Some Other Scotland - Ep29 - Artists

This Week:

• Sykes arrives at the scene of a battle.
• Razer and Baikbe walk the moor.
• Harald uses the keystone.

This week’s news story:

Arts group attacked by artists

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Artists attack bias in funding decisions
A group of Scottish musicians, artists and writers has written a strongly worded letter to the main funding body for the arts in Scotland, in which they raise concerns about the choices made when deciding on which groups will receive support. They claim that worthwhile artistic endeavours which would bring education and business into certain areas of the country are being overlooked in favour of projects that would appear to have little merit or in some cases would actually cause offence. Creative Scotland, the body at the centre of the complaints, has responded that the allegations will be fully investigated.

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Some Other Scotland - Ep28 - Artefacts

This Week:

• The Merk is on the move.
• Sykes finds a disturbing new link.
• Erica and Tania reach the Merk.

This week’s news story:

Supermarket building on Roman forts

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Roman fort under supermarket hides deeper secret
Recent excavations for a new supermarket in Camelon, near Falkirk, revealed a series of Roman forts believed to be a centre of commerce in Scotland from the first century AD. Many of the items dug up from the site have been put on public display in a temporary cabin beside the building site, but one item is causing some confusion amongst archeologists. A petrosphere, or stone ball, believed to date from the neolithic era, was found in what appears to be a kitchen area. Similar items have been found in various locations across Scotland in the past, but this is the first time one has been found in the middle of a Roman site.

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Some Other Scotland - Ep27 - Skeleton

This Week:

• Burnard makes some discoveries.
• Charles spots a face from his past.
• Arthar receives a distress call.

This week’s news story:

Violent deaths of Stirling skeletons

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Skeleton answers lead to new questions
A series of tests on a group of five skeletons found buried under the Royal Chapel at Stirling Castle have shown they were victims of violent deaths. Scientists reported a number of fractures, stab wounds and broken bones that would have proved fatal, but have been unable to explain the injuries inflicted on one of the male skeletons. One archaeologist stated “it was as though he had been sliced in two with an angle grinder, not a sword or an axe”.

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