Janet Christie
Janet Christie
Senior digital journalist, Scotsman magazine chief interviewer and columnist and Scotland on Sunday Travel Editor
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From The Kelpies to pit ponies, honour the horses Janet Christie

Janet Christie catching up with The Scotsman's Rural Affairs Correspondent Katherine Hay, who is walking around Scotland, in Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Pic: K Hay.

Janet Christie: My Week – 1990s retro style is more fashion than function

Val McDermid's new book kills the myths about Queen Macbeth

Passions: Songs for a rainy day - choose a tune to lighten the mood

Dawn Steele on the red carpet at the premier of the documentary My Old School starring Alan Cumming at Glasgow Film Festival 2022. Pic: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock

Granite Harbour: Dawn Steele on the return of the Aberdeen crime series

Val McDermid, whose latest book, Queen Macbeth, is the latest in the Darkland Tales series. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Val McDermid's new book kills the myths about Queen Macbeth

Dune part 2 (Picture: Niko Tavernise)

Janet Christie: My Week - Dune is epic but silence is worth more than spice

Janet Christie: My Week. Johnny Cash at Glastonbury, 1994. Pic: Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images

Janet Christie: My Week - it's never too late to say Happy Mother's Day/Easter

Ashley Storrie stars and co-wrote the new BBC comedy drama series Dinosaur. Pic: Steve Ullathorne

Comedian Ashley Storrie puts her autism on TV in Dinosaur

The Canary Book, by Robert L Wallace is beautifully illustrated. Picture: J Christie

Passion: Old books and canaries

Corsets were hand-sewn and contained baleen from whale's mouths to keep their shape. Pic: Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2024.

Janet Christie My Week - look to the Georgians for glitz and glamour

Jon Ronson has spent decades researching psychopaths which led to his bestselling book, The Psychopath Test, and his most popular show, Psychopath Night Live. Pic: Emli Bendixen

Are you a psychopath? Jon Ronson brings his Psychopath Test to Scotland

Jon Ronson has spent decades researching psychopaths which led to his bestselling book, The Psychopath Test, and his most popular show, Psychopath Night Live. Pic: Emli Bendixen

Are you a psychopath? Jon Ronson brings his Psychopath Test to Scotland

The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh, second of the Crime series, is published in paperback on 24 August 2023 by Penguin. Crime, Season 2, premieres Thursday, 14 September 2023 on ITVX.Pic: Contributed

Irvine Welsh is back with a new book and Edinburgh Book Festival appearance

Ashley Jensen: When I did Shetland I just really felt like I’d kind of come home

Perfecting the plank. Pic: Adobe

Janet Christie: My Week - Beware the trick question

Susan Smilline sailed from the UK to Green solo, and writes about it in her new book, The Half Bird. Pic: @Cat Vinton

From Dunoon to Greece - Susan Smillie's 1,500 miles solo voyage of discovery

Lobster: Poet Hollie McNish on why her new poetry book comes with a warning

Hamilton is at Festival Theatre Edinburgh until Saturday 27 April. Pic: Contributed

Why Hamilton is the hottest ticket in town

A smiling cat. Pic: J Christie

Passions: Adorable and cute, cats are the perfect companions

Roisin Gallagher stars in The Dry, a second series of whic is now available on ITVX. Pic: David Reiss. Hair and Makeup Jade Bird

Roisin Gallagher returns in The Dry, the dark comedy drama about alcoholism

Janet Christie's My Week. A rainbow rises out of the North Sea. Pic J Christie

Janet Christie’s My Week - Nature needs no filter for a show-stopping display

Roisin Gallagher stars in The Dry, a second series of whic is now available on ITVX. Pic: David Reiss. Hair and Makeup Jade Bird

The Dry: Roisin Gallagher is back with the dark comedy drama

Mum's the Word. Pic: J Christie

Janet Christie’s Mum’s the Word – goodbye to me, to you

Tony Curran, who stars in Sky Atlantic's Mary & George and Starz's Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Pic: Andrew Jackson/Curse These Eyes and @cursetheseeyes on Social Media. email cursetheseeyes@gmail.com

Tony Curran's new TV shows, Mary and George and Outlander

Tony Curran plays King James VI of Scotland and I of England in Mary & George, Sky Atlantic's miniseries inspired by the true story of the Villiers family, whose son George became the king's lover and Duke of Buckingham. L-R Laurie Davidson as Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Tony Curran as King James, Nicola Walker as Elizabeth Hatton. Pic: Sky Atlantic

Tony Curran's new TV shows, Mary and George and Outlander

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word. Pic: J Christie

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - Between the covers

Arthur’s Seat - Edinburgh’s volcano always gives me a high Janet Christie

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Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - swapping the sights for le supermarché

Louise Welst at the University of Glasgow. Pic: John Devlin

Scottish writer Louise Welsh talks about her latest crime thriller, To The Dogs

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word. Pic: Adobe.

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - Cowboys, cargos and condoms

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Emma Stone, left, and Mark Ruffalo in a scene from "Poor Things." (Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures via AP)

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - why are films three hours long?

Lorraine Kelly on holiday in Orkney. The islands are the setting for her debut novel, The Island Swimmer. Pic: Contributed

Lorraine Kelly makes a splash with her debut novel set in Orkney

Vases and jugs on display at Seville's Antiquarium Museum. Pic: J Christie

Passions: Ceramics - pots don’t need hefty price tags to be things of beauty

Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall as Emma and Dexter in the new Netflix series, One Day, filming in Edinburgh. Pic. Contributed

Ambika Mod stars in One Day, the Netflix remake of iconic film and book One Day

Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell brings her one woman show to Scotland

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Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - a milestone birthday is child’s play

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word. The Mosque-Cathedral, Cordoba, Spain. Pic: J Christie

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - swapping the snow for sun in Seville

James McArdle and Emun Elliott star in the TV series prequel to the iconic film, Sexy Beast, available on Paramount+ now. Pic: Paramount+

Sexy Beast is back with Scottish actors James McArdle and Emun Elliott

Iain De Caestecker plays King Arthur in Dark Ages drama, The Winter King, streaming on ITVX now. Pic: Contributed

Scottish actor Iain De Caestecker stars in ITV's The Winter King

Mum's the Word. Pic: Adobe

Mum's the Word - When in Berlin... a spa day ends in naked fear

Iain De Caestecker stars as King Arthur in Sony Pictures The Winter King for ITVX/MGM+ Pic: Contributed/Sony

Scottish actor Iain De Caestecker stars in ITV's The Winter King

Street art and why the bronze pigeons on Leith Walk rule the roost

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Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - New year, new me, new language

Outlander's Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish in season two of Men In Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam And Graham, in which the adventure-seeking duo explore New Zealand. The book of the trip, Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts and an Adventure Down Under by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish is published by Radar, hardback, £22 - Pic: Starz Entertainment, LLC/Geoffrey Short

Outlander's Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish tell all about their Kiwi road trip

Outlander's Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish in season two of Men In Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam And Graham, in which the adventure-seeking duo explore New Zealand. The book of the trip, Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts and an Adventure Down Under by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish is published by Radar, hardback, £22 - Pic: Starz Entertainment, LLC/Geoffrey Short

Outlander's Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish tell all about their Kiwi road trip