Video: The Highland Clearances scattered Scots around the world
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The Highland Clearances and the Act of Proscription that followed the Battle of Culloden were a direct attack on the Highland way of life.
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Lost portrait of maid who became lady of castle goes on show
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A forgotten portrait of a scullery maid who joined the gentry after marrying her master is to go on show for the first time.
Archaeologists return to site of ‘lost Pictish monastery’
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Archaeologists are to return to the potential site of a lost Pictish monastery where Scottish Gaelic was written down for the first time.
Pupils get tossing the caber lessons in Prince pilot
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Tossing the caber and tug-of-war are to be taught in schools after the Prince of Wales backed a project to encourage more young people to compete in the Highland Games.
Music preview: All change for Scottish Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos
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Hey, this is 2018 – why shouldn’t there be a bit of same-sex attraction?” Director and designer Antony McDonald is talking about his new production of Richard Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos, which opens in Glasgow next week.
10 words you’ll only know if you went to school in Scotland
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No matter what age you are, if you attended school in Scotland you’re guaranteed to be familiar with these Scottish slang terms.
Man who saved Hearts writes play on ‘insanity of Scottish football’
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When the observation is put to him that he is among the most influential people in Scottish football over the last 20 years, if not the most influential, Bryan Jackson coughs, splutters, then accepts the compliment with good grace.
Masons turn to students in bid to boost membership
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For more than four centuries, its ways have been shrouded in secrecy, known only to a band of brothers which has included no fewer than five monarchs and the likes of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.
New firm poised to control half of Princes St Gardens
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Control of half of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh could be handed by the city council to a new “arms-length” company when a multi-million pound concert arena is complete.
Private firm poised to control Princes St Gardens
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Control of half of West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh could be handed by the city council to a new “arms-length” company when a multi-million pound concert arena is complete.
Review: Suzuki Swift and S-Cross
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Suzuki came out of 2017 with a smile on its face, with UK going past the 40,000 mark for the first time. The impetus came from the new Swift hatchback, launched last January. Swift followed the arrival of the SX4 S-Cross and the Ignis hatchback.
Interview: Young Fathers
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For their new album Cocoa Sugar, Edinburgh band Young Fathers challenged themselves to leave their sonic comfort zone, writes Fiona Shepherd.
Early opening date for Chop House Bruntsfield
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Top Edinburgh steak restaurant Chop House is set to open the doors to its third location earlier than planned.
Music review: At the Drive In
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Cult Texan punk troupe At the Drive-In first erupted out of the border town of El Paso in the late 1990s, bringing a riot of rage, taut energy and a succession of relentlessly gymnastic stage shows to what had become a fairly comfortable alternative rock scene.
Comedy review: Marjolein Robertson
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Claiming to be Shetland’s only female comedian, with violent reprisals threatened for any pretenders to her crown, Marjolein Robertson is a highly promising and delightfully original act. Perhaps only Michael Redmond or David Kay convey a similar...
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