Culture
Find out about Perthshire Open Studios in our podcast
This week’s Scottish Field podcast is now available, with Glenys Andrews, president of Perthshire Open Studios, as our guest. Podcast host Kenny Smith reminds you that you’ve got one week left to buy our September edition, still available for £4.75, celebrating the south of Scotland, including the man who ‘invented’ Scotland, Sir Walter Scott. Our…
Read MoreTickets still available for Royal Scots Club Literary Lunches
Scots crime writers Ian Rankin, Lin Anderson and Lesley Kelly are the special guests of the Royal Scots Club, at their new series of themed Literary Lunches. The first event is themed Scottish Crime, and will take place later this month, on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 September. Ian Rankin is best known as the…
Read MoreInception art show launches at Dalkeith Palace
Dalkeith Palace is hosting Inception, a new art sales exhibition launching this month, to showcase the work of handpicked British artists. In a world adapting to Covid-19, Inception has been created to allow artists, who have endured extremely tough times over these past 20 months, to collaboratively present their collections to the public. Artists’ collections…
Read MoreEdinburgh Cathedral exhibits The Last Supper in busts
A collection of life sized busts of Jesus and the apostles, made from fragments of crockery, is on display on the High Altar of Edinburgh’s Episcopalian cathedral. The sculptural interpretation of Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper is the work of Silvy Weatherall, a multi-disciplinary artist from Irongray in Dumfries and Galloway, who is fascinated…
Read MoreScots star Alan Cumming honoured with doctorate
He’s the global actor, author and activist with an eclectic and electrifying career. Alan Cumming, the Scots-born superstar of stage and screen – and much more in between – returned to his drama school roots today (Monday, August 30) to receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Aberfeldy-born Alan, an alumnus of…
Read MoreBeautiful music in beautiful places at Lammermuir Festival
This year’s Lammermuir Festival returns to live performance with 14 days of 37 concerts at eight venues across East Lothian. The festival runs from September 7–20 and opens with four song recitals presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3 featuring Robert Murray and Alisdair Hogarth, James Atkinson and Sholto Kynoch, Catriona Morison and Malcolm Martineau,…
Read MoreScottish Field podcast returns with Joyce Falconer
It’s back – the Scottish Field podcast has returned after a short summer break. In our 18th edition, Scottish Field chief sub Rosie Morton and web editor Kenny Smith discuss the September issue of the magazine, which is currently on sale. This edition looks at the south of the nation, and highlights its famous sights…
Read MoreArtists’ names revealed for Perthshire Open Studios
The organisers of Perthshire Open Studios have revealed the 200 artists and makers taking part in this year’s nine-day event. They include everyone from painters and photographers through to jewellers, furniture makers, ceramicists and many more. Visitors will be able to meet them and see their work in 140 different locations across every part of…
Read MoreNominations hunt for Scots lifetime achievement
The Saltire Society, organisers of Scotland’s National Book Awards, today called for nominations for the 2021 Saltire Society Scottish Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is for individuals who have made and are making a lasting impact and are imbedded in the literary culture of Scotland. Nominees must be either born in Scotland, currently living…
Read MoreRead our latest reviews from the Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh’s festivals are back with a bang in 2021, having been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020. As ever, Scottish Field is out and about at various shows, and here we have collected our various reviews from shows in 2021. Madhouse Afterparty Love in the Time of Lockdown Looks Like We Made It…
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