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Gaelic song trio, Sian, featuring Eilidh Cormack, Ellen MacDonald and Ceitlin Smith, with the Breton singers (Photo: Sean Purser)

Musicians to showcase talent at Celtic festival

Culture
One of Scotland’s leading traditional arts organisations, Fèis Rois, is hosting the Scotland Pavilion in August. Being held at the acclaimed Festival Interceltique de Lorient...

Walter the Wanderer is coming to the Fringe

Books
A Scottish children’s tale of bravery, immigration and diversity is coming to the Fringe. Walter the Wanderer is everything a children’s illustrated book could ask...

Nine new books in Scots given funding grants

Books | Scotland
Nine new titles in Scots have been awarded funding by the Scots Language Publication Grant. Funded by the Scottish Government and administered by Scottish Book...

The dedication of Henrietta Tayler to help in the war

Books
Henrietta Tayler was a truly remarkable woman in the First World War effort. Born into the Scottish gentry, she might have lived a life of...
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A novel approach to the Edinburgh Festival

Culture
A Scots writer is marking this year's Edinburgh Festival with a new novel. Natasha Gerson, who lives in Glasgow, was written Festival of Darkness, which...
Dr Joseph Bell

The Scot who inspired the creation of Sherlock Holmes

Culture
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation, shows no sign of abating. But it’s time the Edinburgh doctor on whom...
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