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Lewis Capaldi will take to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. Image: Ian West/PA

Lewis Capaldi cancels all commitments until Glastonbury to ‘rest and recover’

The Foo Fighters PIC: Danny Clinch

Album reviews: Foo Fighters | Noel Gallagher | Rufus Wainwright | Roseanne Reid

Roger Waters PIC: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Music review: Roger Waters, Hydro, Glasgow

Slipknot will headline the Sunday at Download Festival. Credit. Getty Images.

Download Festival 2023: Dates, line up, when does Download start, map

Download Festival begins on June 7 (Photo credit: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Here are 10 bands you have to check out at Download Festival

A number of scary movies are on Netflix UK at the moment. Here are 21 of the best Netflix horror films. Cr: Netflix

Here are 22 of the best horror movies on Netflix - according to IMDb

Netflix UK has a stream of great scary horrors as TV series. Cr. Netflix.

Here are 13 of the most highly rated horror TV shows on Netflix UK

The Devil Drinks Cava PIC: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Theatre reviews: The Devil in the Belfry and The Devil Drinks Cava

Here are 13 new series landing on Netflix in June. Cr: Netflix.

Here are 13 of the best new series coming to Netflix in June

Here are the 17 highest rated TV series released on Netflix this year

The RSNO PIC: Martin Shields

Music review: RSNO & Jörg Widmann, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Environments at Hidden Door PIC: Chris Scott

Festival review: Hidden Door Festival, The Complex, Edinburgh

Viggo Venn will play Edinburgh this year. Credit: Viggo Venn/Edinburgh Fringe

Viggo Venn: Here's to see Britain's Got Talent winner in Scotland

The luxuries of a chauffeur, champagne and 5-star dining are yours to enjoy

Ad Feature Matfen Hall: Discover the jewel in Northumberland’s crown

Actor Brian Cox, appearing on the BBC 1 current affairs programme, Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg

Brian Cox admits he has not watched Succession finale

Little Colonsay: To mark the 20th anniversary of the first book in the series of 12, Cowell has written a new short story titled How To Train Your Hogfly, which will be published in the special anniversary edition of How To Train Your Dragon on June 8.

How To Train Your Dragon Scottish island inspiration revealed

Liv Dawn PIC: Robbie Wightman

Under the Radar: Liv Dawn

Dee Hepburn and John Gordon Sinclair starred in Gregory's Girl. Picture: The Kobal Collection

Being Gregory: Origins of Scottish comedy classic explored in new book

Crime writer Val McDermid : Photo by David Empson/Shutterstock (8971547d)

Val McDiarmid hails 'culture for everyone, not just the few' as services cut

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie arrive for the Warner Brothers Pictures red carpet photocall of "Barbie" during CinemaCon 2023 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 25, 2023. (Photo by BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Barbie is the blockbuster film of summer 2023 - Gaby Soutar

Michael Socha in The Gallows Pole

Period drama can be people in wigs pronouncing. Not The Gallows Pole

Royal Highland Show Pic: Ian Georgeson

Royal Highland Show 2023: 6 unmissable events

John Torode and Gregg Wallace, of Masterchef, are the Statler and Waldorf of TV cookery shows (Picture: PA)

How MasterChef has become a wonderfully reassuring British institution

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker.

Five best episodes of Black Mirror including San Junipero

The Ragazze Quartet

Ragazze Quartet bring their take on Schubert’s Winterreise to St Magnus Festival

The Tinderbox Orchestra will be appearig at the Edinburgh Central Library during this year's Fringe. Picture: Colin Hattersley

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Stand-out shows in the global cultural celebration

When a vampire hunter falls in love with a vampire, things get a little awkward. Credit: Netflix

Five of the best LGBT+ series to watch on Netflix to celebrate Pride

I... Er... Me PIC: Anne Harbers

Theatre reviews: I... Er... Me | The Problem With Pink | Bully Bully

The exhibition The Fashion Show: Everything But The Clothes, which has been curated by fashion writer and editor Iain R Webb, is at V&A Dundee until January. Picture: Julie Howden

Visual diary of fashion industry opened for new V&A Dundee exhibition

Of the many local artists mentioned in our ‘favourite musicians’ poll, none appeared as much as Andy Chung who our readers called talented, charming and overall iconic. The Edinburgh-based Scottish Folk singer songwriter was born in Kirkcaldy to a Hongkongese family who settled there in the early sixties.

Scotland's Best Buskers: 18 well-loved musicians starting with Andy Chung

There have been 22 episodes of Black Mirror since it was first broadcast in 2011.

The 11 highest-rated episodes of Black Mirror

Morna Young is adapting the Lewis Grassic Gibbon novel Sunset Song for a new stage production.

Writer Morna Young to become first woman to adapt Sunset Song for the stage

Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins, and Susan Wokoma, pictured in golden frames ahead of appearing in Taskmaster (Credit: Channel 4/Avalon)

Taskmaster Series 16 lineup revealed

Phillip Schofield has said has 'lost everything' and sees 'nothing ahead' of him. Picture: BBC

Schofield host admits to 'vaping' a lot since admitting secret affair

Royal Highland Show highlights – learn to bake, milk a cow or watch muckle big coos!

