Posts by Scottish Field
The search for the house of the soldier turned Quaker Lt. Colonel William OsburneÂ
Fiona Fleming explores the history of Quakers in Scotland and the life of Lt. Colonel William Osburne. Beside a quiet back road on the outskirts of Kirkintilloch lies an overgrown plot of ground enclosed within a drystane dyke, marked out on approach by a small group of trees.  Long grass and brambles abound, a…
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Read MoreReview: Scottish Opera, The Strauss Collection
Lisa Simonis is transported back in time to a romantic past at Edinburgh’s historic Usher Hall for the latest performance from Scottish Opera. Scottish Opera’s The Strauss Collection presented a repertoire of extracts from Richard Strauss’s operas with libretti by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The stellar programme included pieces from three operas: Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne…
Read MoreGirls on Hills: ‘Solo female travel and adventure tourism is growing in Scotland’
For International Women’s Day, Girls on Hills talk to us about how solo female travel and adventure tourism is growing in Scotland, reflecting female empowerment trends. As 2025 gets underway, the adventure travel landscape in Scotland is undergoing significant transformation, and it’s one that mirrors global trends and has women at the helm. Solo…
Read MoreHamish Martin: ‘Nettle is fundamental to these lands’
This month gardening columnist Hamish Martin explains why nettle is so important to these lands. There is a visible excitement within me when the first nettles start to appear as they always fill my heart with joy, usually indicating that we have definitely arrived in Spring and that I can start to feed my body with the…
Read More100 years forgotten: The mystery of Scottish sailors’ bottled message in Australia
Down under in Australia, The Moruya and District Historical Society publishes a weekly column looking back on life 100 years ago. The gems they find in the Moruya Examiner are varied in their interest, as the news cycle ebbed and flowed in the past just like it does today. But every so often, a diamond…
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