Brian Ferguson Journalist
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  • National World

Brian is an experienced arts journalist who writes news stories, features and opinion columns for The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News.

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The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News

Focus Areas

  • Arts

1590 Articles
4 months ago
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Celtic Connections: How the 30-year-old music festival transformed popularity of traditional music

Around 1200 musicians to perform in more than 300 concerts

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4 months ago
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Celtic Connections: Sold out Barrowland gigs show how far festival has come

Bands are capitalising on their popularity by staging their own events

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4 months ago
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Malt whisky brand to bankroll Edinburgh's new summer festival curtain-raiser

The Macallan will help create new open event

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4 months ago
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V&A Dundee to stage just one major exhibition a year under new cost-cutting measures

Museum cites ‘volatile operating environment’ for rethink

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4 months ago
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Unseen work by influential director Bill Douglas to get first cinema screening in Scotland half a...

Restored short films, originally shot by Bill Douglas, to be shown at the Glasgow Film Festival

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4 months ago
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Alan Cumming reveals plans to play Succession star Brian Cox’s on-screen brother in Scottish High...

Glenrothan starting Alan Cumming and Brian Cox is expected to be filmed later this year

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4 months ago
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Tourist tax Scotland: Heritage campaigners protest over plans to use Edinburgh tourist tax for ev...

Edinburgh has been accused of ‘chronic under-management’ as tourist tax plans loom

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4 months ago
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Alasdair Gray's last literary archive joins 'Poor Things' manuscript in National Library of Scotl...

Final tranche of papers acquired by National Library from the late Alasdair Gray

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4 months ago
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Creative Scotland warns of risk of widespread ‘collapse’ without ‘further and faster’ action on f...

Arts body admits it is already making ‘very unpalatable decisions’

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4 months ago
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Glasgow’s gold-standard festivals should be treated as seriously as Edinburgh’s cultural feast

Glasgow’s celebrations of music, film and comedy are about to unfold

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4 months ago
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Scottish Government accused of letting Fringe ‘fall through the cracks’ and diminishing Edinburgh...

Festival chiefs say not enough is being done to reverse ‘sustained disinvestment’ and ‘historic underfunding’

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4 months ago
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Booming Scottish comedy scene set for biggest ever celebration in Glasgow as festival celebrates ...

Zara Gladman, Mark Nelson, Elaine C Smith, Frankie Boyle, Craig Hill and Susie McCabe to appear

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