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For many people, it's the ultimate property dream - owning a Scottish castle. But behind the romantic fantasy of living in a fairytale home, there is often the harsh economic reality that castles have to earn their keep. With a unique set of costly problems - from leaky turrets and damp stone walls to erratic plumbing and wonky doorways - owners of some of the country's finest castles have revealed the imaginative ways in which they make their properties pay. While the most popular commercial venture is offering B&B - bed and battlements - to paying guests, the alternatives are as varied as the fortresses themselves. Dramatic architecture makes an ideal location for film makers and TV crews, or a thrilling backdrop to a murder mystery weekend, while the romance of castles makes them a perfect fit for grand weddings and hedonistic parties.

An acting legend looked unrecognisable as he got into character while filming in Dublin on Tuesday. The actor's appearance was dramatically transformed as he sported thick grey hair and a bushy beard for the outdoor scene. Filming on North Great George's Street in the Irish capital, the star also wore a dark navy coat with matching trousers and black shoes.

Jackie Bird, a cheerful and familiar face on Scots' television screens for years, was a recurring fixture on Scots' television screens. And yesterday, the broadcaster was back in the spotlight, this time at Tartan Week in New York. Ms Bird travelled to the Big Apple in her capacity as president of the National Trust for Scotland, and she expressed her elation at being able to attend her first Tartan Week among the ritziness of the annual Tartan Day parade. It's amazing, the atmosphere is incredible, and the New Yorkers are raving about it,' she said. Many people have a strong link to Scotland, and there is a strong sense of family cohesion.' The ex-BBC presenter sported a tartan kilt created by Graeme Bone of Auchinleck, Ayrshire, joined by Scottish actor Dougray Scott, this year's grand marshal.

The recruiting notice's wording left little to the imagination. According to it, six performers wanted to participate in'simulated' sex, as well as 'hardcore' performances for a 45-minute video installation. Aspiration, disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent performers, applicants must be over the age of 18 and those with prior sex work, particularly in porn contexts.' The commercial asked for three of the six actors to have 'explicit' sex scene, with eyebrow-raising candor, while the majority of the actors were supposed to'snog' or take part in 'vanilla' sex.

Footballers are often accused of playing-acting on the field. Now it has been revealed that the first international women's football team was made up of actresses and dancers plucked out of Edinburgh theatres - as well as those who wore heels on the pitch.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: When computer programrs warn of Artificial Intelligence as a threat to humanity, killer drones are exactly the kind of thing they are worried about.

Historian Lady Antonia Fraser (pictured, right) has called on the King (pictured, left) to do something which the late Queen would never countenance - sanction DNA testing of the bones in Westminster Abbey which may or may not be those of 'the Princes in the Tower'

Drew Barrymore, the show's producer-host, hosted a special 25th anniversary reunion for her film Ever After on Tuesday alongside three original cast members. Jenny Beavan's 16th century costumes were recreated for the nostalgic segment by the 48-year-old former child actor's team.

PATRICK MARMION: Edward Albee's notorious marital slugfest was a long-buried mystery to me. Every performance of his 1962 drama about a middle-aged couple serving each other seven servings of hell seems to be a theatrical task force: an archaeological expedition attempting to solve the mystery's enigma. Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora in Downton) and Dougray Scott, the Scottish actor known as Ray Lennox in Irvine Welsh's ITV series Crime, now has the mission in Bath. Martha McGovern plays Martha, the dipso daughter of a wealthy university president. Scott plays her defeated, no less boozy history professor husband. They lured a young, not yet jaundiced couple to participate in their bizarre mind games, in which they taunt and mock each other.