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10 forgotten Scottish movies that (mostly) deserve a second chance There is a celluloid land beyond Whisky Galore! and The Wicker Man, Trainspotting and Braveheart. What’s it like? A bit of a mess, but an interesting one at times. Read more 'We like a bad boy, don’t we?' Ian Rankin on the rebirth of a dark and gritty Rebus Rebus is back. Yet, this is not Rebus, the gruff, tough Edinburgh police detective as many of us know him from the pages of Sir Ian Rankin’s much-beloved crime novels or through the myriad TV, radio and stage adaptations over the years. The A-Z Of Orchestral Triangle Playing comes to Scotland This month he draws on his 30 years of experience to perform An A-Z Of Orchestral Triangle Playing, an irreverent and humorous account of life in one of the world’s top orchestras. Mick Doran appears at Perth Theatre, Perth on May 28 (8pm) as part of the Perth Festival, and Glasgow’s Webster’s Theatre on May 29 (8pm). Martin Freeman's Responder is a nerve-shredder but I wouldn't miss it for the world Martin Freeman is back serving the nation in The Responder (BBC1, Sunday). Whatever your everyday stresses and woes, rest assured that compared to Chris Carson, “the angriest copper alive”, you, fella, are living the dream. What does Chris *not* have to complain about? He is on constant night shift. Separated from his cheating wife, who might be taking his beloved daughter from Liverpool to that London, he’s skint, depressed, possibly in the middle of a full-blown breakdown, and now someone is threatening hMartin Freeman is back serving the nation in The Responder (BBC1, Sunday). Whatever your everyday stresses and woes, rest assured that compared to Chris Carson, “the angriest copper alive”, you, fella, are living the dream. Mark Smith: Sorry not sorry: why my new car won’t be electric The first: old age (much mourned). The second: sold off (needed the cash). The third: write-off at a roundabout (wasn’t looking). And the fourth: old age again. The fifth is now awaiting my mechanic sucking air through his teeth and telling me there's nothing we can do mate, which means I’m about to be on the market for a new car once more. And it’s a special kind of decision isn’t it? You’ve got to get it right. 'This cafe is a little out-there, a little wacky, yet totally family run. I loved it' In the beginning, of this meal anyway, there was the Bandari, hot Iranian sausage, wrapped tightly in good bread, slathered in onion, tomato paste and chilli, which we eat by way of a light warm up before the Zereshk Polo Ba Morgh arrives. And also before spoonfuls are extracted from a bowl of sour yoghurt and mixed into that Noodle Stew. Holyrood has its faults but Scotland should be proud of 25 years of devolution Yes, there have been party-political failures in Scotland, just as there have been in England. You could study the Conservatives’ long reign at Westminster and ask, what have they really done for the country, apart from taking us out of Europe?

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