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Why's Glasgow so hip at the moment? Glasgow has been one of the UK’s great musical cities for over 20 years. First came Postcard Records, a label that showcased the ‘sound of young Scotland’. Run from a pokey flat on West Princes Street in the city’s…
The Saffa Daniel Kemp came to Scotland as a backpacker and decided not to leave. He now lives in Oban after marrying the manageress of a local hostel. He enjoys fishing and is looking to join the army. How do you rate Scotland’s chances…
Like his brother Peter, St. Andrew was a fisherman in Galilee before becoming one of the twelve apostles. Following Jesus’ death, Andrew preached in Greece and throughout Asia Minor, eventually being crucified in Patras. We know little about the man…
No matter how well a visitor to Scotland can speak English, there will always be a few times when they ask themselves: what the hell are these people talking about? Don’t worry, it’s because most people here pepper their speech with Scots, an ancient…
Glamis Castle Reported to be one of the most haunted castles in Scotland, Glamis is the original seat of the Bowes and Lyons family. The castle is the setting of many a good ghostly yarn, including Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It’s also rumoured to…
No need to ask what the most eagerly-anticipated album of the autumn is - Oasis’ Dig Out Your Soul is out on 6 Oct, and pundits are already declaring it a huge leap forwards from Don’t Believe the Truth. They say that after every one though, so at this…
Glasgow has many delights for those that wander off the beaten track, but not even the most intrepid wanderer would expect to find the Brooklyn bridge, the Kremlin and Tokyo city in the town centre.Watch Billy Connelly’s Bullshit Tour of Scotland…
There is a sea-softened purity to Swedish singer/songwriter Lykke Li’s voice, and this – her first longplayer – is awash with 80s beats, sparse keyboards and airy, monotone vocals. New single ‘Breaking It Up’ is a playful schoolyard chant sung over a…
Glasvegas like to tell stories. Their self-titled debut CD is a little circular storybook, filled with distinctly Scottish tales of city living and working class heroes. Album opener ‘Flowers and Football Tops’ is a tender tribute to the murder of a…
Bloc Party’s 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, has been a definitive album of the noughties, laying a sonic template for spiky indie-dance with a thumping beat that’s been well observed by bands ever since. Their latest offering, Intimacy, displays many signs…
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