Treasures found by public in Outer Hebrides go on show
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Archaeological finds made by chance across the Outer Hebrides are to go on show in an island museum.
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Treasures found by public in Outer to Hebrides go on show
Living by the Sword
Archaeological finds made by chance across the Outer Hebrides are to go on show in an island museum.
Rare Scottish clan artefact dug out of rubble after 400 years
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A student archaeologist has uncovered a rare Scottish ancient clan artefact under mounds of rubble -- after being hidden for 400 years.
Book review: The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker
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The epigraph of Pat Barker’s new novel is taken from Philip Roth. “You know how European literature begins?” says the teacher in The Human Stain. “With a quarrel. All European literature springs from a...
Book review: To Provide All People, by Owen Sheers
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In a decade and a half of reviewing books for this newspaper, I have never once felt strongly that a new publication should be made compulsory reading; after all, if history has taught us anything it’s that...
Holly Willoughby confirmed to co-host I’m A Celebrity with Declan Donnelly
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This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby will co-host I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! with Declan Donnelly in the next series, ITV said.
David McLean: Why I’m done with the Edinburgh Fringe
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As the sun sets on yet another record-breaking Edinburgh Festival Fringe, perhaps it’s time to consider a little reduction surgery to save it from itself.
David McLean: Why Edinburgh Fringe should be smaller – or shorter
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As the sun sets on yet another record-breaking Edinburgh Festival Fringe, perhaps it’s time to consider a little reduction surgery to save it from itself.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding outfits to go on show in Scotland
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The wedding outfits of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to go on display in Edinburgh within months.
Comedy stars used to inspire new Scottish ‘set-jetting’ tourism campaign
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Hit Scottish comedies Still Game, Rab C Nesbitt, Gary: Tank Commander and Bob Servant are helping to inspire a new tourism campaign.
Inside the 16th Century church of a ‘humpbacked’ clan chief
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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.
Art reviews: The Fleming Collection at 50 | Robert Powell | Edwin G Lucas | Bill Viola | John Mooney | Phyllis M Bone
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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
Hidden medieval door to Culzean Castle caves discovered
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The remains of a hidden medieval doorway that leads to the caves underneath Culzean Castle has been discovered.
Music review: Virgin Money Fireworks Concert, Ross Theatre, Princes Street Gardens
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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...
John Cleese complains of hate from ‘Facebook generation’
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British comedy legend John Cleese admitted he feels hated by the “Facebook generation” during an appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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