Ad Feature 10 family-friendly Royal Highland Show highlights for 2023

In the mosh pit

‘It’s a release. A chance to scream, sing, shout, jump, push, pogo’

One-stop shop for Edinburgh Fringe festival tickets: exclusive membership discounts - some seats from £5

Ad Feature One stop shop for discount tickets to Edinburgh Fringe shows

The 1975

Everything you need to know about The 1975 at TRNSMT

If you hear a Scot referring to “wee beasties” then keep an eye out because this refers to pesky small insects, and if it’s expressed like “they’ve got wee beasties in their hair” then there’s a case of headlice going on.

Scotland’s Favourite Scottish Words: 40 Braw Scots phrases like "Wee Beasties"

English rock band Wolf Alice are the subject of Michael Winterbottom's film 'On The Road'.

Five must-watch documentary movies set in the world of popular music

A mural depicting German composer Ludwig van Beethoven on a house in his native city of Bonn, Germany PIC:Ina Fassbender / AFP / Getty Images

Book review: Beethoven’s Assassins, by Andrew Crumey

A number of award winning documentaries are available to watch on Netflix in 2023. Credit: Netflix

These are the 17 best documentary films to stream on Netflix UK in 2023

Anton Du Beke is the latest big name to be confirmed for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Strictly favourite Anton Du Beke to star this year

Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage. Image: Getty Images

How to see all the Scottish acts at Glastonbury 2023

Tickets on sale now: This unique dining experience in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee tells the story of Titanic’s final hours

Ad Feature Unique interactive Titanic dining experience comes to Scotland

Here are the 21 most popular Korean movies to stream on Netflix right now. Cr: Netflix

Here are the 21 most highly rated Korean movies on Netflix

Alexander McCall Smith. Picture: Jayne Wright/JPIMedia

Book review: The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf, by Alexander McCall Smith

Russell Govan

Ad Feature Scottish novelist Russell Govan’s latest book is a “a real page-turner”

Mara Huf and Cal MacAninch in rehearsals for Childminder

Cal MacAninch on starring in supernatural thriller ChildMinder

Here are the 25 best Korean dramas currently streaming on Netflix UK. Cr: Netflix

These are the 26 most highly rated Korean dramas TV series to stream on Netflix

Bruce Springsteen on stage at Murrayfield

Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield: The greatest gig I have ever seen

Lindores Distillery still

Lindores Bear Burning 2023: We experience this modern ritual

Swedish climate activist and author Greta Thunberg, who made rose to fame when she began skipping school as a 15-year-old to protest each week against inaction on climate targets outside Sweden's parliament. Picture: Kim Jakobsen To

Climate activist Greta Thunberg to star at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Rose Matafeo won the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize for best show in 2018.

Comics who owe their careers to the Fringe should help keep awards going

Mark Sedgwick PIC: Laila Sedgwick

Book review: Traditionalism, by Mark Sedgwick

David Mitchell and Robert Webb star in Peep Show - Succession creator Jessie Armstrong's previous hit television show.

Five must-watch films and shows for those missing Succession including Network

Edinburgh's Hidden Door festival, which has taken over the former Scottish Widows headquarters on Dalkeith Road, will be running until Sunday. Picture: Chris Scott

Hidden Door: Festival unveils transformation of former Scottish Widows HQ

Bruce Springsteen, with the E Street Band on stage at Murrayfield PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Music review: Bruce Springsteen, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Cécile McLorin Salvant.

Edinburgh International Festival: 14 highlights of the 2023 programme

Alex Turner and the Arctic Monkey's will play Glasgow in June. (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Arctic Monkeys Glasgow: Latest setlist and The Car Tour concert timings

Sydney Sweeney in Reality

Film reviews: Reality | The Boogeyman | Mad About the Boy | Carmen

The last time Bruce Springsteen played in Edinburgh was in 1981 - and his loyal fans were delighted to welcome The Boss back to the Capital.

Springsteen at Murrayfield: A collective emotional experience for 60,000 fans

Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 30 May 2023.

13 pictures of Bruce Springsteen’s Edinburgh gig – and the full setlist

The cringeworthy Mike Kerr, lead singer of the band Royal Blood (Picture: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images)

Royal Blood, not the kids in the crowd, are supremely uncool – Euan McColm

Michael Arditti PIC: Geraint Lewis/REX/Shutterstock

Book review: The Choice, by Michael Arditti

Alec Dalglish of Skerryvore

The Scotsman Sessions #366: Alec Dalglish

Netflix are launching some great films on their platform throughout June. Cr: Netflix.

Here are 9 of the most highly rated films coming to Netflix June 2023

Pulp will play Glasgow in July.

Everything you need to know before going to see Pulp at TRNSMT

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First Minister Humza Yousaf

Deposit return scheme: "Real possibility" scheme will be scrapped this week

Ange Postecoglou could be set to leave Celtic for Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Ewan Bootman / SNS Group)

Ange Postecoglou 'agrees terms' with Spurs, John Kennedy's Celtic future

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had faced criticism over his promise to block new North Sea oil and gas exploration.

Oil and gas will be part of UK energy supply for 'many years', Starmer insists