Arts

He is the musical maestro who has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood – but credits his entire career as a film composer to his education in Lanarkshire.

Scots poet Liz Lochhead has said she is retiring from giving talks on Robert Burns after landing herself in trouble with fans of the Bard by calling him a “sex pest”.

It’s the long-running quiz show that has traditionally been dominated by students from Oxford and Cambridge.

Viewers are to get a glimpse of a ‘lost’ episode of Only Fools and Horses for the very first time.

Bruin the performing bear was well known on the streets of mid-19th Century Glasgow as the sidekick of travelling showman Antonio Dallori, who also went by the stage name of Aunty Dolly.

More than 40 subscription TV channels including Discovery and ITV Hub+ are now available to watch for Amazon Prime members as part of the new Channels service.

BBC Countryfile focuses on the Clyde Valley in this Sunday’s edition.

David Christie (80), a resident of Parksprings Care Home in Motherwell, started his love of trains 76 years ago and the age of 14 started travelling all over Europe recording trains and taking photos.

Across the UK, you will find spectacular scenery, quaint villages, dazzling architecture and bustling cities.

Millions of Brits could be descendants of Vikings - especially if their surname ends in ‘son’, according to experts.

Bothwell photographer Colin Prior is featured in a new documentary due to be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland this Monday.

Descendants of soldiers killed in the Battle of Arras – including 18,000 Scots – 
gathered at events in Scotland and France yesterday to mark its centenary.

Nearly 200 years ago Glasgow became the birthplace of the comic book and remains at the entre of the industry to this day.

A historic castle that became a Jacobite hiding place following the Battle of Culloden has gone on the market for less than £1m.

A routine search for heirs after a man died in Craigneuk care home leaving no will and no known next of kin led to an extraordinary family reunion.

Peter Capaldi has announced he is stepping down from the role of Doctor Who later this year, with the 58-year-old Glasgow-born star telling the BBC it was ‘time to move on’.

A club singer has revealed how she was talent spotted by director Danny Boyle to appear in the sequel to Trainspotting and ended up filming scenes in a Bellshill pub.

Veteran character actor John Hurt, star of movies including Alien and Harry Potter, has died at 77 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Stirling’s Wallace Monument is set to add its first female figurehead to its Hall of Heroes gallery within the famous landmark.