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The historic links between the Scots and the Flemish

Books
Alexander Fleming has produced a fascinating and informative yet academic account of the key role that Flemish immigrants have played in Scottish history. The incomers...

Forget Scandi Noir fiction – try this Scandi Blanc

Books | Reviews
Alexander McCall Smith, who is well-known for his prodigious writing speeds, having now penned over 100 novels, has established a new genre, Scandi Blanc. This...
Scott Kyle (Photo: J Cooper)

Outlander star is signed up to help develop actors

Film & TV
A Scottish acting school is being boosted by the imminent arrival of an Outlander guest star. Edinburgh Acting School is revealed that actor Scott Kyle...

Behind the scenes as police bid to solve a murder

Film & TV
A powerful Scottish crime documentary series continues with its second episode. Murder Case features the Major Investigations Team (MITs) as they interrogate their number one...
Broadway icon Donna McKechnie (Photo: Kurt Sneddon)

A legend of Broadway inspires a Scots scholarship

Culture
A Broadway icon has inspired a new scholarship fund at Scotland’s national conservatoire. Award-winning star of stage and screen Donna McKechnie has thrilled audiences worldwide...
Philip James (left) and genealogist Chris Halladay explore the James' Family Tree, at Skipness House, on the West Coast of Kintyre (Photo: BBC Scotland)

Graveyard and ghost writer in true family stories

Film & TV
The real life stories of Scots discovering their ancestry is concluding on BBC Scotland. Four-part series The Generation Frame has been opening the history books,...
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