Living by the Sword
A memorial has been cast for a Jacobite soldier who fought in the 1745 rebellion and is remembered for an almost “supernatural” act on the battlefield.
Living by the Sword
A Danish billionaire who owns 11 estates in the Highlands has now been named as the largest landowner in the UK.
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Dundee’s V&A museum has notched up 100,000 visitors in just over three weeks since it opened its doors to the public.
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It is that time of the year again when we can officially wave goodbye to summertime - and as the seasons change, so do our clocks.
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The mercury could rise to 21C in parts of western Scotland this week - ten degrees above the October average.
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A new collection of photographs casts St Kilda in a fresh light by balancing the island’s little recorded human and military presence against its wild natural beauty.
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In the long and rich history of Irish absurdism, there have been two main strands. The first, pioneered by James Joyce and Flann O’Brien, is the narrative that brings a surreal and wildly inventive perspective to Irish places and communities...
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Something special happened on Saturday evening. It was the centrepiece of this year’s Cumnock Tryst – a programme that fully embraced the ethos of the festival founded five years ago by the Ayrshire town’s local-boy-done-good...
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The atrocities of far-right terrorist Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway in 2011, are the subject of the latest film by Paul Greengrass. He is a character of our times, the director tells...
Living by the Sword
Back in 1988, as the Glasgow Garden Festival was in full efflorescence on the south bank of the Clyde, just across the river, Mary Ann Kennedy was winning the coveted Gold Medal for Gaelic singing at the National Mòd.
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Question: I want to make my Grade C listed home as energy efficient as possible. What steps can I take to ensure this?
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The issue of climate change is tackled through the prism of an intense family drama in Arctic Oil, Clare Duffy’s new play for the Traverse, writes Joyce McMillan
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THEY are snapshots that for someone will tell a thousand stories – but until now have never been seen.
Living by the Sword
From suggesting in-flight pornography to dressing up as Batman’s sidekick Robin, outspoken Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has astutely used his media profile to generate publicity and further the growth of his business.
Living by the Sword
There has been a great deal of writing about cancer, from those who perished from it, those who survived it, and those who have studied it. From John Diamond’s C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too, to Ruth Picardie’s Before I Say Goodbye...
