Living by the Sword
Helen Dunmore died a year ago, too young at 64, and at the height of her powers as a writer; her last novel Birdcage Walk was ambitious in conception, admirable in execution, disturbing and highly enjoyable.
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This year’s RSA Open Exhibition has more than 350 works, selected from a submission of more than 2,000. They are all hung in the low, downstairs galleries of the RSA building. The 350 works are of course all small.
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Archaeologists have made an “astonishing” find of 2,000-year-old hair on Orkney with hopes the strands will unlock rich detail about Iron Age life in Scotland
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A group of comedians appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe next month have launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for taxis to ensure fellow performers can get home safely late at night.
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“The consent on which modern commercial society relies, consent given freely by people who believe it will enable them to prosper, is starting to break down. The so-called developed countries do not have answers to globalisation...
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Edinburgh mum Linda Courtney hopes people will pitch up for the annual charity football fundraiser in memory of her husband, a youth coach who died after battling motor neurone disease.
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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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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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.
