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📚 A reminder of my exclusive on Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to write a “chunky new chapter” of her memoir for a new edition of Frankly due to be published within the next few months. 📚
heraldscotland.com/news/25858507.… @heraldscotland
Brian Ferguson
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Brian Ferguson
@brianjaffa
Scottish arts and culture journalist.
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year - 2026 Scottish Press Awards.
Any views expressed are mine alone.
- Best picture yet of last night's amazing lightning storm in #Edinburgh from @MrKitCarruthers pic.x.com/0hdkDGBpUI
- Just announced: Outlander star @SamHeughan reveals plans to fund new scholarships at his old drama school over the next decade to help unearth a new generation of stage and screen talents. scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @TheScotsman @scotsman_arts @Outlander_STARZ @Writer_DG @RCStweets
- Exclusive: #Outlander star @samheughan reveals he has been in talks about a return to the stage - and says he is seeking "a real acting challenge" in future. scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @NicolaMRoy #culturalcoven @TheScotsman @scotsman_arts @Outlander_STARZ
- Outlander star @SamHeughan certainly looks like he has met his match in his new movie - playing a suspended SAS solider taking on terrorists who hijack the Eurostar. scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @TheScotsman @scotsman_arts #SASRedNotice
- JUST ANNOUNCED: Former gasworks site on Dundee waterfront set to become home to Scotland’s Eden Project. scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @TheScotsman @EdenProject @DundeeCouncil @dundeeuni
- 🎥 Outlander, Avengers: Infinity War & Grand Theft Auto have been cited in new research which says the Scottish screen sector is now worth more than £250 million for the economy & is supporting 4500 jobs. 🎥 scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @TheScotsman @scotsman_arts @screenscots @BFI
- I realise this is drifting into the realms of fantasy but imagine an alternative reality in where adequate public transport is available after major cultural & sporting events in Scotland. How difficult can it be? We seem to be stuck in the dark ages.Going to see @ArcticMonkeys at Bellahouston Park on Sunday? Please be aware that there will be no Subway services after 6pm and the system will not be operating when the concert finishes. #GlasgowSubway
- This was the sight that greeted me on the way to Waverley Station in #Edinburgh this morning. It may well be the first impression people get of Scotland’s capital city. Appalling. @edinburgh @scotland @Edinburgh_CC @adamrmcvey @LordProvostEdin @edinhelp @edinburghwh @thecockburn
- ⛰ Exclusive: Musicians have taken to some of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes to create a spectacular virtual version of an island festival. ⛰ scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @TheScotsman @SkyeLiveFest @scotsman_arts @EventScotNews @culturescotgov @VisitScotNews
- BREAKING: A former nuclear bunker in a remote corner of the north-west Highlands has been named UK “Museum of the Year” a year after being transformed into a showcase for local culture & heritage: scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @TheScotsman @scotsman_arts @Scot_Heritage #museumoftheyear
- Just in: Sam Heughan’s former youth theatre company is hunting for new young stars for a show honouring the trailblazing campaign to allow women to go to university in the city: scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @lyceumtheatre @TheScotsman @EdinburghUni @SamHeughan #sevenagainstedinburgh
- Replying to @brianjaffaA decade ago Scotland did not have a major film and TV studio - now it is on the cusp of having three. Read all about the impact of #Outlander & the new facilities set to host major productions in Edinburgh & Glasgow: scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-…
- New on @TheScotsman site: Actor @SamHeughan issues “call to action” to young Scots on the climate emergency & joins forces with the @traversetheatre on a project which will see their voices take centre stage during the Fringe. scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… @edfringe @scotsman_arts
