Living by the Sword
Misunderstanding Jane Austen is one of the favourite pastimes of mainstream British culture. Fascinated by her gift for capturing the now unfamiliar detail of upper-middle-class life at the turn of the 19th century...
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The concert hall’s main auditorium was packed, unsurprisingly, for this warm-hearted Burns Night celebration, being broadcast to a’ the airts, as MC Jamie MacDougall reminded us, introducing the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of John Ashton Thomas...
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Jim Gilchrist, Fiona Shepherd and David Pollock report from this year’s Celtic Connections festival
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It's the train station made famous by Ewan MacGregor's rant about being Scottish in the film Trainspotting, and is the home of one of Scotland's most remote restaurants.
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You might think you’re a diehard Outlander fan - but this quiz will really put your knowledge of the time travelling TV drama to the test.
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Winning the Royal Rumble holds such importance to the victor, because it allows them to challenge a current champion of their choosing just a couple of months later in the main event match at WrestleMania.
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Telly funnyman Alan Carr is bringing his first live show in four years to Edinburgh in September, concert promoters have revealed.
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Harry Styles, Biffy Cyro and Calvin Harris will take the stage when Radio 1 brings its annual music festival to Dundee this year.
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Three lovable pooches which faced an uncertain future as they waited for new homes are now top dogs after earning a place at Crufts.
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti has said she feels "honoured" after winning a Grammy Award at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
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A Scottish eco-friendly toy start-up is forecasting a 300 per cent sales surge as it aims to sell 40,000 baby soothers this year.
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The unrelenting pressures of modern life are changing attitudes towards drinking culture, writes Jamie Wild, founder of ‘Scotland’s first alcohol-free spirit’ Feragaia.
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Buying clothese from charity shops is a way to avoid the problems caused by the global fast fashion industry, writes Susan Dalgety.
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We were somewhere in flat arable land in Leicestershire trying to get back to the place we’d dropped Ella off earlier in the day. She was having one of those supercar driving experiences on' a disused airfield.
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The Bafta Rising Star nominee on fame, films and the future - From Black Watch to playing Lord Darnley in Mary Queen of Scots and a wrestler in Fighting with My Family - the Borders-born actor talks to Janet Christie about acting...
