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              <title><![CDATA[Strictly’s Anton Du Beke ‘not bothered’ about dancing with men]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Anton Du Beke has said it makes no difference to him whether he dances with a man or a woman.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Theatre reviews: The Lion King, Playhouse, Edinburgh | Pinocchio, Tramway, Glasgow]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[IF THIS winter&#8217;s chill is getting to you &#8211; and your heart feels sore and cold &#8211; it&#8217;s hard to imagine a better instant remedy than a visit to the Playhouse, where the current radiant UK stage production of Disney&#8217;s The Lion King is settling in for a three-and-a-half-month stay. The greatest fan of the show &#8211; with music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice &#8211; could not call it profound: it deals with vital 21st century themes to do with the circle of life and the balance of nature in a way that is both superficial and highly individualised, with the whole problem resolved by the return of a good king.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Theatre review: I Can Go Anywhere, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[AS BRITAIN heaves itself though what looks increasingly like a terminal spasm of old-style nationalism, out in the bigger world something else is happening. It&#8217;s not new, exactly; ever since the dawn of recorded culture, some young people have been inclined to build their identity partly through affinity with certain writers, artists, or music-makers, of whom their home community may know nothing. And now, in the age of the internet, that process of finding new global tribes only intensifies, whether they&#8217;re shaped by bands, gurus, or online &#8220;influencers&#8221;.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Music review: Let’s Rock the Retro, Hydro, Glasgow]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[THERE were two distinct tiers to this Generation Xers&#8217; Christmas party gig, MC&#8217;d by TV and radio hosts Pat Sharp and Dave Benson Phillips. The first half of the show featured a nimble rolling revue of 80s one- and some-hit wonders on a strict two-song limit.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Music</category>
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Dance review: Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen, Edinburgh Festival Theatre]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre/dance-review-scottish-ballet-the-snow-queen-edinburgh-festival-theatre-1-5062231</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[PICTURE a Christmas card filled with merrymakers from a bygone era, dressed in flat caps and overcoats, buying chestnuts in a flurry of falling snow. Then bring the whole thing to life, with dancing couples, playful children and a passing circus troupe to entertain the crowds.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Music review: Ibiza Classics, Hydro, Glasgow]]></title>
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Music review: Scottish Ensemble: For a Winter’s Night, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/music-review-scottish-ensemble-for-a-winter-s-night-greyfriars-kirk-edinburgh-1-5062226</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[THE problem with a candlelit concert is that it&#8217;s hard to read the programme. But in the Scottish Ensemble&#8217;s wonderfully eclectic, ten-pieces-per-half, iPod-on-shuffle-style seasonal concert, not knowing what was coming next felt like precisely the point.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Art review: Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art-review-paula-rego-obedience-and-defiance-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art-edinburgh-1-5062151</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Paula Rego&#8217;s inspiring SNGMA exhibition shows the evolution of an artist devoted to challenging injustice &#8211; both personal and political &#8211; writes Susan Mansfield]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Book review: Essays, by Lydia Davis]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[In his recent selected essays and reviews, the critic James Wood describes his work as &#8220;serious noticing&#8221;. It is a phrase that might easily be applied to this collection of works by Lydia Davis, who won the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. It is an erudite, prickly, illuminating journey, and one which will give different hopes and castigations to writers and to readers. Davis seems at points like a horologist, unpicking the mechanism, dealing with the intricacies of the escapement, finding out how the self-winding gears actually work.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[The Scotsman Christmas Story: Edward Kane and The Matter of Honour (Chapter Seven)]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/the-scotsman-christmas-story-edward-kane-and-the-matter-of-honour-chapter-seven-1-5059723</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Not Proven&#8221; Norris was in the middle of his Cross-Examination of the clergyman, Reverend Paterson.  It was not going well&#8230;]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Treat yourself to a stay at Scotland’s hottest hotel]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/travel/treat-yourself-to-a-stay-at-scotland-s-hottest-hotel-1-5060821</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Enjoy the magic of the Highlands in winter at Scotland’s hottest new hotel – with a special deal offering guests a third night for free.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Film reviews: Jumanji: The Next Level | Citizen K | QT8: The First Eight | Pink Wall]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/film-reviews-jumanji-the-next-level-citizen-k-qt8-the-first-eight-pink-wall-1-5061642</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Karen Gillen eclipses her bigger name co-stars in the family-friendly Jumanji: The Next Level, while Tom Cullen makes a tiny budget go a long way in Pink Wall, writes Alistair Harkness]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Sports Personality of the Year 2019: SPOTY nominees, previous winners and how to watch the Aberdeen ceremony live on the BBC]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/sports-personality-of-the-year-2019-spoty-nominees-previous-winners-and-how-to-watch-the-aberdeen-ceremony-live-on-the-bbc-1-5061521</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The 65th Sports Personality of the Year takes place in Aberdeen this Sunday with cricketer Ben Stokes the favourite to take home the coveted trophy.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[The Scotsman Christmas Story: Edward Kane and The Matter of Honour (Chapter Six)]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/the-scotsman-christmas-story-edward-kane-and-the-matter-of-honour-chapter-six-1-5059717</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The prosecutor, Charles Cod, rose from his chair and addressed the Court:]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Celebrate top Scottish talent at hotel’s Burns Night dinner]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/travel/celebrate-top-scottish-talent-at-hotel-s-burns-night-dinner-1-5060637</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Immerse yourself in Scotland’s creative heritage at a unique Burns Night celebration to remember at The Fife Arms, Braemar, this January.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[First ever 'King of Great Britain' to be celebrated in Edinburgh exhibition - 400 years after Union of the Crowns]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/first-ever-king-of-great-britain-to-be-celebrated-in-edinburgh-exhibition-400-years-after-union-of-the-crowns-1-5061009</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The reign of James VI, the first ever King of Great Britain, is to be celebrated in a blockbuster art exhibition in his home city of Edinburgh – more than 400 years after the “Union of the Crowns”.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[New editions of Asterix and Tintin translated into Gaelic and Scots for first time]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/new-editions-of-asterix-and-tintin-translated-into-gaelic-and-scots-for-first-time-1-5060755</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A trio of new editions of classic comic book series Asterix the Gaul and The Adventures of Tintin have been translated into Scottish Gaelic and Scots for the first time.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[The Scotsman Christmas Story: Edward Kane and The Matter of Honour (Chapter Five)]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/the-scotsman-christmas-story-edward-kane-and-the-matter-of-honour-chapter-five-1-5059710</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Lord Albert Arthur was furious now: &#8220;Nonsense - all nonsense! The &#8216;culpable&#8217; and &#8216;reckless&#8217;...what?&#8221;]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Santa will stop in Auchinstarry on Saturday]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/santa-will-stop-in-auchinstarry-on-saturday-1-5060574</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The Rotary Club of Kilsyth have had a word with Santa - and he&#8217;s coming to Auchinstarry!]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Edinburgh arena plans may be an unhelpful distraction – Brian Ferguson]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Edinburgh should concentrate on bringing existing facilities for live music and other events up to scratch and finding replacements for those that have closed, writes Brian Ferguson.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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