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Get ready for the Granite Noir crime fiction festival

The best home grown and international crime fiction is being celebrated in Aberdeen this weekend. Now in its fourth year, Granite Noir is inspired by...
Hill of Tarvit in Fife

Marking 39th birthday of woman born 156 years ago

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland is hosting a birthday party for Beatrice Sharp, the driving force behind the creation of Hill of Tarvit...
A cut above the rest of this Yorkshire Terrier (Photo: Scorpp)

Woman needs dog fur to create jumper for her mum

A Scottish crafter has launched an appeal to dog owners to send her their dog’s shedded fur, so she can make her elderly mother a...

Second series for the Big Scottish Book Club

BBC Scotland’s The Big Scottish Book Club is getting bigger in 2020. The series had a debut run on the channel in late 2019 with...

The biggest secrets of the Cairngorms revealed

I defy anyone to look at the front cover of the beautiful The Secret Life of the Cairngorms and not have a wee smile on...
Crime notices in Aberdeen

New exhibition marks women and their crimes

From the written confession used in evidence at a 16th century witch trial to early 20th century mugshots of a pair of Birmingham’s female felons,...