First glimpse of “perfect” 2,000-year-old bowl found on Orkney
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A remarkable, perfectly preserved 2,000-year-old wooden bowl unearthed from a well on Orkney can be seen for the first time.
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Four must-try cocktails at Edinburgh's Cocktails in the City event
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From alcoholic iced teas to smoked foam and rhubarb and ginger liqueurs, you can enjoy a sumptuous selection of drinks and experiences at this year's Cocktails in the City. We shine the spotlight on some of the new signature serves below which nod to this year's theme - Inspired by Edinburgh.
In pictures: Beacons of Light post placed on Fife coast ahead of Remembrance Sunday
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A flaming beacon on the Fife coast will be ignited on Remembrance Sunday to symbolise the end of WW1 and a return to the light of peace.
5 reasons why you should take your children to an art fair
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Children are naturally creative and love any opportunity to paint, scribble, draw, cut and stick - even if that’s on surfaces you would prefer they steered well clear from.
In pictures: Glasgow Green lit up in Guy Fawkes night celebration
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Revellers who braved the cold but dry night in Glasgow were treated to a spectacular fireworks show at Glasgow Green.
Listed 15th century castle with wonderful loch views on sale for a surprising price
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An incredible 600-year-old castle with a staircase designed to favour the homeowner in a swordfight has been put on the market.
Music review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow
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Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart recordings on fortepiano are distinctive and inspired. They represent a style of period instrument performance combining the spirit of the music’s original conception - it’s inner beauty...
Music review: The Black Eyed Peas, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
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The Black Eyed Peas wouldn’t exist without Scotland, maintains founding member apl.de.ap, whose adoptive father hails from this country. And arena audiences are what bandmate Taboo credits with bringing him back from cancer.
Music review: The RSNO & Elim Chan, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
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In her first concert as the RSNO’s principal guest conductor, Elim Chan sprinkled some magic over a disparate programme of French, Polish and Russian music. For anyone brought up on Disney’s Fantasia,...
Book review: Land of the Living, by Georgina Harding
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Georgina Harding writes about questions of time-tattered identity and the fractured awareness of reality the experience of war inflicts on survivors. Her new novel is a variation on this theme. There’s much to be said for novelists who map out their territory...
Book review: A Gathering - A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems, edited by Alexander McCall Smith
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Editing a poetry anthology is the literary equivalent to tip-toeing through a minefield, and never more so than when the anthology in question has a national focus. Are the poets included really the ones that best reflect the heart and soul of a nation?
Campaign launched to help fund £25m revamp at Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre
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An £11 million campaign has been launched to help pay for a 21st century makeover for Edinburgh’s historic King’s Theatre - and end the threat of its sudden closure.
Andrew Fairlie steps down from Gleneagles restaurant due to terminal illness
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One of Scotland’s most distinguished chefs has announced he will step down from the country’s only restaurant with two Michelin stars due to a terminal brain tumour.
Historic Jacobite documents go online
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It is a treasure trove from one of the bloodiest chapters in Scottish history, which reveals how Jacobite generals compelled their exhausted troops to slay any deserters on the fields of Culloden, and documents the soul-searching which followed the failed uprising of 1745.
Chris Pine slams ‘double standard’ over full-frontal nudity in Outlaw King
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Chris Pine has said the response to his full-frontal nudity in his new film has highlighted a double standard for male and female stars.
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