Beyonce and Jay Z show at Hampden given go ahead
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BEYONCE and Jay Z’s show at Hampden Park next month has been given the go ahead by Glasgow council officials.
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Workmen due to move into Fingal’s Cave next month
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Access to Fingal’s Cave off the isle of Staffa is due to reopen this summer after a way was found to repair severe storm damage at the natural wonder.
Scots-Gaelic railway map uncovers meaning of station names
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Railway stations can tell you a lot about a country, from its economic development to its population centres.
Mapping the meaning behind Scottish railway station names
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Railway stations can tell you a lot about a country, from its economic development to its population centres.
Film review: Solo - A Star Wars Story
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As with the excellent Rogue One, the buzz around this Han Solo origins story has been terrible. The departure of original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie) suggested risk and irreverence had been sacrificed for safety and profit, especially when Ron Howard replaced them.
First look at Dundee V&A's waterfront restaurant and cafe
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The first images of the restaurant and cafe which are being created for Dundee’s waterfront V&A museum have been revealed.
In pictures: Remembering Scotland’s great gala days
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Gala days remain as much a highlight of the summer calendar in some parts of Scotland as they did 200 years ago, although the tradition has waned in some communities.
The vintage photos of Scotland’s great gala days
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Gala days remain as much a highlight of the summer calendar in some parts of Scotland as they did 200 years ago, although the tradition has waned in come communities.
In pictures: A first look at the new £140m Macallan Distillery
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Set to open in June, we recently took a trip to the innovative and exciting new Macallan distillery in Speyside.
Book review: West, by Carys Davies
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The nation we call the United States of America looms so large in the collective imagination that it sometimes feels as if it must always have been there in its current form, immutable, spanning the continent...
Scientists ‘hunting’ Loch Ness Monster will test lake’s DNA
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The legend of the Loch Ness Monster has baffled scientists for centuries - but now a group of experts hope modern technology will reveal what really lives in the murky depths of the Scottish lake.
Richard Branson: Edinburgh tourist tax could drive visitors to Glasgow
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Sir Richard Branson has warned that Edinburgh risks chasing tourists away to Glasgow if it goes it alone in bringing in a tourist tax.
Richard Branson: Edinburgh tourist tax will drive visitors to Glasgow
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Sir Richard Branson has warned that Edinburgh risks chasing tourists away to Glasgow if it goes it alone in bringing in a tourist tax.
Leader comment: A dated approach to history
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Once upon a time, history was mostly about dates. It was felt that all school children needed to be able to reel off a list of ‘Important Events’ and when they happened. More recently, historians have...
Faroe Islands sisters return to Edinburgh 70 years on
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The Edinburgh of 1949 may still have been enduring rationing and other privations of the post-war era, but for two young siblings visiting from the Faroe Islands, the city seemed almost impossibly glamorous.
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