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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Lucy Adams |Jonathan Geddes
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Lucy Adams |Jonathan Geddes
Teacher strikes halted as council to drop job cutsLucy Adams and Jonathan GeddesPA MediaA strike by teachers in Glasgow has been suspended following talks between unions and the city council. Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) teaching union were to walk out on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
msn.com | Jonathan Geddes
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonathan Geddes
For Ross Wilson, the release of his sixth album was cause for both celebration and reflection. The record was the best selling yet by the Scottish singer - who performs under the name Blue Rose Code - but it also featured him coming to terms with a troubled past. The Edinburgh native was drinking heavily before he was a teenager, had a mother who struggled with addiction and has been to rehab multiple times.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Jonathan Geddes
A Scottish basketball club signed and then sacked a player who is linked to a murder in the US. Caledonia Gladiators said it was unaware that Malik Dunbar, who joined last month, was the suspect in the shooting of Arthur Braxton in Augusta, Georgia. Dunbar, 28, and teammate Jared Wilson-Frame have both had their contracts terminated by the super league team. Caledonia Gladiators said this was due to a disciplinary matter unrelated to the investigation into the 4 October murder.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Jonathan Geddes
Global hits such as Squid Game and Money Heist have shown language is no barrier to international success - now the stars of a new thriller are hoping Gaelic can translate just as well. An t-Eilean (The Island) is the UK's first ever high-end Gaelic drama series, set around an unsolved murder and mysterious family secrets, with episodes costing more than £1m to make. Star Sorcha Groundsell believes the show - which begins on BBC Alba at 21:00 -can help keep the language alive.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Jonathan Geddes
From superhero blockbusters to Netflix romantic comedies, Scotland has become an increasingly familiar location for Hollywood to use. In the autumn, Twisters star Glen Powell could be seen in Glasgow shooting scenes for sci-fi tale The Running Man, while Edinburgh and Aberdeenshire will be the backdrop for a new version of Frankenstein. Those productions join a lengthy list of films and TV shows filmed in the country over the past decade.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
theartsdesk.com | Jonathan Geddes
When Vampire Weekend arrived onstage they numbered only three and were bunched together at the front with a large curtain draped behind them, obscuring their backdrop. By the time this marathon set ended two and a half hours later, they’d more than doubled in number and had made full use of their surroundings, a shift which summed up a constantly changing, often contradictory show. One of those paradoxes was the setting itself.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jonathan Geddes
From suffragettes to fighters in the Spanish Civil War, they are the people and stories woven into Glasgow's history. A new project is bringing fresh life to the city's past - through a rock band. The Tenementals are a group of academics and musicians who aim to use their songs to tell the "radical history" of Glasgow. Now the nine-strong collective have released their debut album Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI), with the intention of another five volumes to come.
