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Naomi Woddis

StAnza brings poetry to Fife for another festival

StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, has revealed a host of prize-winning poets among next year's line-up as it launches its core festival programme for 2020....
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Skerryvore to headline gig at Portsoy Boat Festival

Organisers of the annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival in Portsoy have announced award winning Scottish celtic rock group Skerryvore will headline next year’s event. Twice...
Brigadier David Allfrey, chief executive and producer of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

70 years of the military tattoo – tickets on sale now

Tickets for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2020 show are on sale now. Tickets for The Platinum Edition went on sale from 10am today, Monday,...

Shetland to return for two more series on BBC One

Acclaimed BBC One murder-mystery drama Shetland will return for two more series. Douglas Henshall will again reprise his role as DI Jimmy Perez alongside series regulars...

War through the eyes of a Scottish conscript

The Adventures of a Highland Soldier, 1808-1814 reveals how the Peninsular War was seen through the eyes of an ordinary Scottish conscript. Few men from...

A cracking yarn with the woolly revolution

When the craze of yarn bombing – where guerilla knitting hits the streets – came to Selkirk, no-one was prepared for the remarkable results... Yarn...


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