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VisitScotland launch world’s first Instagram travel agency – and a chance to win a holiday
The world’s first Instagram travel agency has been opened in London by VisitScotland. The #ScotSpirit Instagram Travel Agency lets visitors craft holidays to Scotland based entirely around other travellers’ Instagram pictures, combining social media with a high street experience. After launching on Wednesday, visitors can continue to visit until Saturday, October 21, and is free…
Read MoreIt will be all light on the night at spectacular Ayrshire event
An all-new audio visual light spectacular experience is coming to Kilmarnock this week. Visitors will be able to see Dean Castle Country Park as they have never seen it before at Illuminight, a spectacular, brand new autumn event. Set amongst the rivers, ponds and trees of the Country Park and the castle itself, Illuminight will…
Read MoreArt exhibition featuring over 400 works set to open in Ayr
One of Scotland’s most prolific charity art exhibitions with almost 400 artworks on sale starts next week. For its 24th year running, the Ayrshire Art Exhibition and Sale launches on October 22 for four weeks, exhibiting the works of both top professionals and talented amateurs on sale in aid of Save the Children. The event,…
Read MoreCoat of Arms is presented to the Royal Celtic Society – after 197 years in existence
The Royal Celtic Society ended a wait of 197 years this month when it was finally presented with its own Coat of Arms. The society was founded in Edinburgh in 1820 and has a mission to promote and protect the language, literature, arts and music of Scotland. Although it has been part of the Scottish…
Read MoreArt lovers encouraged to support Edinburgh exhibition to benefit hospice
St Columba’s Hospice is urging art lovers in and around Edinburgh to come along to its annual art exhibition. Running from October 20-22 at the Edinburgh Academy in Stockbridge, over 120 of Scotland’s most renowned artists and exciting emerging talents have signed up to take part in this year’s fundraising event. The eagerly awaited Art…
Read MoreSecond Chance Summer yields first-rate wines
After starring in a BBC Two documentary series, Rob Seddon has launched his own company, exporting Italian wines to the UK and Ireland, as Peter Ranscombe find outs. I’LL confess that I’m not a big fan of reality TV, but one show had me hooked this spring. BBC Two’s Second Chance Summer followed the adventures…
Read MoreLeading contemporary artist Andrew Hay’s work on show in Glasgow
Leading Scottish contemporary artist Andrew Hay is currently displaying three works inspired by his childhood visits to Glasgow’s East End cinemas in the 1940s and 1950s. Gallowgate Neon and Gallowgate Noir take pride of place in Dennistoun Library alongside a print of his cinema poster painting This Gun for Hire for members of the local…
Read MoreTop Scottish businessman backs bid to bring tartan weaving back to the Highlands
A leading Scottish businessman is backing a campaign to raise £500,000 to bring tartan weaving back to its home in the Scottish Highlands. Last week, Scottish Field revealed that Clare Campbell was ready to launch a Kickstarter campaign online, for a new enterprise on the Black Isle. The ‘Build the Mill’ crowd funding campaign is…
Read MoreVisitScotland welcomes massive rise in overseas visitors
Overseas visitors are playing a massive part in the Scottish economy, according to new figures from the UK Office of National Statistics. The quarterly International Passenger Survey (IPS) tourism statistics for April to June and the domestic tourism statistics derived from the Great Britain Tourism Survey shows the number of international visitors from January to…
Read MoreA new era is set to begin in classic Kirkintilloch building
A celebration of Kirkintilloch near Glasgow is to be held in the area’s newly-restored Town Hall. Major works have been completed at Kirkintilloch Town Hall, with an industrial heritage display and flexible exhibition and activity space now being created on the first floor of the town hall – celebrating the heritage of Kirkintilloch and its…
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