US talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism while shopping for handbags during a recent visit to Switzerland.

Karen Black, who starred in cult films such as Easy Rider, Nashville and Five Easy Pieces, dies aged 74 after suffering from cancer.

Veteran Celtic rockers Runrig are preparing to hold a weekend party in the Highlands to mark the band's 40th anniversary next year.

An intergalactic theatre work in which the audience become inhabitants of New Earth will take "pride of place" at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Guitarist Gem Archer is still recovering from a head trauma forcing Beady Eye to bow out of festival.

A painting of a Caithness town by LS Lowry is expected to sell for up to £800,000 at an auction in London later this year.

A playwright is included in the longlist for the Dylan Thomas Prize for the first time.

Hugh Grant is joining Guy Ritchie's big screen adaptation of the 1960s TV show, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.