Living by the Sword
Momentous things were happening in Morocco. President Macron of France was in Tangiers to inaugurate Africa’s first high speed train. French companies built the € 2.1 billion coastal line to Casablanca and France loaned much of the money.
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FRANKIE Valli has long been plagued by accusations that he mimes in concert. After spending two hours in his company, sitting in a row not far from the stage, it certainly appeared to me to be the case.
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THERE were magic moments aplenty in the SCO’s Mendelssohn double-bill, but these were all too fleeting in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It was an interesting exercise to combine the Overture with the Incidental Music...
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ROLL up, roll up, for the greatest pantomime on Earth and the return of King’s Theatre panto legend Andy Gray.Yes if you go down to The King’s next Christmas, you’re in for a big surprise.
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Sir Billy Connolly has said he would like to die in his native Scotland by the shores of Loch Lomond.
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Sir Billy Connolly has said he would like to die in his native Scotland by the shores of Loch Lomond.
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Mohsen Amini is no stranger to music award ceremonies. At 25, the Glasgow-based concertina virtuoso, who plays in the trio Talisk and the quintet Ímar, has a sizeable clutch of folk gongs to his credit.
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There will be no fireworks in Stornoway on Lewis this Hogmanay with the celebration of the new year to be more muted this time round.
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Richard Madden has said being bullied at school “f*****” him up and continues to be a “hangover” in his life today.
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YOU’VE got to admire the sheer chutzpah of conductor John Wilson and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – not to mention their apparently unflagging energy and stamina. Just one of Respighi’s Roman Trilogy usually provides more than enough Technicolor excess for a single concert.
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OPENING with the slightly gnomic observation that “I’m not going to quote any Burns for you”, Madeleine Peyroux promised, nevertheless, to start and end her show “with love” before launching into the easy-loping swing of Don’t Wait Too Long.
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“She devoted her life to preserving and cataloguing the cherished age-old traditions of the Hebrides in photographs and written documents.” So began The Scotsman’s obituary for Margaret Fay Shaw, published in December 2004 following her death at the age of 101.
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Today's Google Doodle features two dancing thistles as the tech giant celebrates Scotland national day: St Andrew's Day.
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Did you have toast for breakfast or cycle to work this morning? If so, you have Scottish inventors to thank.
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A two-year-old is driving her mum blazing mad by demanding late night turn outs to her local fire station – in her pyjamas.
