Former Changing Rooms host Carol Smillie becomes Humanist celebrant
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Television star Carol Smillie has become a Humanist celebrant, allowing her to conduct funerals and naming ceremonies.
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Quiz: Where are these Edinburgh landmarks located?
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The castle, Arthur's Seat and the Scottish Parliament are easy to place on a map, but what about some lesser-known Edinburgh landmarks?
Sturgeon accuses Tories of ‘frightening parents’ over baby boxes
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Nicola Sturgeon has accused the Scottish Conservatives of “needlessly trying to frighten parents” after the party called for all safety documentation on the baby box to be published.
Art review: Glasgow International - Torsten Lauschmann, Ross Birrell, James Pfaff, Ciara Phillips, Duggie Fields, Corin Sworn & more
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I’ve long believed that the best way to approach Glasgow International, the city’s contemporary art biennale, is with a good pair of walking shoes. With exhibitions all over the city, there are treasures to be found by those with plenty of shoe leather.
Photos return to “Beatlemania” city
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Dundee was so mad for the Fab Four that it’s said the phrase “Beatlemania” was coined in the city after a particularly wild night at the Caird Hall.
Snow patches a threat to hillwalkers, Mountaineering Scotland warns
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Hillwalkers have been urged to treat long-lying snow patches on mountains with caution as the May bank holiday approaches.
Under the Radar: Acutek
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Hailing from Forres in the Highlands, Duncan Falconer – aka Acutek – started out as a DJ at the age of 15, winning numerous competitions for his skills on the decks before going on to record his own tracks.
Book review: Mayhem & Death, by Helen McClory
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If there’s a problem with Helen McClory’s new book, Mayhem & Death, it’s this: that the concluding 60-odd page novella, “Powdered Milk”, is so utterly absorbing and searingly memorable that it casts the various short (and very short) stories that precede it into the shade.
9 things to do in Edinburgh this Bank Holiday weekend
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As the May Bank Holiday weekend gets tantalisingly closer and temperatures begin to creep towards the 20s, all that remains is deciding what to do with this glorious extra time off.
Alexander McCall Smith to launch crime writing festival in Stirling
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A crime writing festival is to mark the launch of its 2018 programme with the first appearance of writer Alexander McCall Smith.
Bright future for families at old Cold War base in Hebrides
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For years, the community of Aird Uig on the Isle of Lewis lived in the shadows of a former Cold War listening station that was surrounded by a 12ft wall and double lines of barbed wire.
Former Bay City Rollers frontman quits smoking after 50 years
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One of the founding members of the Bay City Rollers has revealed how his vocal range “totally changed” when he finally quit smoking after almost half a century.
Album reviews: Plan B | Willie Nelson | The Sheepdogs | Jesus Christ Superstar Live
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Rapper turned crooner Plan B goes big on his first album in six years, while Willie Nelson is as pithy as ever
Book review: Daughters of the Winter Queen, by Nancy Goldstone
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The Winter Queen was Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James VI & I – “of Bohemia” because her husband, Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, rashly accepted an invitation to become King of that country...
OTD 1933: First modern day sighting of Loch Ness monster
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It was 85 years ago today that the Loch Ness monster morphed from a Highland myth into a mystery that people have tried to solve ever since.
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