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Glasgow post-rock band Mogwai won the award last year

Scottish Album of the Year Award opens for entries with £20,000 prize
THE Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is returning for its eleventh year and is opening for submissions from artists and fans.

Glasgow has a rich rave culture that has developed over decades

REVIEW Jim Ottewill’s look into urban rave culture defies expectation

Martin Compston is in talks to team up with Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh on the new project

Martin Compston in talks to star as Irish republican leader in new drama

Robert Burns has a complicated legacy with historical accusations of sexual abuse

letters Burns’s nuanced legacy must be seen in context of its time

The Question Time audience member, right, refuted Fraser Nelson's arguments against a second Scottish independence referendum

'Scotland doesn't run on opinion polls': Scot hits back at Spectator editor on indyref2

The man criticised the Scottish Government's record on education and the NHS

Question Time audience member called out for being Tory activist

Red Hot Chili Peppers postpone gig 'due to illness'

Red Hot Chili Peppers call off Glasgow gig just hours before show time 'due to illness'

The award is sponsored by University of the West of Scotland honorary doctor Paolo Nutini

Four young musicians awarded Paolo Nutini scholarship for first time

World's largest chocolate factory with links to Cadbury and Nestle shuts due to salmonella. (PA)

Salmonella halts production at 'world's largest' chocolate factory

(Background) Tesco. ( Circle) Heinz Baked Beans. Credit: PA

Heinz Baked Beans, Ketchup and more missing from Tesco shelves in price dispute

Young filmmaker Alex Ribes Cook, from Edinburgh, received his award from actors Anson Boon, left, and Thaddea Graham

Young Scottish creators win major film awards in London

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong spotted in Glasgow

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong spotted at iconic Glasgow music venue

Flares were seen being used during the show

Investigation launched into use of banned pyrotechnics at Liam Gallagher gig

The book looks at the bravery of the Scots who joined Republicans in the fight against General Franco

book review New book honours Scots who fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief delivers unforgettable characters

REVIEW Revisiting wondrous world of Greek myths with a modern hero

Edinburgh-based musician Sean Focus produced his GRDN Sessions using a mobile phone during lockdown. The videos reached thousands of views within days Photograph: Gordon Terris

EXCLUSIVE The artist growing Scottish stars from his back garden

Sir Geoffrey Palmer is giving a free talk. Picture: Gordon Terris

Here's what you can get up to in Scotland this week

Stewart Lee is back

REVIEW Warning: Stewart Lee's new show contains scenes of ‘woke’ humour

Anne Brusatte and her husband Steve wrote Dugie The Dinosaur to teach children about Scotland’s own Jurassic past. Photograph: Gordon Terris

EXCLUSIVE Couple release first of its kind kids’ book on Scottish dinosaurs

Artwork by Deidre Nelson, part of the Woven in Govan exhibition

Nicola Sturgeon praises art exhibition on forgotten work of woman

The exhibition will explore the cultural and political resistance of Roma people to the oppressive conditions they have faced

Roma history and resistance celebrated at Scottish exhibition

Ian Rankin was among the Scottish authors to feature on the list

Ian Rankin and JK Rowling books have opening lines translated into Scots

The awkward video shows JK Rowling laughing at the prankster's jokes

JK Rowling duped by Russian pranksters in hoax Zelenskyy phonecall

Thousands are expected to take part in the Pride marches in Glasgow and Edinburgh this weekend

Things to do at Glasgow and Edinburgh Pride this weekend from ceilidhs to Lawrence Chaney

Banjo Beale will judge the upcoming series of Scotland's Home of the Year

Acclaimed interior designer from Mull to judge BBC series

Glasgow City Council bosses are hoping to host the singing contest next year

Glasgow in talks to host Eurovision next year, council leader reveals

Boris Johnson appeared at Glastonbury in 2000

Folk singer reveals what Boris Johnson was like at Glastonbury in 2000

The proposed privatisation of Channel 4 has proved controversial

Screen Scotland expresses 'major' concerns about Channel 4 privatisation

Aberdeenshire concert to raise funds for Ukrainian music students

Aberdeenshire concert to raise funds for Ukrainian music students

An art exhibition will take over Edinburgh's botanic garden

Art exhibition at botanic garden highlights Scotland-Palestine connections

Mike Ellen's Glasgow-based company Freedom Scripted won funding from Channel 4

Glasgow production company wins funding from Channel 4

Outlander crews spotted filming at Pollok Park in Glasgow

Outlander film crews spotted at Pollok Park in Glasgow - see pictures

From left to right: Jon Sopel, Lewis Goodall and Emily Maitlis

COMMENT Richard Murphy: This is the big problem with the BBC right now

Mary Ann Kennedy will present the documentary and also play Jessie Niven MacLachlan in the recreation

Forgotten Scots ‘Queen of Melody’s’ story revived in documentary

The film will explore the untold stories of David Livingstone's crew

New film to explore untold story of African crew members of Scottish explorer

Glasgow tops odds to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023 as Ukraine ruled out

Glasgow tops odds to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023 as Ukraine ruled out

Picture: Shona Thomson

Film night celebrates Scotland’s former coalmining communities

Rodge Glass, right, is keeping the work of painter and writer Alasdair Gray, left, alive

INTERVIEW Gray Studies: Meet the man keeping the spirit of Alasdair Gray alive

George Orwell's Animal Farm is being translated into Scots for the first time

George Orwell’s Animal Farm translated into Scots for first time

Detail from the cover of The Nicest Girl by Sophie Jo

REVIEW This is a book for people who don't think a book could be for them

Are Crocs going to be back in fashion again, ever?

comment Love Island proves that Crocs could break back into fashion again

Pitlochry Festival Theatre is showing Noel Coward’s Private Lives

Here's seven great things happening in Scotland the next seven days

Jacob Collier has won five Grammy awards

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier on 10 things that changed his life

George Galloway accused US senators of manufacturing ‘the mother of all smokescreens’

comment Stuart Cosgrove: Can all the glitz of streaming drama compare with politics?

'LOStheULTRAMAR is a piece worthy of closing any dance festival'

REVIEW Highland festival is a soaring celebration of dance

Spit It Out co-founder Bee Asha

Healing festival heads to Scotland's capital after Glasgow run

The Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Dinis Sousa (above) will close the festival

Ambitious festival programme to fill venues across East Lothian

From left: Freya Wilson playing Sylvia Pankhurst, Emma Thomson playing Caroline Phillips, and Imogen Watt playing the MC.

Award-winning playwright celebrates Scottish feminist in new musical

Owner of the Edinburgh Bookshop Marie Moser prepares for Independent Bookshop Week. Photo: Gordon Terris

SPECIAL REPORT Good books help bad days: Celebrating Independent Bookshop Week

John Byrne at work in his studio, and Hands Up (2006)

EXCLUSIVE Byrne again: Scotland celebrates work of one of its greatest living polymaths

Dr Hadi Mehrpouya has received £58,000 to undertake research into ‘gaming in times of surveillance capitalism'

Scottish academic digs into 'surveillance capitalism' in hugely popular video game

Nicola Sturgeon was one of many politicians across the UK to bid for the chance to host Eurovision 2023

UK Government attacks Nicola Sturgeon over bid to host Eurovision in Scotland

The Prime Minister believes Ukraine should be able to host the singing contest as long as it's safe to do so

Boris Johnson gives his thoughts on where next year's Eurovision should be held

Ann Craig of Angus Writers Circle reads from a collection of poems in The New Scriptorium at Arbroath Abbey

‘Stunning’ scriptorium opens at Arbroath Abbey to inspire Scots