Restorers aim to get Glasgow’s last tram back on track
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The last of Scotland’s original trams is being restored so it can carry passengers again during its 80th anniversary next year.
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Unknown poem by Scots writer found in journal of Queen Victoria wet nurse
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A previously unknown poem by Scots writer James Hogg has been unearthed in the notebook of a young girl who later became a wet nurse for Queen Victoria’s firstborn.
Unknown poem by Ettrick Shepherd James Hogg found in girl’s journal
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A previously unknown poem by Scots writer James Hogg has been unearthed in the notebook of a young girl who later became a wet nurse for Queen Victoria’s firstborn.
Edinburgh landmarks to be lit up red to attract Chinese tourists
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A string of Edinburgh’s most prominent buildings and landmarks will be lit up red this week as part of the biggest ever drive to attract more Chinese visitors to the city – now that they are on the verge of outnumbering American tourists in the capital.
Red landmarks give green light to Chinese New Year visitors
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A string of Edinburgh’s most prominent buildings and landmarks will be lit up red this week as part of the biggest ever drive to attract more Chinese visitors to the city – now that they are on the verge of outnumbering American tourists in the capital.
Sixties splendour revived as exhibition celebrates QE2 Formica fest
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From its sunken apple green settees in the circular midships lobby to the abundance of chrome and Formica, it was a calling card for Britain’s bold brand of mid-century modernism.
Book review: The Sealwoman’s Gift, by Sally Magnusson
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Sally Magnusson’s wonderfully accomplished first novel is an enthralling mixture of recovered history and the imagining of lost lives. It’s a delightful piece of storytelling which is also a story about telling stories.
Ruth Davidson: ‘I did Bake Off because of death of partner’s mother’
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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said the death of her partner’s mother from cancer was behind her decision to star on a charity edition of the Great British Bake Off.
Music review: Hollie Cook
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THE influence of reggae is everywhere in pop music just now, thanks to the infusion of Jamaican dancehall elements in R&B and grime. But that is the more strident sound of the island’s musical heritage; for a sweeter and deeper but just as danceable iteration, look to the radiant Hollie Cook.
Music review: Duncan Chisholm: Sandwood
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SINCE he played at the first Celtic Connections 24 years ago, Duncan Chisholm’s reputation as a Highland fiddler of substance has become particularly associated with his richly toned and unashamedly heart-tugging slow airs...
Interview: comedian Mark Thomas on Showtime From the Frontline, his new show about teaching stand-up in the West Bank
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“I remember someone saying ‘if you hear any gunfire, more than likely it’s a celebration of something. But as a rule of thumb, don’t go towards it,’” chuckles Mark Thomas, recalling his first visit to the West Bank.
Theatre preview: Joyce McMillan on the new production of Rita, Sue and Bob Too coming to the Citz
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Say the phrase Rita, Sue and Bob Too to anyone in Britain over 40, and they’re likely to think of Alan Clarke’s 1987 film, a wild working-class romp set on a Bradford housing estate in which two teenage babysitters are drawn into a back-seat sexual affair with married man Bob...
Music review: Out Lines and Hamish Hawk
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ON THE final night of this year’s Celtic Connections, Twilight Sad frontman James Graham and former Scottish Album of the Year Award winner Kathryn Joseph said a (hopefully temporary) farewell to their own Celtic connection as they prepare for their own individual releases later this year.
Art review: Winter Flowers
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WINTER Flowers at the RSA owes at least part of its inspiration to The Beechgrove Garden on BBC2. Colin Greenslade, the exhibition’s organiser, describes how seeing the Edinburgh garden of certain RSA...
Theatre review: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War
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THE title is 549, in memory of all the Scots who volunteered to join the anti-fascist International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s; but in truth, this new show from the Glasgow-based Wonder Fools company is really about four ...
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