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Every Scottish cocktail bar listed in the UK Top 50 for 2026 - including ‘iconic’ hotel bar
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (251+ words) The Scotsman Food and Drink Editor The Top 50 UK cocktail bars list for 2025 have been revealed, with five Scottish bars within the top 50 slots. While London dominated, five Scottish bars - mainly Edinburgh businesses - made the coveted list, down three from…...
Police planning bill for Glasgow Commonwealth Games hits £1.6m
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (465+ words) Planning work for the policing operation for this summer's Commonwealth Games has cost more than "1.6 million to date, with a final budget expected to be agreed this spring. Up to half a million spectators and several thousand athletes are expected…...
Arts diary: Theatre ticket touts and a mystery global book launch in Scotland
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (482+ words) Arts and culture correspondent A rap on the knuckles for ticket touts who pulled the wool over the eyes of desperate theatre goers last week. Seats for the one-week-only production of Susie Miller's hit play Prima Facie with Jodie Comer…...
The National Theatre of Scotland at 20: two decades of highlights
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (885+ words) Since its launch in February 2006, National Theatre of Scotland has staged everything from groundbreaking experimental theatre to sell-out crowd-pleasers. In accordance with its aim to bring theatre to the people, it has worked across the length and breadth of Scotland,…...