Walkers warned of deer stalkers in Scotland’s hills
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Walkers heading into Scotland’s hills have been warned that the deer stalking season is now underway.
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Map shows 400 British Army camps in Scotland after Culloden
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A map illustrating more than 400 British Army camps set up across Scotland following the Battle of Culloden has been published for the first time.
Work continues to make fire-ravaged Mackintosh Building safe
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Stabilisation work is under way at the Mackintosh Building as efforts continue to make the fire-hit art school safe.
Book review: Prague Spring, by Simon Mawer
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It’s 50 years since the Prague Spring, when it seemed that socialism could wear a human face. The dream was broken by the invasion of the “fraternal” armies of the Warsaw Pact, and Russian-controlled communism resumed its grip, not to be relaxed till the Soviet empire crumbled in 1989.
Book review: Adjustment Day, by Chuck Palahniuk
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The United States of America, you may have noticed, is undergoing another period of intense introspection. The American political class, and by extension its news media, spends an inordinate amount of...
Calvin Harris wins place in Scotland's national art collection
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He famously went from making demos in in his bedroom to become one of the world's most successful recording artists.
You can travel from Scotland to Disneyland from only £129
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Wowcher are offering an exciting bargain on a two-night stay near Disneyland Paris and return flights, for those travelling towards the end of this year and into 2019.
Theatre review: Vent, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
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It’s difficult to create good theatre about mental health problems, not least because every story is different; yet in Vent, presented briefly in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh last week, the...
Art reviews: Pearl Blauvelt & Aleana Egan | Mark Handforth | Steven Berkoff
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Pearl Blauvelt lived alone in a remote village in north-east Pennsylvania in the 1940s and 1950s. Half a century later, in her abandoned house, a box was found containing hundreds of drawings which are now held by a gallery in New York and have been shown at MoMA.
Nicola Sturgeon to be quizzed by children on special Question Time
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Nicola Sturgeon is to take part in a Question Time session with a difference after Holyrood returns, when she is quizzed by children and young people.
Scotland ‘risks irrecoverable loss of heritage’ to developers
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Scotland is risking the “irrecoverable loss” of some of the country’s most historic and cherished natural sites to development given weaknesses in the planning system, it has been claimed.
Music interview: Sean Jones on preparing the talented teens of NYO Jazz for their Edinburgh International Festival debut
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As a teenager, trumpeter Sean Jones underwent a transformative experience. He’d been hooked on jazz since hearing Miles Davis when he was ten, but driving home late one night, he heard John Coltrane’s magisterial A Love Supreme on the radio...
Virgin Media reaches agreement to keep ITV channels on TV subscription
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Virgin Media has reached a long-term agreement with ITV that will allow customers continued access to the network’s channels for the next three years.
100 Scots reveal why they left their home country behind
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The voices of more than 100 Scots who left their home country during the 20th Century in search of a better life have been recorded in the first project of its kind.
Historic network of wooden pipes discovered in Edinburgh dig
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Workers at a city centre project have unearthed a network of rare wooden water pipes during a pre-development dig in the Capital.
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