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Shetland returns to our screens this autumn

Film & TV | Scotland

Acclaimed and award-winning BBC One drama series, Shetland is returning for a new thrilling six-part tale this autumn. Douglas Henshall reprising his role as DI...

Colin Mackenzie collected the prize for School of the Year, awarded to Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries

Scots Language Awards return for 2021 ceremony

Culture

Scots celebrities, artists and speakers gathered in Dundee at Broughty Ferry’s Gardyne Theatre to celebrate culture and language for the Scots Language Awards 2021. The...

Anne Brown Essay Prize Winner Dani Garavelli (centre), with her trophy, with Anne Brown's son Richard Brown (left) and daughter Jo Lawrence, and director of Wigtown Book Festival Adrian Turpin (centre) - pictured in Wigtown (Photo: Colin Hattersley)

First Anne Brown Essay Prize winner revealed

Books | Culture

Scotland’s newest literary award, the Anne Brown Essay Prize, has been won by journalist and documentary maker Dani Garavelli. Her essay, The Bequest, is a...

Opening date announced for Provost Skene’s House

Culture

A new visitor attraction celebrating the pioneering people of Aberdeen and the North-East will open to the public on Saturday, October 9. Dating from 1545,...

Tartan Noir at its best with a link between distant murders

Books

The Killing Tide is a gripping crime novel focussing on what seem at first to be two unrelated criminal investigations. One is in Orkney, involving...