Living by the Sword
Nobody today would comment on an artist’s choice of medium, no matter how outlandish. So it is a little quaint that we still have a society, the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, the RSW for short, devoted exclusively to the practice of one particular medium.
Living by the Sword
It was in the autumn of 2004 that the late David MacLennan launched A Play, A Pie And A Pint, at the new Oran Mor bar and arts venue in Glasgow. After some fierce run-ins with the Scottish Arts Council during the 1990s...
Living by the Sword
Douglas Dunn downs a double espresso in one long gulp, but declines a refill: “That’s my fourth coffee today. Any more and you’ll be scraping me off the ceiling.” Straight away, he has done a thing poets do: he has created an image in the mind’s eye.
Living by the Sword
A hotel owned by tennis legend Sir Andy Murray has been awarded the top possible rating following an inspection by national tourism organisation VisitScotland.
Living by the Sword
Increased interest from film-makers in Edinburgh and the Highlands could help increase tourist numbers.
Living by the Sword
Labour has urged the Scottish Government to bring forward plans for a tourist tax in Scotland after councils backed the move.
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They were the trophy homes of Scotland’s super-rich but many of these once-mighty properties are now mere ruined remains of a bygone age with hundreds vanishing from the landscape altogether.
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A SCHOOL in East Lothian will be transformed into a Harry Potter inspired wizard school this summer.
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Flat Earthers have rented a shop in Inverness in a bid to promote the theory that the world is not round.
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Private pain at failed IVF treatments and anger and bewilderment at the rise of Trump informed Jannica Honey’s latest exhibition – portraits of women taken in the twilight of a new or full moon, writes...
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Still Game’s fans have been warned that “the shadow of death looms large” in the new series of the hit comedy - as its creators admitted they have been tempted to place secret bets on who is going to be killed off.
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BRITISH rock legends The Rolling Stones have announced they are coming to Edinburgh as part of five-date tour of the UK later this year.
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A full month has now passed since the winners and losers emerged in Creative Scotland’s big funding shake-down.
Living by the Sword
Puppy Brain. I’ve got it. I think I may have made up the term – but I’m not so sure. They say you get Baby Brain, don’t they?
Living by the Sword
Honda makes one of the fastest and most exotic of rare cars, the NSX. It also makes a very hot hatchback called the Civic Type R.
