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A FORMER pub in Renton used to shoot scenes for the remake of the classic film 'Whisky Galore' has been put up for auction. The Central Bar in Main Street was the setting for some scenes in the 2016 version of Compton Mackenzie's 1947 novel, starring Gregor Fisher and Eddie Izzard. Central Bar is now up for grabs A fixture in the centre of the village since the 1890s, the Central Bar has been a well-loved watering hole for many locals since then. But after the coronavirus pandemic devastated the hospitality industry, with most pubs completely closed – or open only on a very rest...

An award-winning Downton Abbey producer with terminal cancer has been spared jail for undoing his trousers to perform a sex act behind a woman after she repeatedly refused his sexual advances, a court heard. Chris Croucher, 39, made a series of sleazy advances on the woman during a Christmas party around Soho on December 18 2019. Fueled by alcohol and cocaine, 'sex pest' Croucher tried to kiss her and repeatedly requested a 'foursome', Southwark Crown Court heard. The screenwriter, who has worked on movies with Hollywood A-listers Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kirsten Dunst, appeare...

© StudioCanal/Shutterstock Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up It is one of the most cherished films in the cinematic canon. But would it have enjoyed such success if the studio bosses had stuck to their original title of Golden Treasure or Liquid Treasure? You might have an inkling of the movie in question from its French nomenclature: Whisky-A-Go-Go. But, after it was released to initially modest reviews alongside Kind Hearts ...

Had your fill of Dry January? Even Veganuary? Then might I suggest Burns Night as a celebratory opportunity to see off both. Today is the day that Scots, the Scottish diaspora and an arguably more niche cohort who just love sheep’s guts dishes celebrate the birth of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns. My husband and I tick all three of the above boxes. After a dry ten days or so of January, we will savour a wee dram alongside our haggis, neeps and tatties. Whisky can be dangerous stuff, but in Compton Mackenzie’s Hebridean wartime caper, Whisky Galore, it really is uisge beatha, Sco...

DiGiCo S21 delivers flexible broadcast solution Wednesday, 13 January 2021 Robert Edwards’ ‘home studio’ UK - Sound BAFTA Winner Robert Edwards is one of the UK’s leading television sound supervisor/directors and an elected Fellow of the Institute of Professional Sound. This accolade is the result of 45 years of work and a credit list of productions that includes opening and closing ceremonies for the Summer and Winter Olympics, and TV shows such as X Factor, The Masked Singer, The Wheel, Celebrity Juice It was this last’s production during lockdown that saw him head into wha...