When Val McDermid failed to publish a new novel last year, speculation was rife. Had the celebrated author been too busy ...

Nicola Sturgeon 's close friend the crime writer Val McDermid has launched an astonishing attack on Police Scotland, accusing ...

Spare a thought for Nicola Sturgeon. One minute she was in charge of a small country, trying to make it seem bigger by ...

Des and the teams are at the Edinburgh Festivals to break up the week's big news, including deputy first minister Kate Fobes’s announcement about stepping down at the next election, calls for Scotland ...

From a Gavin and Stacey star reading from her latest novel set on a Scottish island, to talk of shutting down the internet to save the planet with Amitav Ghosh and the psychology of extremism with ...

I’m delighted to be bringing Karen back to your screens, now a detective inspector with more power, more confidence, and some of the same iconic sweater vests,” smiles Kenny. “We have a dazzling cast, ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of one of England’s most beloved and iconic novelists, The Folio Society is releasing a ...

Noel Edmonds, one of the UK’s best-known television presenters, has lashed out at ITV following the conclusion of his reality ...

Writers and book industry workers are accusing of taking part in a 'craven, entirely confected attack' on festivals.

The whole of Scotland and its coastal seabed are also now ''knee deep in these damn things''. I would therefore suggest the King stops walking his fine line, ditches any royal protocol, and speak out ...

NICOLA Sturgeon has opened up on her sexuality for the first time and reveals she doesn’t consider it to be binary. The ex-First Minister addressed the subject of her private life in the new ...

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