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The NYC Tartan Day Parade

Drumming up support for Tartan Day Parade in New York

Culture | News | Overseas
New York is getting ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Tartan Day with the NYC Tartan Day Parade. Taking place on Saturday, 7...
Programme Name: Still Game S8 - TX: n/a - Episode: Still Game - Generics (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: (l/r) Boabby (GAVIN MITCHELL), Winston (PAUL RILEY), Victor (GREG HEMPHILL), Jack (FORD KIERNAN), Isa (JANE MCCARRY), Tam (MARK COX), Navid (SANJEEV KOHLI) - (C) BBC Studios - Photographer: Alan Peebles

Scottish comedy Still Game is back for its eighth run – and it’s bigger and better than ever

Film & TV | News
Hit Scottish comedy series Still Game is returning for another series next week. The BBC Scotland show has become a huge success across the whole...
Bond

More and more films are looking to Bond with Scotland

Film & TV | News
Record enquiries are being received about filming in Scottish Highlands. Last week saw the Highland Council’s film unit receive its 200th enquiry of the year...
Minister of Money by Charles W Munn

Book review – Minister of Money

Books | Online Features
  The name of Henry Duncan is one you may recognise. He was a parish minister who played a role in the Disruption of the...
Dundee: A Short History by Norman Watson

Book review – Dundee: A Short History

Books | Online Features
Think of Dundee and jute, comics and the RRS Discovery probably come to mind. But there’s far more to it than that, writer Norman Watson...
Who Built Scotland, by Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Crawford, James Robertson and Kathleen Jamie, published by Historic Environment Scotland, £20

Book review – Who Built Scotland

Books | Online Features
You can tell a lot about a country by the quality of its buildings and the stories behind them. Historic Environment Scotland commissioned five popular...
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