Retro

James May, former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter and all-round quite interesting and not-at-all-dull bloke.

James May has made being dull cool and I've joined his band of merry 'dullsters'
“Being dull is surely a bit like the scoring system on the British TV quiz show Pointless? The lower the better.”

CDs are a lot less fiddly and longer playing than vinyl records: just pop in the tray and press play. Picture: Scott Reid

The vinyl revival is dead: Why buying CDs makes much more sense

Watch: Veteran Glasgow Subway carriages reinvented at their new homes

Exterior of legendary seafood restaurant Skippers bistro in Dock Place, Leith, September 1992.

17 long lost restaurants which are much missed by locals

The Jesus and Mary Chain: East Kilbride’s finest pairing of brothers William and Jim Reid.

Flashback: 12 best photos of great Scottish bands from '60s to '90s

HP Sauce is named after the Houses of Parliament and displays a picture of the London landmark on its label.

Brown sauce or ketchup? There's no debate and one brand comes out on top

17 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 1990 (Part 1)

Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.

25 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 2000

The Official Number 1 album award, which was presented to Erland Cooper for the album Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence, being buried underground in an undisclosed location. Picture: Erland Cooper/PA Wire

Album by Scottish 'Banksy' buried for a year on island tops UK charts

Living Voice’s R80 pictured in the listening room of Edinburgh audio dealer Loud & Clear.

I've been an audiophile for 45 years and this £120,000 hi-fi has me blown away

Despite the A74/M74 route south having motorway status these days, the road can still present challenges.

Forget the NC500: Scotland's best driving road 'secret' has no campervans

Liam Gallagher (left) and Noel Gallagher who have today announced they will reunite for Oasis's long-awaited reunion with a worldwide tour in 2025. Picture: Simon Emmett/Fear PR/PA Wire

Oasis reunion tour: Scotland concerts announced for 2025

Remembering when Oasis rocked Murrayfield 24 years ago

A small part of Scott Reid's growing collection of landmarks, buildings, planes and vehicles, acquired as an adult fan of Lego.

Lego - a 50-year love of the world's greatest toy has improved my mental health

Take a look through our gallery to see 11 iconic Edinburgh buildings given a new lease of life.

11 iconic local buildings given a new lease of life

19 pictures of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1950s and 1960s

Robin Barr with a can of Irn Bru in 1993.

Take a look at 18 photos of Irn Bru through the years

A room with hardwood flooring will benefit greatly from having rugs placed between the speakers and the listening position. Picture: Scott Reid

The simple £50 tweaks that will make your hi-fi system sound a million dollars

T in the Park used to be Scotland's biggest music festival.

T in the Park Memories: 21 pictures of the much-missed music festival

CD revival: My £21 Asda player might be the greatest hi-fi bargain in 40 years

We’ve had a dig through the Evening News archives to bring you 17 photo memories of Edinburgh in 1995.

17 incredible old photos of Edinburgh in 1995

Tunnock's has been in business since 1890

Take a look at 13 pictures of Tunnock’s through the years

Looking to buy a new CD player in 2024?: My top picks from £21 to £1,000

Take a look through our gallery to see 18 old photos showing what life was like in Edinburgh 34 years ago, in 1990.

18 old photos showing Edinburgh in 1990

Some of my 'new old stock' blank cassettes - tapes produced decades ago, in some cases, that remain in their sealed packaging. Picture: Scott Reid

The cassette revival may be super cool but it's an expensive obsession

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10 Scottish kids' TV shows that you might remember - including Super Gran

Vinyl, which doesn't only come in black, connects the listener with the artist and their creation in a way that a remotely-hosted data file never will. Picture: Scott Reid

Everything you need to know about assembling the best vinyl system from £200

Carefully combining various hi-fi components is the best way to enjoy your music collection. Picture: Scott Reid

I've gone full trad hi-fi for my CD and vinyl thrills, and you should too

Anna Campbell-Jones in a Glasgow Subway carriage whose interior she helped to design. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Anna Campbell-Jones: I revamped Glasgow Subway trains about to vanish

The UK Record Store Day event has become hugely popular even if it does mean fighting the crowds.

Record Store Day: Embrace the LP revival and head for Scotland's vinyl hotspots

The 1980s will be a decade remembered for many things including bold fashions and big phones. Picture: John Phillips

1980s - the decade that can't be topped and why 1988 marked a turning point

Culross Palace, which dates back to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, is the burgh's finest attraction and a big draw for Outlander fans. Picture: Scott Reid

Passions: Exploring Fife's Outlander bucket list burgh that time has passed by

Petrolhead heaven: Scottish car lovers could do with a fix of Caffeine & Machine

British businessman Richard Branson poses with his pink Pontiac car outside his new Virgin Megastore, opening in Edinburgh in July 1990.

18 more photos of Edinburgh in 1990 – including opening of huge store

The Repair Shop's resident experts

Do you have a special fix for The Repair Shop?

Twinned with Mary Erskine's school for girls, Stewart's Melville was founded in 1832 and is easily one of the finest looking school buildings in Scotland.

12 photos of Edinburgh's most beautiful schools

Classic Cars

New electric conversion rules 'helping to keep classic cars on the road'

George Prentice BEM, ex Branch Standard Bearer, on Church Parade in Edinburgh

Information on mystery RAFA branch sought

John Menzies, newsagents and stationers, and Smalls department store in Princes Street July 1977.

