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In pictures: Romance amid the rubble Haunting photographs found in an Edinburgh attic depict Italy in the aftermath of the Second World War – and offer a glimpse into the lives and loves of the Scottish Italian community in the 1940s

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

Brian Whittingham started as an apprentice at John Brown's shipyard on Clydeside when he was just 14, and his five years at the yard, shaped him for life. Now, 40 years on, he has written a book of poetry 'AH'LL GET yi a joab in the yards, / yi'll be fixed up fur life, so yi wull." So Brian Whittingham was promised back in the 1960s when, like legions of others, he became an apprentice in John Brown's shipyard. He was 14.

Best remote place HERMANESS, Unst The most northerly part of the Shetlands is reachable by car as well as on foot.

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Having a Ba' in Jedburgh

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