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19 Feb 2009

Organisers at Glasgow’ s Celtic Connections have reported ‘an extremely successful’ year, with ticket sales reportedly on a par with 2008. Festival heads also announced that they had secured sponsorship for another year. The Greek Film Festival…

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2008 Glasgow Film Festival programme launched

24 Jan 2008

On the day the 2008 Oscar nominations were announced, the stars and main players of Scottish film and media gathered at Glasgow Film Theatre’s Cinema One to hear some much more significant film news. On Tuesday 22 January the programme for the fourth…

Riverside development gets underway in Glasgow

13 Dec 2007

The first blocks will be put in place for Glasgow’s much anticipated Riverside Museum this month. The new £74m Museum of Transport on the Clyde will be designed by internationally-renowned architect Zaha Hadid to house the city’s transport and…

Berliners take part in break up show-and-tell

25 Oct 2007

A travelling exhibition which displays the remnants of failed relationships is currently on show in a former squat in Berlin. The Museum of Broken Relationships asks the residents of each city visited to donate items which represent the inevitable…

Ramsay joins French rival as world’s most Michelin-starred chef

10 Oct 2007

Gordon Ramsay has joined French counterpart Alain Ducasse to be named the most Michelin-starred chef in the world. Just weeks after critics claimed the Scottish chef had ‘gone off the boil’; Ramsay was awarded two Michelin stars for his new…

Edinburgh radio station Talk 107 to close

18 Dec 2008

Edinburgh based radio station Talk 107 is to close after both the search for a buyer and a management buyout failed to transpire. UTV Radio (GB) has today announced that it is to close its Edinburgh based speech radio station talk107 and hand the…

Tildafest!

17 Jul 2008

Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton is to set up a small film festival in her hometown of Nairn in north-east Scotland. Bereft of the usual razzmatazz, Swinton and co-organiser Mark Cousins are keen to strip back the look [and cost] of festivals, such as…

Edinburgh crowned UK’s best place to live

18 Oct 2007

Edinburgh is the best place to live in the UK, according to Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer on Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. The annual survey for the Best and Worst Live! programme saw the Capital knock last year’s winner – Winchester…

Outsider music festival cancelled

8 May 2009

The Outsider festival has been cancelled. The festival, which was due to be held in Rothiemurcus in the Cairngorms on the 27th and 28th June included Sharleen Spiteri, Teenage Fanclub and The Futureheads on the bill.

Scottish news bulletin: 15th April 2009

15 Apr 2009

Further banking fears: Calls for requirements that banks should hold larger reserves in case of future economic problems, as proposed by Lord Adair Turner of the FSA, have caused senior bankers to fear that the Royal Bank of Scotland would be forced…

Radiohead video remix and ECA triumph at BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2009

16 Mar 2009

Glasgow artist James Houston was awarded for his take on Radiohead’s Nude at the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards tonight. Houston created an innovative remix of the Radiohead track using an old scanner, a dot matrix printer and other assorted vintage…

T in the Park line-up 2008

3 Jul 2008

The full line-up for Scotland's biggest music festival, which takes place 11th to July 13th in Balado, Kinross.

The Edge Festival announces line-up

5 Jun 2008

The line up has been announced for The Edge Festival, the new August music festival which replaces T on the Fringe. The festival takes place in August throughout the capital in various venues ranging from Cabaret Voltaire to the Corn Exchange.

T Break 2008 line up announced

5 Jun 2008

16 new and unsigned bands will be performing at the T in the Park music festival at Balado on the 11th, 12th and 13th July. The bands, selected from 48 acts playing in the qualifying heat gigs held in Edinburgh and Glasgow earlier this year, now…

Edinburgh Haymarket station in £190m revamp plan

8 May 2008

One of Scotland’s busiest train stations could treble in size under £190m plans. Proposals have been unveiled for Haymarket in Edinburgh, which could see up to nine million passengers use the category A-listed station by 2031.

Writer’s Guild awards - Talent show

29 Nov 2007

On Sunday 18 November the 2007 Writer’s Guild Awards ceremony took place at BAFTA in London. The List sponsored the first ever Best Screenplay Award for a British film shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007. After a few words of support…

Jimmy Page says last Led Zeppelin reunion was a disaster

20 Nov 2007

Jimmy Page has described as ‘shambolic’ Led Zeppelin’s last reunion. The metal gods last played together in Philadelphia at the original Live aid in 1985. Led Zepp thought their performance was so bad that they wouldn't let it be included on the…

Beatles music online next year

16 Nov 2007

The Beatles back catalogue should be available online next year, according to Sir Paul McCartney. The solo albums from all four of the band’s members are now online, after George Harrison’s music was added last month. Sir Paul said it takes time…

Music hidden in da Vinci’s Last Supper?

12 Nov 2007

A computer expert claims to have discovered music hidden in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper. By superimposing the five lines in sheet music over the painting, Giovanni Maria Pala said a 40-second composition then becomes…

Madame Tussauds forced to repair mauled Ocean’s Thirteen models

5 Nov 2007

Waxwork models of Hollywood heartthrobs George Clooney and Brad Pitt had to be withdrawn after they were mauled by over-zealous fans. Madam Tussauds removed the models for emergency repairs just a day after they were unveiled for an Ocean’s Thirteen…

Woman of Substance Deborah Kerr dies aged 86

19 Oct 2007

The Scottish-born Hollywood actress Deborah Kerr has died at her home in Suffolk at the age of 86. Kerr passed away with her family by her side, her agent Anne Hutton said, after suffering from Parkinson’s for a number of years. Born in…

Trainspotting author to help Scotland shun booze culture

16 Oct 2007

Irvine Welsh will meet with the Scottish Government to discuss how best to tackle the ‘booze and blades’ culture north of the border. The Trainspotting author is to join forces with deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon, justice minister Kenny…

Help – Paul McCartney talks about divorce ‘hell’

16 Oct 2007

Sir Paul McCartney has talked about his ongoing divorce battle with Heather Mills, claiming the experience is akin to ‘going through hell’. Talking to Radio Times magazine, the former Beatle said that music and his children keep him going. ‘Going…

Fans to dictate price of new Radiohead album

2 Oct 2007

Radiohead will allow fans who download their new album decide what they want to pay. In the latest move to modernise with the music industry, as CD sales decline year on year, the group’s seventh studio album In Rainbows will be available for…

Car boot sale Broons book expected to fetch thousands

20 Sep 2007

A signed Broons annual is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer in St Andrews. The rare book from 1959 was given as a birthday present by Dudley D. Watkins, with a personal message in the front sleeve. Auctioneer…