Travel: Kaunas - rich history, top eateries and basketball
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Sam Shedden visits Kaunas, Lithuania and finds an emerging foodie destination, rich history and sunshine in the Baltic.
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Take That to reform for 30th anniversary tour
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Boy band legends Take That have revealed they are planning to go on tour to mark the 30th anniversary of them getting together as a group.
Fashion bible Vogue latest publication to rave about ‘buzzing’ Dundee
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The fashion bible Vogue has become the latest international publication to rave about the regeneration of Dundee, telling its style-conscious readers the city is “buzzing”.
Music interview: Steve Earle on bringing the spirit of “outlaw country” to Perth’s Southern Fried Festival
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Steve Earle is talking about how he learned to love his Telecaster. His current album, So You Wannabe an Outlaw, is both an acknowledgement of musical roots and a tribute to those who inspired and encouraged him along the way.
Art review: Rembrandt - Britain’s Discovery of the Master, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
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Rembrandt’s Mill was once called “the greatest painting in the world”. Correspondingly there was public consternation at its export to America in 1911. It is now in the National Gallery in Washington. You can however now see it in Edinburgh where it is one of the stars of Rembrandt...
Film interview: Drew Pearce on persuading Jodie Foster to star in his directorial debut, Hotel Artemis
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After years of scriptwriting on the likes of Iron Man 3 and the Mission: Impossible franchise, Scots-born Drew Pearce has just directed his debut feature, Hotel Artemis. He talks to Alistair Harkness about...
Film reviews: Incredibles 2 | First Reformed | The Secret of Marrowbone | Pin Cushion |Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library
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The long-awaited sequel to The Incredibles has fun interrogating the gender divide, while Ethan Hawke excels as a pastor who is losing his faith in First Reformed
Theatre preview: Blackout to come under Made in Scotland spotlight at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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It all began back in 2013, when Mark Jeary was studying for the one-year masters degree in Classical and Contemporary Text at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Mark was a mature student in his early 40s...
Crowds line Princes Street as Edinburgh Festival Carnival gets underway
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MORE than 800 performers joined in an extravaganza of high-energy music and dazzling costumes to mark the start of this year’s festival season.
Human bones to reveal “true cradle of Christianity”
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A study of human bones found in their thousands more than 30 years ago is set to determine whether Christianity had a foothold in Scotland before St Columba landed on Iona.
Review: Nissan Micra
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In March last year I had what they call “a first drive” in the all-new Nissan Micra – on Croatia’s riviera. I liked it and lambasted the previous, Indian-built Micra. The Indian production had taken over from Sunderland – busy with other Nissan stuff.
Paolozzi masterpiece on its way to Edinburgh
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A towering work of art by one of the nation’s most celebrated sculptors, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, will be going on display in Scotland for the first time when it is relocated to a vast new “urban quarter” on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Like Abba’s hits? Thank this Glasgow band
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The catchy pop anthems that turned Swedish supergroup Abba into one of the most successful bands in the world were inspired by a Scottish act best known for the hit single, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, it has been claimed.
The mystery of ‘Gunnister Man’ found in a Shetland peat bog
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Scotland’s peat bog’s have revealed some fascinating artefacts over the years with the acidic soil offering the perfect conditions to preserve everything from human bodies to prehistoric talismans, sometimes for thousands of years.Here...
With a barbecue, patio and pond this property’s garden almost rivals the home!
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If you fancy an outstandingly beautiful yet very practical house with lots of living space then look no further!
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