Flag row over plan to drop Saltire for a day
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A row has broken out over calls to replace the Saltire flag with the Red Ensign for one day to commemorate Merchant Navy sailors who died during both world wars.
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Ali Smith: Novel needed more than ever in dark times of Brexit
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Art is needed now more than ever to breach the political divides of Brexit, Ali Smith has told Scotland’s First Minister.
OTD 1872: Working class poet behind Willie Winkie dies
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William Miller’s poem of a wee boy running ‘up stairs an’ doon stairs in his nicht-gown’ has helped children fall asleep around the world for more than 100 years.
Michael Parkinson wrong about Billy Connolly’s brain, says his wife
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Sir Billy Connolly’s wife has blasted Sir Michael Parkinson for claiming that the comedian was no longer able to recognise him due to failing health.
Edinburgh Book Festival: Reaping the rewards of confounded expectations
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One of the EIBF’s strengths is it seldom gives you what you think you’ll get, writes David Robinson
Comedy review: Rosie Jones: Fifteen Minutes, Pleasance Courtyard
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A tremendous introductory show, Rosie Jones’ debut manages to be both elegantly crafted and mischievous to its bones.
Comedy review: Jo Caulfield: Killing Time, The Stand 3 and 4
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Women are all about emotion. Men only communicate in facts. Well, so says Jo Caulfield, so here are a few facts about the comedian courtesy of Killing Time.
Watch: Netflix release trailer for Robert the Bruce film, Outlaw King
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Netflix have released the trailer for their upcoming release Outlaw King which tells the story of Robert the Bruce.
Chapter One of Symposium by Muriel Spark, with an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith
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There are certain books that haunt you. Sometimes the ghost that does the haunting is the author – a voice that lingers in the mind well after the final page, a voice inviting you back for further discussion, a voice that asks, are you quite sure you understand what I’ve said?
Teenage Fanclub to part ways with founding member Gerard Love
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One of the founding members of Teenage Fanclub is to leave the band due to “unresolved differences” over their tour schedule.
Interview: Penelope Skinner tackles male chauvinism in Angry Alan
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The rise of men’s rights in the wake of unashamed male chauvinist Donald Trump was an irresistible subject for a feminist playwright to make flesh through her actor partner
Driver spent 12 hours looking for car in Edinburgh after Scottish Power move it for roadworks
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A driver spent 12 hours looking for his car after it was moved by Scottish Power so that they could dig up a road in the Capital.
West End actor claims to have been ‘racially profiled’ at top Edinburgh Fringe venue
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A WEST end star was refused entry to a top Fringe venue by “racial profiling” bouncers, he claims.
Glasgow Art School chiefs urged to take blame for fire
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Mackintosh art bosses should stop shifting the blame for the devastating fire that gutted the Glasgow School of Art, it has been claimed.
Tourist boom means end to weddings at iconic Urquhart Castle
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Couples will no longer be able to tie the knot at the iconic Urquhart Castle, overlooking Loch Ness, because it’s attracting so many tourists.
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