Living by the Sword
The Canadian mezzo-soprano playing the lead in La Cenerentola tells David Kettle why singing Rossini is a joy – though it didn’t come naturally
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Akram Khan tells Kelly Apter why his role in the blisteringly paced and inventive Xenos will be his last as a dancer in a full-length production
Living by the Sword
Outlander fans have been fed a teaser of what happens next in the time travelling fantasy with the release of the Season 4 trailer.
Living by the Sword
A retired couple from Aberdeenshire have won almost £58 million in one of the biggest prizes in Scottish Lotto history.
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About to embark on his third Fringe show, Glasgow comic Scott took us to some of his favourite Edinburgh hot spots.
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Scotland’s heraldic authority has appointed the country’s first flag expert to advise the growing number of communities looking to create their own banner.
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An expertly preserved Minke whale – which set the record for the first plastinated large marine mammal – is to be displayed in Edinburgh as part of the brand new Sea Creatures exhibition.
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Lammas Day on August 1 signalled the start of harvest season with many traditions and superstitions observed on this once important day in Scotland.
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William Thomson first popped up on Final Words’ radar in 2016, when he published his excellent tome, The Book of Tides. Stylishly illustrated by the author, it covers all the weird and wonderful ways in which water moves around our coasts ...
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Author Dixe Wills believes that small is beautiful, and has made it his mission to marvel at the miniature elements of life. Here he picks his five top tiny places to visit in Scotland
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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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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.
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Stabilisation work is under way at the Mackintosh Building as efforts continue to make the fire-hit art school safe.
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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.
Living by the Sword
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...
