Skye named in CNN list of ‘12 destinations to avoid in 2018’
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Skye has been handed the unwelcome tag of one of the top 12 global tourists destinations to avoid this summer by US broadcaster CNN.
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Reggae legend Ken Boothe sings Burns in Jamaica
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Reggae legend Ken Boothe has added his distinctive voice to a collection of Burns songs being re-imagined by a collection of Jamaican artists in Scotland and the Caribbean.
‘Golden voiced’ Dolores O’Riordan laid to rest in Ireland
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Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan had a loving heart, a voice of gold and starred in the gig of life itself, mourners at her funeral have heard.
In pictures: 18 famous Edinburgh buildings mid-construction
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We become so accustomed to the buildings around us that it’s difficult to imagine a time when they didn’t exist.
Video: Scotch Whisky Experience begins sign language tours in Edinburgh
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The Castlehill attraction has invested more than £50,000 into digital companions suitable for ASL and BSL signers.
Outlander cast and crew return to Fife village
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The cast and crew of Outlander will return to a Fife village this week to shoot scenes for season four of the hugely successful time travelling fantasy.
Fancy becoming a Laird or Lady while helping to restore a historical Scottish castle?
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If you’ve always dreamed of having a title then Dunans Castle’s restoration programme may be for you
Oscars 2018: Shape of Water lands 13 nominations for Academy Awards
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Guillermo del Toro’s monster romance “The Shape of Water” has landed a leading 13 nominations and Greta Gerwig has become just the fifth woman nominated for best director by the Academy Awards.
Album reviews: Belle & Sebastian | Tune-Yards | Buffy Sainte-Marie
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A linked series of beguiling pop collections proves that Belle and Sebastian have three times the charm
Theatre interview: Manipulate festival director Simon Hart on this year’s programme
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These days, when people on the internet share an image or a news story they find particularly tragic, or appalling, or beyond belief, they often introduce it with the phrase, “No words”. It’s short for “no words can convey what I feel about this”; and it seems almost like a mantra for our time...
Music review: Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
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A packed, expectant house greeted starry US violinist Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for their Sunday afternoon stop-off at the Usher Hall, and in response, they put on a beautifully crafted, energetic show.
Celtic Connections review: Skerryvore/We Banjo 3, Barrowland, Glasgow
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With Runrig planning to hang up their boots later this year, young Tiree bucks Skerryvore are well on their way to taking up their commercial Celtrock mantle, and made their lineage explicit by covering Rocket to the Moon from Runrig’s breakthrough album, The Cutter and the Clan.
Robert Burns letter on ‘night out with the lads’ to go on show
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A letter from Robert Burns to one of his oldest friends about a good night out they shared is to go on special display in Edinburgh for the first time in 100 years.
Cabaret preview: Kevin Williamson on an ”all-snarling, all-dancing” tribute to Burns
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It’s that time of year when the supermarket shelves are groaning with haggis and writers are forever trying to find a new angle on Scotland’s national Bard. Given last year’s long overdue uprising of women...
Travel: The Victorian Townhouse @ Stockbridge, Edinburgh
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Do Not Disturb – Scotland On SundayA city break to Edinburgh with the boys, back to the city where they were all born. While the adults know the place like the back of their hand, the children have no real recollection of living here ...
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