Revealed: Beloved Still Game character killed off
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WARNING: Spoilers ahead as we talk to the star of Still Game who waved goodbye to a beloved character in tonight’s episode.
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Walking Dead star Norman Reedus meets fans in Aberdeen
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One of the leading stars of hit US zombie series The Walking Dead has delighted fans with a surprise appearance in Aberdeen today to film his motorbike-based reality show.
Book review: Shakespeare’s Originality, by John Kerrigan
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It is one of the first things that schoolchildren learn about Shakespeare. He didn’t make much up. Even the examples I was given – Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Prospero, Caliban and Ariel in The Tempest – have been chiselled away by scholarship.
Book review: There’s Always The Hills, by Cameron McNeish
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There’s a scene in Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus – after Faustus has sold his soul to Mephistopheles but before he is forced to give it up – in which he is treated to a sort of pre-modern helicopter ride around planet Earth.
Site of huge Iron Age feast celebration found on Orkney
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Archaeologists have identified the site of a huge Iron Age feast on Orkney where more than 10,000 animals were cooked and eaten in a vast cliff top celebration.
In pictures: the 10 easiest Munros to bag
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There’s no such thing as an easy Munro. That being said, there are several Scottish peaks which creep over the 3,000 feet mark that can be tackled by walking beginners. If you’re lookng for inspiration, take a look at our list of the ten easiest Munros.
In pictures: First sneak peek at Edinburgh’s revamped Ross Fountain
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The first sections of Edinburgh’s Ross Fountain have returned to their rightful berth in the city’s West Princes Street Gardens, with the iconic structure sporting a brand new bluish-green and copper coloured coat.
First look at Edinburgh’s new £45m concert hall
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Architects behind the first purpose-built concert hall to be created in Edinburgh for more than a century will reveal what the £45 million building will look like - both inside and outside.
‘We can’t stop Culloden homes,’ says Scottish Government
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The original decision to allow 16 homes to be built on the edge of Culloden Battlefield cannot be reviewed, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
“We can’t stop Culloden homes,” says Scottish Government
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The original decision to allow 16 homes to be built on the edge of Culloden Battlefield cannot be reviewed, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
Defiant Alex Salmond says “I can say what I like” on Russia Today
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A defiant Alex Salmond has declared he can “say what I like”, claiming any move to shut down his television show would make a “mockery of freedom of speech”.
Edinburgh International Festival: The Scotsman critics on the 2018 programme
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Fiona Shepherd, Joyce Mcmillan, Ken Walton and Kelly Apter offer their verdict on this year’s lineup.
Brexit ‘creates wave of uncertainty for Edinburgh Festival’
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The director of the Edinburgh International Festival has admitted that the prospect of Brexit has created a “wave of uncertainty” over the future of the event.
Mogwai to headline 2018 Edinburgh International Festival
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Mogwai, Django Django, King Creosote, The Pastels and The Vaselines will be among the Scottish indie, pop, folk and rock acts take to the stage of Leith’s reborn theatre when it returns to the Edinburgh International Festival’s line-up for the first time in 30 years.
In pictures: The luxury eco resort planned for Skye
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It has been inspired by the luxury resorts of the Caribbean and Thailand - and will be built on the Isle of Skye.
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