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5+ hour, 58+ min ago (12+ words) Meet the Scottish weaver keeping his craft and Gaelic alive'The National Scot...
Iconic BBC show returning to UK screens today after 21 years - how to watch
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (496+ words) An iconic children's show is returning to screens today with a new revival series after more than 20 years away. Balamory, which first aired in 2002 but was cancelled three years later, is making its grand return with some familiar faces returning…...
Scotland's funniest over-50s make stand-up debuts after fast-track comedy course
3+ week, 2+ day ago (260+ words) GLASGOW'S funniest over-50s lit up The Social Hub stage as part of the city's international comedy festival on Wednesday night after just four weeks of stand-up training. Ten budding comics made their live stand-up debut in The Old Ones Are…...
Amanda Dwyer wins top comedy award picked by Sir Billy Connolly
3+ week, 6+ day ago (609+ words) THE winner of this year's Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award has been announced as Amanda Dwyer. The comedian picked up the top prize at the closing gala of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) on Sunday, where attendees…...
Tommy Sheppard leaves Stand Comedy Club after co-founding venue 30 years ago
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (378+ words) TOMMY Sheppard has announced he will step down as chairperson of the famous comedy venue The Stand Comedy Club after more than 30 years in the role." The former SNP MP for Edinburgh East and co-founder of the club said his…...
Kate Hammer: Comedians have to know that one person's gross is another's normal
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1006+ words) THIS was the only time where my life was really a sitcom." That was me a few months ago, telling an anecdote on a podcast about embarrassing stories. I was reminiscing about a time I misjudged my Mooncup's capacity and…...
Edinburgh Fringe set for major funding boost ahead of 80th anniversary
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (583+ words) THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been given a major funding boost by the Scottish Government ahead of its 80th anniversary in 2027. The Fringe Society, the organisation behind the festival, will receive "500, 000 to support various projects, including the creation of a new…...
Comedian Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the 10 things that changed his life
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (2016+ words) COMEDIAN Christopher Macarthur-Boyd speaks with Alasdair Ferguson about the 10 things that changed his life. I can remember being a wee boy and watching Billy Connolly on TV, and I think it's kind of like pissy for a Scottish comedian to…...
Only Fools and Horses star teases new TV programme with former co-star
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (497+ words) Only Fools and Horses star Gwyneth Strong has teased a new TV programme featuring one of her co-stars from the show. The hit UK series, which follows'the Trotter brothers'as they try a number of questionable get-rich-quick schemes to become millionaires,…...
Penny Mordaunt visibly fuming after comedian's brutal takedown on Channel 4 show
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (303+ words) IRISH comedian Vittorio Angelone sparked laughter after his brutal takedown of former Tory minister Penny Mordaunt during an episode of The Last Leg. Speaking on the Channel 4 comedy panel show, Mordaunt was discussing her role as an ambassador for the…...