61 h. ago Irvine's Scottish Maritime Museum announces children's workshops for upcoming school break

Museum will host free 'make and take' art drop-ins as well as a special children's drama workshop with author Maura McRobbie

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3 d. ago New research finds surge of music fandoms caused by craving for community among Gen Z

From Taylor Swift’s Swifties to Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters – fandoms are thriving

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7 d. ago A surge in interest in music has seen St Mary's school numbers return to pre

A surge of interest in learning a musical instrument has led to St Mary’s Music School seeing its roll return to pre-Covid levels.

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9 d. ago New headteacher of West Lothian’s newest secondary school confirmed

Sinclair Academy in Winchburgh was opened in 2023, and Anne-Marie Jess succeeds Dr Burns as the school’s second headteacher.

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9 d. ago Saga returns to profit thanks to cruise demand but financing costs weigh

Strong demand for cruises and holidays helped boost Saga return to a pre-tax profits in the first half after slumping to a major loss last year.

Economics

1 week ago UN security council fails to prevent ‘snapback’ nuclear sanctions on Iran

Iranian foreign ministry urges further diplomacy and says return to pre-2015 measures are unlawful and unfoundedThe UN security council failed to pass a resolution on Friday that would have prevented the reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme before the deadline for the “snapping back” of punitive measures.UN sanctions on Iran are set to be re-established at the end of the month unless the nine-member security council agrees to further extend sanctions relief. Friday’s resolution, put forth by South Korea, only received support from four countries – China, Russia, Pakistan and Algeria. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Elton John says he ‘startled’ doctor with request before kneecap surgery

Singing legend underwent a double knee replacement in 2024

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2 w. ago Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that cultureI was there. I kept the receipts. I remember how normalized the sexual exploitation of teenage girls and even tweens by adult men was, how it showed up in movies, in the tales of rock stars and “baby groupies”, in counterculture and mainstream culture, how normalized rape, exploitation, grooming, objectification, commodification was.The last Woody Allen movie I ever saw was Manhattan, in which he cast himself as more or less himself, a dweeb in his mid-40s, dating a high school student played by Mariel Hemingway. She was my age, 17, and I was only too familiar with creeps, and the movie creeped me out, even though it was only long afterward that I read that she said he was at the time pressuring her to get sexually involved with him in real life.Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunat...

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