Culture
A celebration of Scottish artist James Morrison
A new documentary looking at the work of Scots artist James Morrison is being shown on television this week. Eye of the Storm is a beautiful, inventive and poignant portrait of an artist, who in his latter years faced, for what for him would be, the cruellest frailty of age as his eyesight faded. Widely…
Read MoreScottish museums ready themselves for reopening
Three major Scottish museums are set to reopen at the end of April with the easing of Covid lockdown measures. The National Museum of Scotland, the National Museum of Flight and the National Museum of Rural Life will all reopen to visitors from 26 April. The National War Museum, which is located inside Edinburgh Castle,…
Read MoreNTS announces re-opening of some properties
The National Trust for Scotland has confirmed that most of its countryside, estates and gardens will be open for local visitors from 2 April, in line with the easing of lockdown rules. Many outdoor locations have been accessible for exercise all through the winter, including Culzean, Newhailes, Brodie and Crathes, as well as mountain and…
Read MoreScottish Field unveils its new podcast series
Scottish Field this week launches its own brand new podcast series. For the uninitiated, a podcast is an spoken word audio file which can be streamed or downloaded from the internet, which a user can put on a personal device of their choice for easy listening. In the first episode, web editor Kenny Smith and…
Read MoreA festival of performance from the Conservatoire
It’s bold, brave and it’s back … four days of contemporary performance from some of the most exciting new artists in Scotland. Into the New returns to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) from March 25 with a powerful line-up of creative and thought-provoking live art, films and performances. Graduating students of the Contemporary Performance…
Read MoreCulloden’s 275th commemoration moves online
The National Trust for Scotland has shared its plans to reveal some of the latest historical and archaeological research to mark the 275th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden at a series of online events on Saturday, 17 April. Working with historians, archaeologists and local partners the Gaelic Society of Inverness and XPO North, the…
Read MoreRay Harryhausen exhibition reopens National Galleries of Scotland
The phased reopening of the National Galleries of Scotland will begin next month. And it will start with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) and its exhibition Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema. Measures to ensure the health and safety of visitors and employees will be in place, including one-way routes around each…
Read MoreBoswell Book Festival goes global in 2021
The world’s only book festival dedicated to biography and memoir goes global with its first virtual edition 10-16 June 2021. A new website will allow audiences to register for events as they are announced. The festival is normally held each year at Dumfries House in Ayrshire, but has had to move online because of the…
Read MoreYORStory Storytelling Festival runs this weekend
A number of Scots are playing their part in this weekend’s YORStory Storytelling Festival. To coincide with World Storytelling Day on March 20, and with the theme of Plain English, the YORStory festival brings together over 40 speakers and hosts from the worlds of culture, journalism and business for online panel events and workshops all…
Read MoreFive reasons why Sir Walter Scott still matters today
This year marks 250 years since the birth of Sir Walter Scott. Born in Edinburgh in 1771, Sir Walter Scott is regarded as one of the most influential Scots in history. As a child he was sent to the countryside to help him recover from a bout of polio, and it was during his time…
Read More