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To celebrate Homecoming year, the founder of Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is launching a £10,000 treasure hunt in association with The Scotsman. Will you be the one to find the gold, bejewelled, sleekit beastie? BACK in the 1970s, an extraordinary children's book sparked off an extraordinary phenomenon – not to mention a controversy. The English artist and children's writer Kit Williams was commissioned by his publisher, Jonathan Cape, to create a un

Culloden and the great 'what if?' EXPERTS see it as one of the great "what ifs" of Scottish history.

Best adventurer JOHN BUCHAN (1875-1940) born in Perth The son of a Presbyterian minister, Buchan started writing adventure novels while still studying at university. Reading law, he was called to the Bar in 1901 but did not practise as a barrister.

Many of the great European composers of his era wrote music for Burns's poems – Haydn's is released today THIS year is awash with major musical anniversaries. I've focused on two particular ones in recent weeks – Mendelssohn's well-stocked bicentenary celebrations and the looming 50th birthday of Scottish composer James MacMillan. But to that we

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Capital students to wave in Maxwell's Rainbow . . in 3D

Bon homme or pirate?

Rebus, take a bow

Smith is £20 man of note

The tragic case of Conan Doyle

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