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Britain to learn of Scotland’s worst sea tragedy

Film & TV | Scotland
A documentary marking a century since the greatest sea tragedy ever to befall the west coast of Scotland is to be shown on national TV...

Fictional murder at the 1927 St Andrews Open

Books | Reviews
We travel back in time almost 100 years ago for this murder mystery on a Scottish golf course. When Sheriff Hector Drummond’s gardener’s son is...

Award-winning short film heading for Scots cinemas

Film & TV
An award winning short film shot on the isle of Iona starring Doctor Who stars Frazer Hines and Caitlin Blackwood is to be rolled out...

Orkney is one of the book’s big characters

Books
The Orkney island of Sanday in the middle of winter becomes a character in its own right in Lin Anderson’s novel in the Rhona MacLeod...
Vintage Tractors, with photography by Allan Wright

New book tracks down Scotland’s old tractors

Books
Award-winning photographer Allan Wright is intent on capturing a lost army - an army that is, of largely abandoned Vintage Tractors. Roaming Scotland’s stunning coastal...

Eight in ten Scots parents don’t get kids’ slang

Culture
New research finds 82% of Scottish parents don’t understand their children's modern day slang. ‘Obvs’, 'savage', ‘sick’, 'squad' and ‘awks’ among the words most commonly...
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