McManus, film and television actor (born 1935) 14 June – Denys Hay, historian (born 1915 in England) Rhoda Bulter, poet (born 1929) Arts and literature 9 May – release of Scottish group Wet Wet Wet's cover of the song Love Is All Around (1967), as featured in the recently released film Four Weddings and a Funeral. From 29 May it will spend 15 consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart, the longest spell ever attained by a British act. June – the old Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh reopens permanently as the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. 23 August – K Foundation enact K Foundation Burn a Million Quid on the Ardfin Estate on Jura. August – Theresa Breslin's young adult novel Whispers in the Graveyard is published. James Kelman's stream of consciousness novel How Late It Was, How Late, written in Glasgow patter, is published. Alternative rock band Snow Patrol is formed by students from Northern Ireland at the University of Dundee. See also 1994 in England 1994 in Northern Ireland 1994 in Wales References Scotland Years of the 20th century in Scotland 1990s in Scotland