Life on a Scots ferry and living with dementia

STV will broadcast two brand new, 30-minute documentaries made by Scots next month. The will be shown as part of This is Scotland, a documentary and new talent initiative run by the Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI) in association with Screen Scotland. The first of the documentaries, All Aboard, broadcast on Friday 8 March at 8pm,…

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Norse Myths all ready to be brought to life in Scotland

The new Scottish National Jazz Orchestra concert season begins in earnest next month with Norse Myths. This is an astonishing journey into strange magical realms and extraordinary new adventures in jazz. This new commission sourced ancient narratives, improvisational instincts and Nordic folk song to create this unique and utterly beguiling experience in modern music. It’s…

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Granite Noir’s biggest crime writing festival to date

Aberdeen’s crime writing festival Granite Noir was held at the weekend – with organisers hailing it the biggest and best since its launch in 2017. Highlights of the weekend included an evening with Aberdeen’s own Stuart MacBride and his biggest fan comedian Susan Calman in the newly renovated Music Hall, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon…

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Traditional 1800s home is in a great location

A beautiful B-listed home dating from the 1800s is now on the market. Presented to the market by Galbraith, Millbank, in Longside, near Peterhead, is a most attractive house, set within its own gardens and grounds, close to the village of Longside. This fine Grade B Listed house went through a sympathetic refurbishment in 1994.…

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Generous donation brings lifeboat back to life

Following a generous donation from confectionery guru Boyd Tunnock, the St Abbs lifeboat has once again returned to the seas around Berwickshire. How did you hear about the St Abbs lifeboat appeal? A letter came to the factory asking me for a donation and I thought it was such a good cause I gave them…

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A beautiful listed home with an 1841 vintage is now for sale

A C listed home dating from about 1841 is has been brought to the property market. Presented for sale by Bell Ingram, Viewlands House was extended to the rear around 1950. It is positioned in grounds extending to about 0.78 acres. There is an independent detached one-bedroom cottage which originally formed the stables for the…

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The Granite City is the inspiration for new ice cream

An ice cream that has been made to look like Aberdeen’s granite buildings has been created by Scotland’s luxury ice cream maker for a crime writing festival in the North East.  While local talents have been drafting up their dark stories for the city’s popular Granite Noir Festival, Mackie’s of Scotland has written up a new…

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A beautiful home on the banks of a main river

A substantial modern country house in grounds of about 1.2 acres on the banks of a river is now on the property market. Presented for sale by Bell Ingram, Campsie Linn House is a substantial modern house constructed around 1990. It is positioned on the edge of the village of Stanley, on the bank of…

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Own a Royal Deeside estate with parkland and fields

There’s a rare opportunity to purchase an iconic property on Royal Deeside with commanding countryside views. Dess House near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, is a very fine country house with its own parkland, wooded grounds and policies extending to some 30 acres. Dess House has not been available on the open market for some 25 years. Presented…

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