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Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape on show in Edinburgh next month

Playwright Peter Arnott’s Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape is coming to Edinburgh next month. The play is set in a Perthshire country house during...
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William Shakespeare’s first folio to go on display

A 400-year-old collection of some of William Shakespeare’s first works including Macbeth is to go on display. The National Library in Edinburgh will display the works as...
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Winners of the Bloody Scotland Debut of the Year and McIlvanney Prize announced

Kate Foster has won the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year for The Maiden (Mantle). Callum McSorley, who is also a debut author, was...
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Sherlock Holmes statue unveiled to mark birthplace of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A newly refurbished statue of Sherlock Holmes has been unveiled in Edinburgh marking the birthplace of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The life-sized bronze sculpture was...
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University of Glasgow named one of most Instagrammable universities in the UK

The University of Glasgow has been named one of the Instagrammable universities in the UK. New research revealed the number of times the 100 highest...
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Brooch made by the Bohemian craftsman Karel Nekola to go on display

A ceramic brooch made by the Bohemian craftsman who created an iconic Scottish pottery brand is being exhibited near where he worked. The floral-patterned keepsake,...