Culture
Sailing stories on film at the Scottish Maritime Museum
The Scottish Maritime Museum launches a collection of short films reflecting on life around local shipyards in the last century. A new collection of personal stories reflecting on life lived around the shipyards and marine industries of Irvine and Garnock Valley during the last century is now screening at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine…
Read MoreGuest editor of Best Scottish Poems announced
The Scottish Poetry Library has announce that rising star Roseanne Watt is the guest editor of the SPL’s annual online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2019. Best Scottish Poems is an annual online anthology of the year’s best poems written by a Scottish poet or poet based in Scotland. Each year the anthology is edited by…
Read MoreNew Dan Miller art exhibition opens its doors at SWG3
Multi-discipline arts venue SWG3 will present a new series of paintings by Glasgow-based artist Dan Miller. A new exhibition displaying the paintings of Glasgow artist Dan Miller opens tomorrow (Friday 8 November). As part of the venue’s winter arts programme, the exhibition will run from November 8-30 and will feature entirely new work. Miller, who…
Read MoreScots being encouraged to #GetYerKiltOn
Scots are being encouraged to #GetYerKiltOn for St Andrews Day. Celebrities including cyclist Mark Beaumont are showing their support for the Fife Tourism Partnership initiative, as individuals and groups from across Scotland are being urged to don their kilt for St Andrews Day. Following the success of last year’s #GetYerKiltOn campaign, which was supported by…
Read MoreA celebration of Scottish artists across time
First ever exhibition dedicated to exploring the different ways that drawing in Scotland has shaped the work of some of the country’s most celebrated artists, designers and makers across time. The art of Scottish drawing is celebrated in Lines from Scotland a new exhibition featuring work by three generations of painters, sculptors, textile designers, musicians…
Read MoreThe joy of SIX is in its simplicity – an amazing musical
Sometimes in life, the best ideas are the most simple. For example, coming up with the idea of a new musical is difficult. In recent times, we’ve seen major films adapted for the stage, with added numbers. In other cases, musical films have been turned into productions for the West End and to go on…
Read MoreThousands join Aberdeen Art Gallery reopening celebrations
Aberdeen Art Gallery reopened to the public on Saturday as the ribbon was cut on the landmark redevelopment. Free tickets for the opening weekend were quickly snapped up when they were released in September and more than 5,500 eager art enthusiasts have booked places for the opening two days. Visitors flocked to the historic venue,…
Read MorePerthshire artist celebrates Britain’s landmarks
A self-taught artist originally from Perthshire will be unveiling a major exhibition of his oil paintings of the British landscape. Britain’s most stunning natural and historic landmarks have been captured by artist Francis Salvesen. As a Patron of the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland and a pioneer of green energy in the Scottish…
Read MoreMore than 7000 watched Samhuinn Fire Festival
Thousands gathered to watch winter triumph over summer last night at the immersive Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh’s city centre. A crowd of more than 7,000 climbed Calton Hill to see 250 volunteers re-imagine the Celtic New Year with a modern twist. Performers embellished the traditional holiday with fire spinning, drumming, acrobatics and interactive theatre,…
Read MoreMarking Burns Night and Chinese New Year
Unique Events and the Edinburgh Tourism Action Group will celebrate the city’s Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker and Chinese New Year Festivals in January 2020. A very special programme of events will celebrate the alignment of Burns Night and Chinese New Year, which will both fall on 25 January 2020 – a coincidence of timing that…
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