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Making a big impression with Les Dawson tribute

Culture
Actor, comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw is coming to Scotland this summer with a new show. Les Dawson: Flying High is an homage, and celebration...
Photo caption: More than 1,200 international performers from more than ten nations will open the show at Edinburgh Castle this Friday (3 August). This year’s Tattoo (3-25 August) will celebrate ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ taking audiences on a journey of human evolution to man’s greatest achievements. The theme will mark Scotland’s Year of Young People and pay homage to the RAF’s centenary.

Top Secret Drum Corps are heading to the Tattoo

Culture | Music | Scotland
Swiss drumming sensation, The Top Secret Drum Corps, has been revealed as the first confirmed international act to take to the Castle Esplanade when The...
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The Scandal at Mayerling ready to open this week

Culture
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic ballet about a dysfunctional royal family, depicting shocking real events from 1889, opens for its new tour in Glasgow this week....

The amazing story of the man who took on tigers

Books
Duff Hart-Davis has skilfully recounted Indian railway worker and British Indian Army colonel Jim Corbett’s extraordinary tale. This brave individual faced off against man-eating leopards...
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Scottish Opera coming to our television screens

Culture
On Easter Sunday (17 April), the new Scottish Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers, described by audiences as ‘wonderful and heartwarming’, is scheduled...

From Sheffield with love to Scotland’s islands

Books | Reviews | Scotland
Despite living in Sheffield, author Richard Clubley’s love for the Scottish islands brings him north several times a year. And in this book, he gives...
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