Ellie Forbes

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An Aberdeenshire home inspired by Californian mid-century architecture has been crowned winner of Scotland’s Home of the Year. Hilltop House near Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire – a bright, contemporary home built on the natural footprint of the surrounding farm steading – scooped the top prize. It is home to Jessica Zanoni and husband Chris Labrooy, who live there with son Chase, 18, and dogs Enzo and Dino.

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Author Linwood Barclay on being take to The Oxford Bar with Ian Rankin, the books he always recommends and his time in Scotland. I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but my parents moved north to the suburbs of Toronto, in Canada, just before I turned four years old. And when it was time to start high school, we were living outside Bobcaygeon, about 90 minutes northeast of Toronto, in an area known for recreation, with its many lakes.

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Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson will reprise their roles from 1990s cult TV series The High Life after more than 30 years, for the stage. The pair will star as Sebastian Flight and Steve McCracken in High Life The Musical, which will tour Scotland next year. The show was first broadcast by the BBC 30 years ago, created by and featuring Cumming and Masson, who met as students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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Scottish ministers have refused planning permission for a horse-trotting track on the site of the historic Bannockburn battlefield. Stirling Council approved the application in July last year despite many objections and it was subsequently ‘called in’ by Scottish Ministers. Rejecting the plans, the Scottish Government said the track would ‘urbanise’ one of the few remaining undeveloped parts of the battlefield.

4 days ago | scottishfield.co.uk | Ellie Forbes

An intimate documentary focusing on Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh will close the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Reality Is Not Enough will follow the best-selling author at a crossroads in life where he is acutely aware of his mortality and accepting that his ‘hedonistic days’ are drawing to a close. The documentary is said to be a revealing exploration of the author, following his huge success with several film adaptations and six million books sold worldwide.