Living by the Sword
They’ve been transformed into tiny bespoke coffee kiosks, ticket offices for tourist attractions and even tapas bars after lying abandoned for years.
Living by the Sword
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has made a £64,000 profit on a flat in Polwarth he bought in the hope it would let him vote in the Scottish referendum.
Living by the Sword
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is to help kick-start new arts projects across the city after agreeing to help the city council bankroll a new “Culture Fund”.
Living by the Sword
It is an enterprising and passionate means of satisfying the insatiable demands of Harry Potter fans now that JK Rowling has retired her most famous creation.
Living by the Sword
When Nick Cumming moved into his flat in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket area 16 years ago, he was delighted to find himself in the midst of a close-knit community.
Living by the Sword
Queensland is in the grip of gold fever – not the prospecting of the outback pioneers, nor the gambling of the inter-state travellers – it’s medal fever.
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IT’S a genre in itself, the 1980s movie-turned-musical about dance as a symbol of freedom and self-realisation; and Flashdance is perhaps the most powerful of them all, a story that pumps out the usual follow-your-dreams ideology of an individualistic age...
Living by the Sword
The UK’s state pension is one of the most treasured benefits out there. It may not be enough to provide you with a comfortable retirement on its own, but it is an important foundation for your pension income...
Living by the Sword
Liam Neeson may play the ultimate tough guy on screen – but put him in traffic, and he insists he doesn’t feel very brave.“There’s crazy drivers out there,” the Northern Irish actor admits in his notably slow and tranquil voice.
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THE BBC SSO’s journey through the symphonies of Michael Tippett, under Martyn Brabbins’ judicious direction, has been fascinating to behold. It was the turn of Symphony No 4 on Thursday, a work that few will have heard live...
Living by the Sword
THE BBC SSO’s journey through the symphonies of Michael Tippett, under Martyn Brabbins’ judicious direction, has been fascinating to behold. It was the turn of Symphony No 4 on Thursday, a work that few will have heard live...
Living by the Sword
“And now you’re going to hear why it’s not played very often.” Conductor Andrew Manze had his tongue firmly in his cheek in his less than auspicious introduction to the SCO’s concert opener, the brooding 1944 Passacaille by Swiss composer Frank Martin.
Living by the Sword
FOUR workers employed by a world famous haggis firm have been sacked just days before Burns Night following a blunder on the factory floor.
Living by the Sword
Sir Ridley Scott has praised the success and spirit of author Peter Mayle, who has died at the age of 78 after a short illness.
Living by the Sword
His image was that of the “heaven-taught ploughman” whose striking dark looks saw women of all backgrounds besotted and smitten by him and his poetry.
