: Glasgow’s ‘lost’ subway station
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Four decades ago Glasgow’s famous ‘Clockwork Orange’ lost one of its segments: Merkland Street Station.
8 Scottish towns and villages that changed their names
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Scotland’s place named have rich and varied origins, but not all have stayed the same.Here we look at eight towns and villages that changed their names - and why.
Billy Connolly: Men need to ‘get a grip on themselves’ over sexual abuse
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A loved Scottish comedian has waded into the debate on sexual abuse by urging men to “get a grip on themselves”.
Cold War spy maps that portrayed a Soviet Scotland
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THE Soviet Union mapped out Scotland’s towns and cities for more than forty years. They did so in meticulous detail, highlighting and classifying everything from factories to football grounds in anticipation of an expanded iron curtain.
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