Arts and Culture

Jackie Kay

Selected Poems by Jackie Kay review: 'direct without being unsubtle'
The new volume of Selected Poems by former Makar Jackie Kay offers a useful introduction to her work, writes Stuart Kelly

Album reviews: Fontaines DC | Richard Thompson | Merrowfolk

Tilda Swinton in Man To Man

Exclusive Tilda Swinton and Stephen Unwin on reviving Man To Man at the Traverse

Rebecca Holt

Eden Court at 50: Plans to make venue 'a place where risk is possible'

Installation view of 200 Years at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

200 Years, RSA, Edinburgh review: 'not quite 200 years'

Fatherland

Fatherland: 'Sandra Hüller delivers a performance of suppressed fury'

James Yorkston

Callum, Reine, Sylvie and Sparrow by James Yorkston review

Games of My Life by Alex Ferguson review: 'engrossing'

Dwane Walcott as Othello at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow

'Iago could be right' – Anthony Almeida on the grey areas in Othello

Making Marie Antoinette

Film reviews: Making Marie Antoinette | Children of the Wicker Man

Music

SCO, David Brophy & Mari Samuelsen, Edinburgh review: 'extraordinary'

James Emmanuel

The Scotsman Sessions #449: James Emmanuel

Three Scottish acts to have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

What Scottish Acts Have Been Nominated For The Mercury Prize? All 18

Chvrches have announced three Scottish gigs for 2027.

Chvrches Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh Ticket Presales and Prices

Sam Fender will play Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium in 2027.

Sam Fender confirms Edinburgh gig - how to get tickets and presale

Are these the three headliners for Glastonbury 2027?

Glastonbury 2027 Headliners: 10 acts tipped for the Pyramid Stage

Sam Fender won the Mercury Prize last year.

Is the Mercury Prize on TV? How to watch the ceremony, prize money

Books

Crossing the Sound by Peter Irvine: 'what goes up must come down'

Auther Lindsey Fitzharris. Picture: Allen Lane

Sleuth-Hound by Lindsey Fitzharris review: 'masterful'

James Hunter

Working People by James Hunter review: 'fresh, precise, immersive'

Joseph Bell was a renowned surgeon and lecturer, but remains best known for inspiring his student, Arthur Conan Doyle. Picture: Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Exclusive A light shone on Edinburgh's 'real' Sherlock Holmes

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Film and TV

Traitor King Kenny sat by Faithful Leigh-Anne Pinnock at the breakfast table when they discovered that Ross Kemp had been murdered. What will happen with another murder on the table?

What time is Celebrity Traitors on? When you can watch episode 8

Here are 13 of the best horror films available to watch now on Disney Plus.

Here are 13 of the top horror films currently streaming on Disney Plus

Karen Gillan has given her opinion on Henry Cavill's Scottish accent for Highlander.

Karen Gillan shares her opinion on Henry Cavill's Highlander accent

Theatre and Stage

Mark Barrett & Blythe Duff in Contact

Contact, Glasgow review: 'gripping'

Theatre reviews: Bottom's Dream | Thrice

Sylvia’s stars impress, but the show is overwhelmingly an ensemble piece celebrating collective power (Picture: Tristram Kenton)

Theatre reviews: Sylvia | It Walks Around The House At Night

Beverley Knight and the cast of Sylvia perform onstage. Picture: Tristram Kenton

I hate musicals but hip-hop suffragette story Sylvia is amazing Janet Christie

Dirty Dancing is on at King’s Theatre in Glasgow, Edinburgh Playhouse and His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen.

Dirty Dancing Theatre Tickets: How to see hit stage show in Scotland

East is East at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow

Theatre reviews: East is East | Barnum

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie review: 'Spectacular'

Art

Art reviews: RSA200 @Glasgow Print Studio | Jerwood/Photoworks Awards

Art reviews: Claire Barclay | John Bellany | James Cumming

Rachel Maclean with models of some of the AI-generated buildings from her film They’ve Got Your Eyes

Art reviews: Rachel Maclean & Ela Orleans | The Listening House

Strawberries of St Triduana, 2026 by Craig Coulthard

Art reviews: This 26 | Fall Leaves Fall | John Byrne

More Arts and Culture

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh.

Exclusive Scottish Chamber Orchestra's warning after posting increased deficit

Here are 7 suggestions for a simple Halloween costume.

Easy Halloween Costumes: 7 simple fancy dress ideas for Halloween 2026

The three actors most likely to become the new James Bond.

Next James Bond Latest Odds: These are the 10 stars tipped to play 007

Clara hard at work during Dessert Week in the Bake Off tent.

Who left Bake Off last night? Here's what happened during Dessert Week

Rona Munro and Rufus Norris.

Last of iconic James plays to tour Scotland

Here are 15 of the scariest horror films of all time according to the Science of Scare Project.

Scariest Horror Movies 2026: 15 of the most terrifying films ever made

Three of the favourites to win this year's Mercury Prize.

Who Will Win The Mercury Prize 2026? All 12 artists chances ranked

The many faces of Jack Lowden.

Jack Lowden Filmography: All 16 films starring the Scottish actor

Gary in the Bake Off tent during Dessert Week.

What week is it on Bake Off? series 17 week 5 theme time

Sam Fender has teased an UK and Ireland stadium tour - including Edinburgh. Here's what we know so far.

What we know about Sam Fender's 2027 tour, including Edinburgh gig

Edinburgh Festivals

Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker: Closing Concert, EIF music review
The Edinburgh International Festival’s closing concert by the German capital's world renowned symphony orchestra always promised a powerful evening, and it did ...

Maggie O'Farrell

Edinburgh Book Festival round-up: Empire podcast | Maggie O’Farrell

Up Late With Donald Shaw, EIF music review

Ali Smith

Edinburgh Book Festival round-up: Ali Smith | Douglas Stuart + more

Hannah Maxwell in her Fringe First winning show Turn Your F*cking Phones Off

Scotsman Fringe Firsts: we reveal our final award-winners of 2026

Verdi's A Masked Ball

Verdi’s A Masked Ball, EIF opera review: 'heart-stoppingly compelling'

Revellers in flowers and fairy wings at Jupiter Rising experimental art festival

Edinburgh Art Festival review: Jupiter Rising