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Rizzio by Denise Mina review – the men who took aim at Mary Stuart
The crime writer’s daring, hard-boiled take on the brutal murder of Mary, Queen of Scots’ private secretary
Peter Ross
03, Sep, 2021 @6:30 AM
Why I’m exploring Glasgow with a 1930s guidebook
Our writer tours his home town using a vintage tourist guide – and gets a new perspective on a city that remains nostalgic yet irreverent
Peter Ross
03, May, 2021 @5:30 AM
‘With Edinburgh empty, we’re seeing our city through tourists’ eyes’
Novelist Ian Rankin and other locals walk Edinburgh’s locked-down, tourist-free streets, and discover parts of the city they never knew existed
Peter Ross
12, Jul, 2020 @6:00 AM
Jackie Kay on putting her adoption on stage – and getting a pay rise for her successor
When Scotland’s national poet travelled to Nigeria to ask her birth father if he ever thought of her, he said no. Does it hurt to put this on stage? And should the next ‘makar’ be on £30,000?
Peter Ross
07, Aug, 2019 @3:50 PM
‘His memory shouldn’t be shrouded in darkness’: How Frightened Rabbit coped with the death of Scott Hutchison
After the musician took his own life last year, the other band members had to come to terms with many things. But an album of cover versions has helped them to embrace his legacy
Peter Ross
21, Jun, 2019 @7:00 AM
Magic and mystery on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Its ancient standing stones are a big draw at midsummer but Lewis is rich in treasures of many other kinds – historic, religious … and gloriously outrageous
Peter Ross
15, Jun, 2019 @6:00 AM
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Musical? review – where are d'jokes and d'good songs?
Brendan O’Carroll and co cheerfully gurn their way through two hours’ of weak gags, unmemorable songs and wasted opportunities
Peter Ross
01, Apr, 2019 @5:00 AM
Local Hero review – oil-movie gem strikes a salty musical note
Bill Forsyth’s bittersweet comic drama about a Scottish village’s fight with an oil firm sheds its whimsy in this tougher version, scored by Mark Knopfler
Peter Ross
24, Mar, 2019 @11:22 AM
Windows of wonder: cutouts and light brighten Glasgow night
The Window Wanderland festival sees people turn their neighbourhoods into colourful night-time playgrounds
Peter Ross with photographs by Katherine Anne Rose
03, Mar, 2019 @8:00 AM
On the trail of Mary, Queen of Scots
A major new film about the 16th-century queen will put the castles and battlefields of her tragic final days back in the spotlight. We follow in her blood-soaked footsteps
Peter Ross
07, Dec, 2018 @6:30 AM
‘Gardening has probably saved my life’: one thriving Glasgow community
At this vital community space in Govan, locals are mucking in for the good of everyone’s health
Peter Ross
27, Oct, 2018 @10:00 AM
Sole searching: the Lyke Wake Walk, North York Moors
Why would anyone want to hike 40 miles in less than a day? Because this ‘death march’ is the Yorkshire equivalent of climbing Everest
Peter Ross
20, Sep, 2018 @5:30 AM
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