StAnza returns with another outstanding programme for its 20th festival

  StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is set for another outstanding festival as it prepares to open for its 20th year celebrations in Fife. The annual festival which once again boasts a fantastic line-up of literary talent, gets underway next week with traditional Scottish singer Sheena Wellington opening the festival in St Andrews. Sheena, who…

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Glasgow to host a new street food market

Glasgow foodies will be in for a treat when an indoor street food market featuring some of the finest traders and food trucks Scotland has to offer pops-up this spring, bringing a unique culinary experience to the city. Big Feed is a brand new venture set up by a number of Glasgow’s street food vendors,…

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Now is your chance to design a haggis mountain gondola

Organisers of The Highland Haggis Festival, the family focused and fun celebration of Scotland’s iconic national dish, showcasing its amazing versatility, are seeking entries to design a ‘Highland Haggis Festival’ themed Gondola for Nevis Range Mountain Experience, home to the UK’s only Mountain Gondola. The winning design, a true celebration of the Haggis and The…

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Stand Up for St Columba’s Hospice

A host of comedians and entertainers will take to the stage for a glamorous evening of live comedy and entertainment, dinner and dancing at Prestonfield House in aid of St Columba’s Hospice. The event, on Friday 24 March, will raise money for Edinburgh’s only independent hospice. This year’s entertainment will be led by chatterbox comedian Des…

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Canary in the coal mine

Mouth of Hell, a short film by award-winning Edinburgh director Samir Mehanovic and Glasgow producer Michael Wilson, along with their Scottish film crew, has been nominated for a BAFTA. The film is set in the Indian town of Jharia, where underground fires rage in the coal fields, swallowing up homes and causing terrible health problems…

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A boat trip around the Firth of Forth

By Conan D’Agostino Having somehow wriggled off the hook of routine, we looked at each other, our smiles flickering between nervousness of the alien and excitement for the novel and our hands clasped tighter than usual as we waited. There were other people present, as there always are, everywhere, but they appeared as if mannequins –…

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Flying fillies

Wednesday May 18th…Cold, windy, blustery showers, February type weather here today but riverbank gallop in perfect condition and the potential Sunday runners worked on it this morning along with a few others that are still on the go; particularly pleasing were Daasij, Fleet Fox and Isla Patriot. Lucy is on her travels riding Perez in…

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