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BOOKS: Denise Mina on Three Fires and learning lessons from the past
August 28 2023
BOOKS: Rising star Iona Lee on her debut written poetry collection Anamnesis
August 12 2023
BOOKS: Author Paul Dalgarno on his new novel A Country for Eternal Light
August 5 2023
The first cut is the deepest – playing the saw at the East Neuk Festival
June 30 2023
Sounds of war to echo around Crail Airfield cinasium once again
June 26 2023
The Midwife’s Child: How a Scottish commando’s love story inspired a Second World War romance novel
June 17 2023
BOOKS: The Auld Alliance endures in a charming new children’s book from Fife author Jennifer Laidlaw
May 27 2023
Paul Whitelaw: Look back at personal stories of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Scotland’s Home of the Year, Pokerface and more
May 20 2023
Books: Angus author David O’Donnell on his thrilling debut The Berlin Gambit
May 20 2023
PAUL WHITELAW: Drama gets top billing this week. Don’t miss the real-life story of the Steeltown Murders and face-paced thriller Without Sin
May 13 2023
EXHIBITION: Watercolour artist Claire Harkess on capturing the wildlife on her Perthshire doorstep
May 13 2023
ARTS: John Cooper Clarke brings his performance poetry to Dundee’s Gardyne Theatre
May 12 2023
Paul Whitelaw: Irvine Welsh’s hard-hitting police procedural Crime couldn’t be further from the kitschy glitz of Eurovision
May 6 2023
BOOKS: JJA Harwood on finding inspiration in Scottish folklore and the Highlands.
April 29 2023
Paul Whitelaw: Watch out for Black Ops, Clive Myrie in Italy and an insight into the life of Margaret Atwood this week.
April 29 2023
Fiona Armstrong: The Scots are renowned for their sweet tooth and Fiona is no different…
April 17 2023
PAUL WHITELAW: From painting birds to the Highs and Lows of a Kosher Marriage, Paul has all bases covered for us this week
April 15 2023
Fiona Armstrong: The Macnaughties get excited by visitors but at least they don’t try to hitch a ride out of town.
April 1 2023
Paul Whitelaw: Don’t miss Dundee drama Dog Days, says our TV expert
April 1 2023
BOOKS: Ana Reyes on her atmospheric and unsettling debut, The House in the Pines
April 1 2023
Paul Whitelaw: This week’s TV highlights include the return of Succession and Bear Grylls meeting Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy
March 25 2023
Paul Whitelaw: Karen Dunbar gets some grannies rapping in our TV critic’s pick of the programmes this week
March 18 2023
Paul Whitelaw: A look back at the stories of Paula Yates and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe plus a little bit of Bollywood catch Paul’s eye this week
March 11 2023
PAUL WHITELAW: How George Michael owned his own story of sexuality
March 2 2023