Hugh Jackman to perform The Greatest Showman songs live in the UK
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Hugh Jackman will perform songs from The Greatest Showman live for the first time when he visits the UK during his debut world tour.
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Billy Connolly: ‘I don’t know what Parkinson was talking about’
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Sir Billy Connolly has delivered a stinging rebuke to Sir Michael Parkinson, describing the iconic talk show host’s comments about him as a “shi**y thing to do”.
Ian Rankin auctioning two bottles of Rebus anniversary whisky
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Crime writer Ian Rankin who penned the best-selling Inspector Rebus novels is auctioning two bottles of whisky created in tribute to the detective.
This Secret Scottish Highlands hideaway crowned UK’s best new home
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A wooden-clad cabin in the Scottish Highlands that relies purely on solar power and a borehole for its water supply has been named the best new house in the UK.
The Scottish islanders conned by a new life in New York
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Around 450 people from a Scottish island packed up their houses and sailed to New York province on the promise of a new lucrative life - but were to find themselves without homes or promised land after the shaky scheme to get them there went awry.
9 lost Glasgow nightclubs we haven’t forgotten
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Whether you’re still a regular club-goer or prefer a quiet night in these days, you’re sure to have fond memories of some of Glasgow’s legendary nightclubs.
BBC Scotland reveal plans for flagship Scottish news programme
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BBC Scotland chiefs have pledged that its new nightly news programme will be less formal and more conversational than traditional programmes - and say it will depict the world “through Scottish eyes.”
West Lothian farmer harvests billions of brussels sprouts for Christmas rush
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These are the amazing pictures showing a Scottish sprout farmer getting ready for the big Christmas rush - as he harvests BILLIONS.
Album reviews: Jools Holland & Marc Almond | Mumford & Sons | Mark Knopfler | The Eastern Swell
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Marc Almond and Jools Holland make odd but effective recording partners, while Mumford & Sons revisit old ground
Art reviews: Jesse Jones | At the Gates | John Byrne
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The Talbot Rice Gallery is home to two shows offering a female response to gender inequality. By Susan Mansfield
Book review: Middle England, by Jonathan Coe
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Middle England is a “Condition of England” novel, rather as James Robertson’s And The Land Lay Still was a “Condition of Scotland” one. It’s a familiar type of novel, dating back to the 1840s at least, to the novels of Disraeli, Elizabeth Gaskell, Dickens and, later, Trollope.
Book review: The Little Snake, by AL Kennedy
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As demonstrated by the recently concluded Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which eight contemporary authors were invited to write novels inspired by some of the Bard’s best-loved plays, using an existing...
10 things everyone in Scotland should do before they die
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Scotland may be a small country but it is crammed full of activities which should make it on to everyone’s bucket list.
Scurvy doctor to be honoured in nation’s latest gin
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The 18th century Scottish doctor who discovered that citrus fruits could help treat scurvy is to be honoured in the nation’s latest gin.
8 long-gone Edinburgh nightclubs we haven’t forgotten
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Whether you were a regular on the club scene in the ’90s, a gig-fan in the ’80s or just an occasional party-goer back in your student days, you’ve no doubt frequented at least one or two of Edinburgh’s many nightclubs over the years.
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