Culture
£4.5m Perth Creative Exchange officially opens
Perth Creative Exchange, a £4.5 million creative hub which will help boost the Perthshire arts economy, was officially opened this week. The Provost of Perth and Kinross, Dennis Melloy, unveiled a plaque to commemorate the success of this partnership regeneration project by Wasps Artists’ Studios and Perth and Kinross Council, in transforming an empty school…
Read MoreKirkcudbright to host a showcase art weekend
Artists and environmentalists are to join forces to boost Kirkcudbright’s profile. Kirkcudbright Artists’ Town – Past and Present will run from Friday 20 – Sunday 22 March, to give a unique insight into the lives and works of some of the artists who have made this picturesque town their home, past and present. The venture,…
Read MoreScots design team create new Kuwait national museum
A Scottish design agency has played a pivotal role in the creation of the new national museum in Kuwait. Edinburgh-based Studio MB has spent five years helping transform the former Al Salam Palace into a new, immersive national museum and visitor experience. The newly opened Al Salam Palace Museum tells the 300-year plus history of…
Read MoreEvents for youngsters at StAnza poetry festival
Mermaids and messages in bottles are on the programme for young poetry fans at this year’s StAnza Festival. StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is serving up a treat to young poetry fans with this year’s dedicated children’s programme. StAnza has always featured events for younger audiences from readings by children’s authors to staged performances and…
Read MoreRecipient of Next Chapter Award 2020 revealed
A poet from Orkney has been announced as the recipient of Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award 2020. Olive M Ritch now lives and works in Aberdeen and her poetry has been published in literary magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Review, The Guardian, Gutter, New Writing Scotland, and In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights…
Read MorePrestigious honour for Aberdeen’s new event complex
The Event Complex Aberdeen has been given a prestigious accolade at a national awards event which recognises excellence in commercial and public property. The complex, which is largest investment in an events venue in Britain and provides world class facilities, was awarded Development of the Year (Commercial) at the seventh annual Scottish Property Awards. Aberdeen City…
Read MoreFerry Tales coming to three major Scots ferry routes
There’s bound to be drama on the seas of Scotland, onboard a number of Scottish ferries. Ferry Tales, presented by the National Theatre of Scotland, with the support of Caledonian MacBrayne and their ferries, celebrates the waters surrounding Scotland’s western isles and the voyages over them made by thousands of locals, workers and visitors each…
Read MoreCelebrate Scotland’s female artists at new exhibition
A new exhibition that showcases a range of extraordinary work by women artists working in Scotland throughout the 20th century has opened at Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery. Ladies First: A Celebration of Women Artists brings together work by an array of well-known artists including Elizabeth Blackadder, Anne Redpath and Joan Eardley, alongside paintings by…
Read MoreThe business that’s stuck with traditional types
Victorian methods make for a unique selling point at a Borders printing press. While keeping apace with the latest in technological advances is vital to the success of many businesses today, a Borders printer is continuing to prosper using machinery which dates back to the late 1800s. One hundred and fifty years after Smail’s Printers…
Read MoreMeet the Scots musical trio with Blondes ambition
Les Trois Blondes is the only band in Scotland tapping into the Scottish French connection and playing Bal Musette, the accordion music of Parisian cafés. They say that music is the food of love and Les Trois Blondes have proved this old adage to be true. The trio played their first gig on St Valentine’s…
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