Living by the Sword
It is the grandest medieval building in the Outer Hebrides and was built by a humpbacked clan chief as a place to bury his kin and exert his status over the islands.
Living by the Sword
Treasures from the Fleming Collection are a delight, while the work of ‘forgotten’ artist Edwin G Lucas is interesting rather than inspiring, writes Duncan Macmillan
Living by the Sword
The remains of a hidden medieval doorway that leads to the caves underneath Culzean Castle has been discovered.
Living by the Sword
In a format initiated last year, Monday night’s Fireworks Concert began with music but no fireworks. Paying tribute to Leonard Bernstein’s 100th anniversary, a performance of his Concert Suite No 1 - a...
Living by the Sword
British comedy legend John Cleese admitted he feels hated by the “Facebook generation” during an appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Living by the Sword
Around 250,000 spectators watched the event across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife, with visitors to the Scottish capital joined residents to fill Princes Street Gardens, the surrounding streets and vantage points across the city...
Living by the Sword
There are signs that we have finally, finally had enough of the narcissistic rubbish known as reality TV, writes Aidan Smith.
Living by the Sword
Step through Scotland’s history with one of these five walks and trace the routes takes by whisky smugglers, priests, coffin bearers and the walkers who secured the earliest legal rights to roam through the countryside.
Living by the Sword
As the Edinburgh Festival comes to a conclusion for another year, the Capital will soon return to normal after a month of world-class arts and entertainment.
Living by the Sword
Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is both a glorious visual spectacle and music to the ears. Not one inch of space was left unfilled on the Usher Hall stage for Sunday’s Festival finale, conducted by Daniel Harding.
Living by the Sword
Judging by the rapturous reaction in the room, it appeared that the International Festival had saved the best of their contemporary music programme to last. There is a certain je ne sais quoi about St Vincent...
Living by the Sword
Dancing on Ice winner Jack Quickenden is preparing to set Scottish pulses racing as he joins steamy ‘girls’ night out’ entertainers, The Dreamboys
Living by the Sword
Dozens of supermarket and branded vanilla ice creams contain no vanilla, no cream and no fresh milk, an investigation by a leading consumer body has found.
Living by the Sword
It was the strangest of Clyde cruises – day trips “doon the watter” aboard ships dumping sewage sludge.
Living by the Sword
One of the best-known promoters at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been handed two awards by campaigners against the exploitation of venue workers – after being accused of paying
“sweatshop” wages of just 50 pence an hour.
