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The actor has now returned the honour, citing the ‘toxicity of empire’

Surely Alan Cumming knew what his OBE meant when he accepted it?
A FEW years ago a female nurse and a female doctor, working in a war zone and facing the same risks, were rightly recognised for their bravery. They were both honoured with awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Tron funding cut raises wider fears about the health of Scotland's culture sector

Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood

REVIEW Roald Dahl's Matilda never gets old and now is a perfect time for it

There are calls for Scotland's tattoo industry to be more heavily regulated

EXCLUSIVE Fears over tattoo industry’s regulation as women denounce studios

Colin MacIntyre has a relationship with his roots that has helped to produce fantastic work

INTERVIEW 'I’ve never done this before': Colin MacIntyre talks Celtic Connections and his roots

An image from Bus Regulation: The Musical.

EXCLUSIVE Bus Regulation: The Musical makes a compelling case against privatisation

TRNSMT festival in Glasgow

EXCLUSIVE Slow progress in improving gender balance of our festivals

No playing around as one of Scotland’s finest writers shows hilarious precision in recalling days gone by

REVIEW One of Scotland’s finest writers shows hilarious precision recalling a bygone Dundee

Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan star in The Banshees of Inisherin

COMMENT Mike Small: We must turn lens on ourselves as Irish talent steals the show at Oscars

Alan Cumming handed back his OBE after conversations around the British Empire and the monarchy

'A legend': Alan Cumming wins praise for returning OBE

From left: Alan Cumming, Ian McDiarmid and Peter Capaldi all reportedly rejected an OBE

Here are the Scots who declined an OBE from the royal family

Alan Cumming suggested he didn't want to be associated with the 'toxic' British Empire

Alan Cumming returns OBE after 'opening eyes' on 'toxic' British Empire

Dani Hair is the sole focus of the first part of the Influx short film Scotland: Where beautiful scenery meets incredible motorbikes

Scottish scenery plays starring role in new film about mental health

Sitcom writer Phil Rosenthal visited Glasgow to promote the companion piece to his hit Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 'I love it': Somebody Feed Phil star on being in Scotland and eating smoked salmon

The wildly popular Succession is set to air its fourth season this March

New trailer for Succession season four drops as release date is revealed

Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi has been one of the country's most successful recent creative exports

Scotland's arts sector loses millions in funding due to Brexit, analysis finds

Deidre Brock reviews Penny Mordaunt's attempt at Scots

THE JOUKER SNP MP CRINGES at Tory's unbelievable Burns poetry attempt

Martin Compston described the incident in his Restless Natives podcast

'It lives with me': Martin Compston once threw a DART into his brother's head

Brian Cox is a vocal supporter of Scottish independence

The best of Brian Cox's views on Scottish independence

Radio 1's Big Weekend will return to Dundee this summer

Dundee to host this year's Radio 1 Big Weekend after 2020 cancellation

Peat & Diesel's music is to feature on Disney+

Peat & Diesel music set to reach global audience in new Disney series

Six Celtic players were in the audience on Tuesday night

'Nearly started a riot there': Watch as Celtic song played at Lewis Capaldi's gig

Sanjeev Mann has launched a petition to improve accessibility in music venues

COMMENT Meet the DJ trying to make nightlife accessible for disabled Scots

GFF directors Allan Hunter and Allison Gardner do their best Thelma and Louise impression as they announced the programme for this year's festival

FILM 'Something for everyone': Glasgow Film Festival announces programme for 2023

Among the nominees are three Scottish businesses

Three Scottish businesses shortlisted in the National Fish and Chip Awards

Pick up a Ballintaggart Burns Box with all the goodies you need to toast Scotland’s bard at home

BURNS NIGHT ROUND UP Some of the best Burns Night events across Scotland this January

Scots poet Robbie Burns in his cottage composing 'The Cotter's Saturday Night'

COMMENT Rabbie’s Bairns: Scottish champion of liberty has enthralled generations

Notes on Scottish Songs

Rabbie Burns's handwritten poetry found on his work stationery

James Macsween wants haggis to be on American dinner tables this time next year

EXCLUSIVE Haggis to hit America for first time after 50-year ban

Paul Mescal has picked up a nomination for his performance in Charlotte Wells's Aftersun

Critically acclaimed Scottish film picks up one Oscar nomination

Author of the Outlander series of books Diana Gabaldon

EXCLUSIVE Outlander author issues statement after historical inaccuracy row

Nevis Ensemble has been forced to close due to financial challenges

Scottish street orchestra forced to close due to 'severe funding challenges'

Background - an open book (Canva) Foreground - A portrait of Robert Burns (PA)

The modern Scottish poets rivalling Burns, from Carol Ann Duffy to Jackie Kay

Tom Nairn at home by Stewart Attwood

COMMENT SNP leadership should step up to ensure Tom Nairn's legacy is remembered

Duncan and Judy Murray are game for a laugh

Best of Scotland Duncan and Judy Murray are game for a laugh

Diana Gabaldon's claims about the usage of the

EXCLUSIVE Outlander author claims SNP put end to use of the term 'Scotch' in Scotland

Dolly Parton has helped Scots children get access to 25,000 free books

Country music legends helps get 25,000 free books to Scottish children

Muriel Spark was a novelist who wrote from experience, which may explain why so few of her novels are set in Scotland

LITERATURE The woman behind Miss Jean Brodie and why she didn't write more 'Scottish' books

Rocks are among the earliest of human instruments

ESSAY Classic rock: The Scottish stones that have been making music for centuries

Scottish Fire and Rescue workers on top of the Clutha, 2013

Glasgow Clutha helicopter tragedy survivor's story to be turned into film

In Scythe, all of the world’s knowledge is contained within The Thunderhead

REVIEW Scythe slices through what a utopia may look like

The book was Janet Malcolm’s last

Cutting and incisive: Memories from Janet Malcolm, one of the great émigré writers

Stockholm will be one of the destinations visited by Fred Olsen’s Balmoral cruise ship

The year in travel: Robin McKelvie's top picks for 2023

Nicole Cooper plays Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (an undoing)

Nicole Cooper: 10 things that changed my life

Panto prevails as audiences flock back to theatres despite pressures

Panto prevails as audiences flock back to theatres despite pressures

Scottish Artist Elizabeth Blackadder at her home in Edinburgh (Credit: Stewart Attwood)

REVIEW Glasgow Print Studio's Kelvingrove exhibition shows all its delicious variety

Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor is a headliner

Five of the best still to come at Celtic Connections

BBC Scotland headquarters in Glasgow

BBC Radio Scotland axing piping show is 'dereliction of duty', culture chief warns

Scottish poet and musician Ivor Cutler (1923 - 2006) pictured October 26, 1974. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The wonder and whimsy: Looking back on a century of Ivor Cutler

The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour's new president Angus McEwan will feature

Scottish art society prepares for exhibition under new president

The King’s Theatre closed at the end of August 2022 in preparation for redevelopment

Scottish theatre faces closure after being snubbed by UK levelling up fund

Celtic Connections is offering up the Grace Notes whisky

Limited-edition whisky unveiled to celebrate 30 years of Celtic Connections

The amount of BBC Radio Scotland’s factual, non-news programming is tiny – what does get made is shunted onto digital and podcast, and seems to be mostly about murdurr and fitba

COMMENT Pat Kane: Culture cuts at BBC Radio Scotland speak to a much deeper malaise

Credit is Jordan Curtis Hughes for all pictures.

'Scotland should be independent': The 1975 back Yes at Glasgow gig