30+ photos showing how much Edinburgh has changed

The Rockvinyl start-up has already secured premises in the east end of Glasgow.

Scotland goes big with vinyl revival amid plans for Glasgow pressing plant

Mark McManus played the character of TV detective Jim Taggart from 1983 until he passed away in 1994. Picture: STV Group

Taggart: How TV's toughest cop was woven into the fabric of 1980s' Glasgow

The grand North British & Mercantile Insurance building fell in 1966 despite significant opposition from heritage campaigners.

17 iconic Edinburgh buildings lost to the history books

Gerry Rafferty's Night Owl LP will always hit the highest note for me Scott Reid

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Amazon is making changes to its Prime TV and movie streaming service, including advertising and asking subscribers to pay an additional sum for an ad-free experience. Picture: John Devlin

Switch-off: Ditching streaming has saved me £500 and made me a happier person

Irving Berlin's White Christmas is the most iconic of Festive songs. Illustration: Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane

Secret sadness behind the world’s greatest Christmas song

10 retro photos that show Glasgow at Christmas time over the years

Demand for turntables and vinyl playing accessories remains strong. Picture: Scott Reid

Vinyl revival: The threats facing the music industry’s surprise success story

Here the children of the Thistle class at Mary Erskines and Stewart’s Melville Junior School are getting ready for their nativity performance. Picture: 8 December 2000.

9 adorable pictures of Christmas nativity plays

Sir Michael Palin's Big Three Adventures, available as BBC DVD box-sets, benefit from regular viewing. Picture: Scott Reid

Humour, insight and passion: Michael Palin takes top honours in TV travel world

The Techmoan channel has built up a following of around 1.3 million subscribers and more than 323 million total views.

Passion: Retrotech hit Techmoan proves there's more to YouTube than dancing cats

A fireman tackles the blaze at the Scottish Tar Distillers' plant at Camelon in November 1973. Pic: TSPL

Remembering the tar works fire 50 years on

The Dark Side of the Moon sports one of the most iconic album covers of all time, with several books published to coincide with its 50th anniversary.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon: Over 50 years on and still blowing my mind

The John Buchan Story Museum highlights The Thirty-Nine Steps novel and films and is a top attraction in the Borders town of Peebles.

Scott Reid passions: Stepping into a world of adventure in pretty Peebles

Forza Horizon 4 (2018) | © Microsoft Studios / Playground Games / Microsoft Corporation

5 Video games set in Scotland starting with Forza Horizon

Waverley first cruise of 2023 gets underway

Doon the watter with the SS Waverley

Twinned with Mary Erskine's school for girls, Stewart's Melville was founded in 1832 and is easily one of the finest looking school buildings in Scotland.

12 photos of Edinburgh's most stunning schools

The 1960s saw some of the most thrilling movies ever made about the Second World War. Picture: Scott Reid

Passions: Gunning for victory with the 1960s WW2 blockbusters - Scott Reid

Hollywood actress star Alicia Silverstone may have been born in California, but she is the daughter of Monty Silverstone, an English estate agent, and Deirdre Silvestone (née Radford), a Scottish former Pan Am flight attendant. We were totally Clueless about this (sorry).

15 Celebrities you never knew had Scottish heritage

Curious Princes Street shoppers looked on in 1995 as filming commenced on one of the most iconic scenes in British movie history - the opening scene of Trainspotting.

17 fabulous photos of Edinburgh in 1995

Children sledging in the Meadows in December 1961.

18 pictures of the Meadows through the years

These mid 19th century photographs of Edinburgh will transport you back in time.

Auld Edinburgh: 14 Photos of Edinburgh taken in the mid 19th century

Traces of the protest at Lochboisdale ferry terminal when CalMac announced services would be pulled during June so that the MV Lord of the Isles could be redeployed to Islay.

Exclusive Ferry chaos islanders 'not trying to fly to the moon, just to get to Glasgow"

King Charles III pictured last year at St Giles' Cathedral in the ceremonial dress of the Order of the Thistle, which he now heads as Sovereign. PIC: PA.

Knights and Ladies of The Order of the Thistle out in full force at St Giles

The service will mix old and new elements and be wrapped in an elaborate displace of pageantry, military and ceremony. Euan Cherry/PA Wire.

From posties to the aristrocratic, Scottish life gets ready for King's service

The Jim Clark Trust hosted a weekend event on the Duns Castle estate to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jim Clark's first GP world championship in 1963, including an impressive line-up of cars associated with the racing driver.

A driving passion for one of Scotland's best small museums - Scott Reid

There have been few pop acts before or since that captured the zeitgeist of their era quite like the Bay City Rollers did in the mid-1970s. The tartan clad lads' cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye, Bye, Baby" stayed at number one in the UK for six weeks in March and April 1975

15 times that Scottish artists ruled the top of the UK music charts

Originally built as a railway station with the hotel added in 1903, the Caley, as this building is affectionately known, was once referred to as a "grand old Glasgow dame come to Edinburgh" on account of its red hue.

11 of Edinburgh's best red sandstone buildings - in pictures

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries