Judi Dench

The Argyle Street Ash

Scottish ash and sycamore in the running for Tree of the Year 2025

Celebrities have recalled the first cars they owned, including a Mini Metro and a Ford Cortina

19 celebrities and their first cars before they were famous

Scots residents can help by writing to their MP - Animal News Agency

Stars including Ricky Gervais and Dame Judi Dench need help of Scots residents t...

Scottish residents are being asked too join the campaign by writing to their MP - Animal News Agency

A-List stars appeal to Scottish residents to help them get trophy hunting banned...

Small town cinema once saved by Dame Judi Dench for sale for £275,000

Administrators are appealing to 'existing cinema operators, an entrepreneur keen to enter the sector, or a larger business willing to invest in an important and valued community asset'. Picture: contributed.

Urgent call to save rural Scottish cinema with fans including Dame Judi Dench

Performers Robbie Synge and Alfie, 10, from dance show The Show for Young Men perform against the backdrop of the Edinburgh Castle. Picture: Colin Hattersley Photography/Federation of Scottish Theatre

Explainer When did the Edinburgh Festival Fringe start and who is performing?

Scotland's mobile cinema service saved until at least 2026

Braemar businesses talk about impact of Fife Arms hotel in its fifth anniversary

Judi Dench appears to have helped to save the Screen Machine mobile cinema service in the Highlands and Islands (Picture: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images for BFI)

Judi Dench adds to her ‘dench’ credentials

The Screen Machine mobile cinema needs replaced following a series of breakdowns at a cost of around £1.4m. PIC: Contributed.

A-list film star writes to Humza Yousaf to save 'lifeline' mobile cinema

Private Dining Room at Number One

Number One's Private Dining Room, Edinburgh, review

The Fife Arms has announced the return of The Braemar Literary Festival.

The Fife Arms announces second Braemar Literary Festival

Martin Compston at the Waterfront Cinema in Greenock ahead of the preview of his new series, Martin Compston's Scottish Fling. Picture: John Linton

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Line of Duty star Martin Compston joins line-up

Louis Theroux to look at ‘fear and optimism’ in Edinburgh TV festival lecture

Sir Cliff Richard is to make two appearancs at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Cliff Richard, Janey Godley and Gail Porter in line-up of 3000 Fringe shows

Adam Maddox

The Fife Arms appoints new head chef Adam Maddock

TV presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly gather at Westminster Abbey in central London. Picture: Phil Nobile/AFP via Getty Images

Ant and Dec, Nick Cave and the celebrities watching the King being crowned

Rylan Clark has landed a role on long-running BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers.

Rylan Clark set to star in Eurovision-themed episode of The Archers

Daisy May Cooper at the BRIT Awards 2023 (Credit: Getty Images)

Daisy May Cooper rumoured to play M in next Bond film

The Princess Royal (left) with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay while in Scotland, during the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering

Stars and Royals join crowds at return of Braemar Gathering

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon was appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Brian D Anderson/Shutterstock

Festival Diary: From Scrooge McDuck to Outlander via a snub for Superman

Nicole Kidman will battle it out with Jessica Chastain for the award of Best Actress (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images).

Oscars 2022: How to watch, what channel it is on and who is hosting

Sir Billy Connolly has received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Billy Connolly gets second 'wee jab'

Dame Judi Dench and Benedict Cumberbatch have launched this year’s Red Nose Day fundraising campaign (Photo: Jacqui Black/Comic Relief)

Here's when Comic Relief 2021 is taking place - and where to get a Red Nose

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the nation's naughty list.

Boris and Trump top Britain's 'naughty list' for 2020

Dame Judi Dench

Dame Judi Dench dedicates Highland woodland to loved ones

Geoffrey Palmer pictured in 2004

Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer, star of Butterflies and As Time Goes By

Toddler Beatrice George has raised nearly £30,000 for the NHS. Picture: Matthew George SWNS

Toddler's pebble hunt raises nearly £30,000 for NHS

Andy Arnold

Andy Arnold: time for theatre-makers to find alternative spaces

Karen Dunbar as Lady Bracknell in Perth Theatre's new production of The Importance of Being Earnest

Karen Dunbar on playing Lady Bracknell in Perth Theatre’s The Importance of Bein...

Taylor Swift at the premiere in New York City for Cats

'It's an all-time disaster': Star-studded Cats film given zero stars by critics

Spending time on shared activities with like-minded people is one way to help combat loneliness. Picture: contributed

Loneliness Crisis: 106,000 Scots over 65 on their own at Christmas

Trainspotting holds a hugely impressive 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but is it the highest rated Scottish films of the 1990s? (Channel Four Films)

The best Scottish films of the '90s - according to Rotten Tomatoes

Kirsty Young has now announced that she will not be returning to the long-running BBC Radio 4 show.

Kirsty Young steps down as host of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs

Glencoe. Picture: SWNS.

Anger as plans to build hydro power plants in ‘iconic’ Scottish glen approved

Nicola Sturgeon is the tenth most admired figure in the UK. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon one of most admired figures in UK, poll finds

Peter Falk and Billy Connolly starred alongside each other in an hour-long episode of Columbo in 2000. Picture: NBCUniversal Television Group

The time Billy Connolly starred in an episode of Columbo

Eva Green and Daniel Craig in 2006 Bond film Casino Royale

Aidan Smith: TimesUp for the misogynistic dinosaur that is James Bond

An ITV tribute to Billy Connolly's career will be broadcast this week. Picture: Contributed

Billy Connolly removed from school records over '˜blasphemy'

Connolly after being presented with a special TV award last year by Dustin Hoffman.
Picture: Alan Chapman/Getty

Big Yin in battle to get back on stage

Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and Billy Connolly as her faithful ghillie John Brown in the film 'Her Majesty Mrs Brown'

Queen Victoria and servant '˜exposed' themselves to each other
Queen Victoria and her Scots servant were caught exposing themselves to each other by the monarch's doctor, a book reveals.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon . Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon warns against politics as a career

Nicola Sturgeon says people who go into politics should be "led by a deep sense of conviction."

Nicola Sturgeon: Don't enter the world of politics as "a career option"

Scenes from Whisky Galore. Picture: Graeme Hunter

Gillies Mackinnon '˜may never' make another film in Scotland

English playwright Peter Shaffer. Picture: Getty Images

Obituary: Sir Peter Shaffer, CBE, playwright

Andy and Jamie Murray and a host of famous faces have offered their artistic skills to raise funds for breast cancer research

Andy and Jamie Murray's artwork to be auctioned for breast cancer charity

Kenneth Cranham shows off his award at last nights ceremony. Picture: Getty

Scot Kenneth ÂCranham wins ÂOlivier Award for best actor

One of Maquien's outfits

Tailoring brand aims to sew up expansion

John Gordon Sinclair's character in Gregory's Girl discovered love can be found where you least expect it

Six lessons Scottish films teach us about romance

Celia Imrie. Picture: Rachell Smith

Interview: Actress Celia Imrie on her 40 years on showbusiness

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre. Picture: PA

24 things you didn’t know about Spectre

Jessie Buckley. Picture: Debra Hurford Brown

Jessie Buckley moves from BBC talent show to centre stage

Dame Judi was among a host of celebrities to be quizzed on their bucket list choices. Picture: Getty

Judi Dench ‘learns poem a day to keep mind active’

The Three Chimney's Restaurant on the Isle of Skye. Picture: Robert Perry

Michelin star status for two Scottish restaurants

Comedian Robin Williams in full Highland dress at the Lonach Highland Games in Strathdon. Picture: PA

Lonach Highland Games tribute to Robin Williams

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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