The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
THE Lord of the Rings trilogy made Billy Boyd a worldwide star and he could have had his pick of Hollywood roles - but the Glaswegian is concentrating on his band's debut album instead.
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
My first visit to the film festival this year was with wife and son, to see the new dramatised documentary Stone of Destiny about the theft of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey by Scottish Nationalists in 1950. Starring Charlie Cox, Billy Boyd and Robert Carlyle, the film gives a somewhat rose-tinted (or tartan-tinted) view of a daring adventure which has been the subject of TV documentaries...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
STARS of The Stone of Destiny posed with Ian Hamilton, whose 1950 theft of the stone from Westminster Abbey inspired the new film.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
A host of stars turned out on the red carpet in Scotland's capital for the world premiere of Stone Of Destiny.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
THE SNP Government tried to stage the Scottish premiere of the new film Stone of Destiny in the Holyrood debating chamber, it emerged today.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Billy Boyd tells James Mottram why he’s delighted to be starring in Stone of Destiny – and no, it’s not just because he can walk to work.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
AT THE premiere of the annual Berlin Film Festival, screams of excitement can be heard round the block whenever the limos pull up. It's a sound you're unlikely to hear
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
AT THE premiere of the annual Berlin Film Festival, screams of excitement can be heard round the block whenever the limos pull up. It's a sound you're unlikely to hear
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
THE First Minister has made the astonishing claim that the Stone of Destiny is a medieval fake.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
A FILM about the famous attempt to steal the Stone of Scone is set to receive its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival later this month.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
MORE than 400 excited East Lothian schoolchildren packed the large barn at Skateraw, East Lothian, for a short concert to launch the CD of Misterstourworm and the Kelpie's Gift. Composed by Savourna Stevenson to a text by playwright Stuart PatersADVERTISEMENTon, this enchanting tale explores the heart of myth and legend as a young boy sets out to kill the terrifying monster, Misterstourworm, with the...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
AN EAST Lothian barn was the unlikely venue for a high-profile orchestral concert celebrating a great Scottish myth.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
SHE MAY be known as a cutting-edge clarsach player with eclectic interests, but these days harpist Savourna Stevenson is channelling her creative energies into orchestral comp
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Comedy on the 'repatriation' of stone will convert Scottish viewers to nationalism, claims one of the 1950 burglars
Martin Kelly (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Just yesterday, I wrote that Alex Salmond might have "rendered himself subject to accusations of frivolity, of attempting to court some cheap popularity by attaching himself to celebrities; of trying to create his own version of 'Cool Britannia' - 'Cooledonia', if you will." Tonight, the BBC has reported that , "The Scottish Funding council is to carry out a review of money for drama provision across...
