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Walter Scott Prize longlist unveiled

THE longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been published Twelve novels are in the running for the £25,000 prize, which celebrates...
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Book Review: ‘Snow Widows’

Snow Widows Katherine MacInnes William Collins Books [review rating="3" align = "left"] THIS meta-biography written in present tense gives the before lesser heard voices of...

Outdoor breaks return on Mach a Seo

PRESENTER Ramsay MacMahon returned to the gogglebox last night with a sixth series of Mach a Seo, the BBC Alba show that features weekend breaks...

Jackie Bird helps pupils with time travel

TELEVISION presenter Jackie Bird helped pupils travel back in time at one of the National Trust for Scotland's (NTS's) properties. Bird, who is president of...
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Book review: ‘Wee Unicorn’

Wee Unicorn Meg McLaren Hachette THE unicorn has never gone out of fashion and its magical presence has long been rendered in children’s books in...

Dragons’ Den bagpipe star eyes overseas sales

STARRING in BBC One's Dragons' Den last week looks likely to help bagpipe technology inventor Robbie MacIsaac to crack international markets. The blowpipe invented by...