Donald Trump impersonator in running for Scottish Comedy Awards honour
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A Donald Trump impersonator is in the running for one of the top honours at the annual Scottish Comedy Awards, organisers have revealed.
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No ordinary canoeist: new book tells of Clive Freshwater’s legal fight to gain access to River Spey
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It’s just over 15 years since the passing into law of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act – the wonderful piece of legislation which, among other things, gives us all the right to stravaig freely around the countryside – regardless of who owns it – as long as we behave ourselves while doing so.
Who was the most notorious ‘Redcoat’ of the 1745 rebellion?
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The Highlands were ripped apart and terrorised following the Battle of Culloden by Hanoverian troops ordered to root out and destroy Jacobite support following the failed 1745 rising.
Centuries-old christening robe on show at Dundee’s V&A museum
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It is a surviving symbol of a once-thriving industry needlework industry in the west coast of Scotland.
Book review: The Western Wind, by Samantha Harvey
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Writing in the New Yorker James Wood called Samantha Harvey’s last novel “beautiful…exhilarating … remarkable.” Since Wood is one of the best literary critics of our time, which means he is among the best readers of a novel...
Book review: Facing the Nation - The Portraiture of Alexander Moffat, by Bill Hare
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The major exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh at the moment is entitled A New Era, and it tells the story of how the art landscape in Scotland was changed utterly in the years between 1900 and 1950 by the seismic impact of cubism...
Outer Hebrides could be linked together by bridge plan
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Ambitious plans to create a seamless road journey through the Outer Hebrides by linking the islands with a series of bridges have been proposed.
Scottish music gig ticket sites told to be more upfront
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Websites selling tickets for major concerts in Scotland have been rapped for “misleading” music fans.
Calls for Doric to have same status as English and Gaelic
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Doric is to be promoted and protected on a new scale in Scotland with a body now set up in Aberdeen to secure the same status for North-East Scots as English and Gaelic.
Art reviews: Margaret Salmon at Tramway, Glasgow | To see this story better... at Glasgow School of Art
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Margaret Salmon delves into the stuff of everyday life in her intimate films while Glasgow School of Art’s show offers a snapshot of South Africa’s artistic community
US lobbying for UK to drop food name protections to sell ‘Scotch whisky’
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Cornish pasties and Scotch whisky are among the products that could carry a “Made in America” tag after Brexit.
Oldman to elderly mother: ‘Put the kettle on – I’m bringing home an Oscar’
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Gary Oldman told his 98-year-old mother “put the kettle on – I’m bringing Oscar home” as his portrayal of Winston Churchill earned him his first Oscar.
The Gaelic speaking slaves of 18th Century America
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It was jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie who inspired research into the Gaelic speaking black slaves of 18th Century America who spoke in the tongue of their Highland masters.
Outlander auditions forced to close early due to huge numbers of applicants
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Auditions for the next series of Outlander were forced to close early due to huge numbers of applicants.
OTD 1790: Death of Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald
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Flora MacDonald, the ultimate heroine of the Jacobite cause, died on March 5, 1790 with 3,000 mourners attending her funeral on Skye where more than 3,000 gallons of whisky were reportedly drunk.
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