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Two Russian operas are coming in a double bill

Scottish Opera is set to perform a double bill of short, striking Russian operas: the Scottish premiere of Sergei Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight and the...

Art collection showcases the beauty of the capital

This collection of Edinburgh-focused work gives us a profound sense of the different periods of time that helped shape the contemporary capital. Through the work...
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The Bookshop Band’s soundtrack for Netflix and Aardman film

A Scots band went global when their music featured in an Aardman and Netflix musical special. Wigtown duo, The Bookshop Band, were delighting children and...

Secrets and scandals in a fascinating biography

Lady Jane Douglas was the sister of the Duke of Douglas, the richest man in Scotland. When she reportedly gave birth to her first children...

A fast-paced historical Highland thriller

The creation of Great Britain is certainly a topical subject. Using her knowledge of the English Tudor and Stuart periods, S J Garland creates this...

An examination of the land agent in the British Isles

The issue of land and its ownership has always been fascinating in Scotland. We often hear of community buyouts of land, and of legal conflicts...