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A handy guide to Scotland’s spiritual background

The Traveller's Guide to Sacred Scotland is a user-friendly guide to early Scottish settlements: from the Neolithic Age of cupmarked stones to the tired remains...
Brigadier David Allfrey, chief executive and producer of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Military tattoo boss announces he will step down

The man responsible for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is to step down from the role next year, after a decade in the post. Brigadier...

Town gets ready to pay tribute to Coulter’s Candy

A final appeal is being made to relatives of Robert Coltart, after an appeal to find people related to the writer of the lullaby Ally...

New York Tartan Day to welcome parade members

Tartan Day has become one of the biggest celebrations in New York - and the 2020 celebration of all things Scottish is set to be...
Scots broadcaster Kirsty Wark (Photo: Heather Yates)

Big names will come to the 21st Wigtown Book Festival

The 21st annual Wigtown Book Festival is set to welcome a rich variety of writers, broadcasters and others – and is unveiling new attractions like...

There’s been a murder – on the very first page

Murder on Page One lives up to its title. Straightaway the reader is engulfed in a bloody murder, as Lorraine McNeill, a literary agent is...