Posts by Peter Ranscombe
REVIEW: Ralph & Finns, Glasgow
Peter Ranscombe enjoys chef Kevin O’Neill’s Scottish dishes at Ralph & Finns in Glasgow. WITH its soaring sandstone buildings and its baffling grid-iron street layout, Glasgow city centre is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find that most rural of delicacies – venison. Yet, amid the honking of the bus horns and the wailing…
Read MorePalace of Holyroodhouse reopens to visitors
THE Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch’s official residence in Edinburgh, will reopen tomorrow following the death of the Queen. The Queen’s Gallery, which sits next to the palace, is also welcoming back visitors tomorrow. A special display at the palace marking the late Queen’s platinum jubilee will not reopen. Similar exhibitions at Buckingham Palace and…
Read MoreScottish beaver strategy unveiled
LANDOWNERS and conservationists have today unveiled a joint beaver strategy. More than 50 organisations contributed to Scotland’s Beaver Strategy 2022-2045, with a Scottish Beaver Advisory Group being created to deliver the strategy. Bodies that took part in the development of the plan ranged from the National Farmers’ Union of Scotland and trade body Scottish Land…
Read MoreBook Festival sends ‘Outriders’ on their way
FOUR Scottish writers are teaming up with a quartet of their European contemporaries for Edinburgh International Book Festival’s third “Outriders” project. The programme was launched in 2017, with Scottish writers pairing up with international peers to travel through the Americas and Africa. The writers share stories from their trips at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.…
Read MoreMoomins land on Tiree tomorrow for Sea Change Film Festival
THE island of Tiree will welcome back the Sea Change Film Festival tomorrow to celebrate female filmmakers – and the Moomins. The festival begins with a two-day development lab at which experienced filmmakers will inspire participants. Confirmed speakers include: Melanie Iredale from Birds Eye Films; Milia Mokkola from Finland’s Midnight Sun Film Festival; Catharine Des…
Read MoreGlasgow Cathedral Festival tunes up for launch
GLASGOW Cathedral Festival returns to the Dear Green Place’s oldest building on 29 September for its sixth season. The festival, which runs until 2 October, includes daytime, evening, and late night events. Its free, unticketed lunchtime performances are also making a comeback following the pandemic lockdowns, with Glasgow-based trio Flytt kicking off the festival in…
Read MoreScottish Opera goes back to the 70s for autumn tour
SINGERS from Scottish Opera are preparing to step back in time to the 1970s for their autumn tour, which starts on Thursday. Four performers from the company will visit 17 venues throughout Scotland. This autumn’s tour is part of the 60th anniversary celebrations for Scottish Opera, which has pledged to visit more than 60 communities…
Read MoreQueen’s funeral to be shown in Holyrood Park today
THE Queen’s funeral will be shown live today on a giant screen in Holyrood Park, next to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey in London and is due to begin at 11am. Robert Aldridge, Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh, will represent Scotland’s capital city at…
Read MoreWigtown Book Festival inspires Irish book town
IRELAND could soon get its first “book town” thanks to inspiration from Wigtown Book Festival. Granard in County Longford aims to raise ÂŁ20,000 for its inaugural literary festival. Wigtown has been hailed as the “perfect model for arts-based economic regeneration”. The Galloway community became “Scotland’s National Book Town” in 1998. Its ten-day Wigtown Book Festival…
Read MoreWorld’s smallest martini bar joins Glasgow Cocktail Week
THE world’s smallest martini bar is rolling into the Dear Green Place to mark the start of Glasgow Cocktail Week. Hidden inside a former boulangerie van, the bar can only seat two people. Dubbed “The Grey Goose Camionnette”, the van has already toured Europe this summer and will make its Glasgow debut when the city’s…
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