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    21 hours ago

    18 talented teenagers arrived in Edinburgh last week for the semi-finals of . Now just six will compete in the final at , accompanied by the 🎶 Watch tomorrow 8pm Scotland 🎶

    Eurovision Young Musicians 2018: The road to the final
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    4 hours ago

    Congratulations to Roseanne Watt , who has won the Edwin Morgan Award 2018. “Her poems are built from the sight, sound and heartbeat of land as much as from the sea and salted-away memory” ~Janice Galloway

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    17 hours ago

    Extraordinary, brave and powerful speech by Michaela Coel at the Edinburgh Television Festival. The most honest and personal reflection on working in television - delivered to the faces of the industry in its most prestigious lecture.

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  4. 19 hours ago

    Photographer Tish Murtha created a series of projects in the 1970s and 80s which offered a tender and frank perspective on social deprivation in Thatcher's Britain.

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  5. 24 hours ago

    Film star Idris Elba on directorial debut

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  6. Aug 22

    Since 2013, the number of A-level entries in arts subjects, which include drama, music and art, in England has fallen by 14,000, almost 15%

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    Aug 21

    Can't wait to watch this tonight to see whether our portrait of a country gentleman gets reattributed. Tune in to 9pm BBC4

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    Aug 21

    Here are several lovely things we learned about artist and bona fide national treasure Grayson Perry (AKA ) on .

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  9. Aug 22

    Can data reveal the saddest song ever? via

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    Aug 21

    Art, what's God got to do with it? , and AN Wilson attempt to explain:

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  11. Aug 21

    See V&A Dundee museum from the air

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    Aug 18

    "Yer a wifey, dressed as Elvis, in Aiberdeen!" 🤩

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    Aug 20

    Inspired by the writings of Sei Shonagon, a poet and lady-in-waiting to the Empress of the 10th Century Japanese court. The Pillow Book - Robert Forrest's mystery thriller set in 10th-century Japan:

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    Aug 20

    A piece of music can be 'dark' or 'bright' or we could be singing the 'Blues' - but what does that mean? Investigating the link between colour and music:

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    Aug 20

    The latest city centre mural in Glasgow - featuring St Enoch and her baby (St Mungo) - is taking shape. This piece, by artist Smug, is the latest addition to our : find out more here:

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  16. Aug 20

    And then there were six. Meet the talented teens who triumphed in the semi-finals and are headed for Thursday's final of Eurovision Young Musician

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  17. Aug 20

    Jobcentre joke is the funniest at the Edinburgh Fringe

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    Aug 19

    It’s coming together! 300 incredibly inspired young people from across Scotland, led by the most amazing dance artists, are having their first mass rehearsal and they smash it! Be prepared to see something extraordinary on Wednesday! >

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    Aug 19

    Catch up with the second Edinburgh special: + 3D photography, doctors doing stand-up and The Mash Report's on comedy and song -->

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  20. Aug 19

    The results are in!!! Here are the six musicians who will compete in Thursday's final of the Eurovision Young Musicians. ,

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