Culture
Experience Christmas like Royalty this year
This December, visitors to the Palace of Holyroodhouse will see the State Apartments transformed with shimmering Christmas trees, twinkling lights and a range of activities to celebrate the festive season. Christmas at the Palace of Holyroodhouse will run from 6 December until 6 January 2020. The festive decorations at the Palace of Holyroodhouse will include…
Read MoreNot long left to see Grayson Perry exhibition
Time’s running out to see the most successful ticketed exhibition ever at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh – Julie Cope’s Grand Tour: The Story of a Life by Grayson Perry. The Essex native and self-styled unapologetic fetishist’s first-ever major solo exhibition in Scotland has drawn record crowds to Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh. Through incredible large-scale tapestries and an audio…
Read MoreThe forgotten tunnel that crosses the River Forth
With three famous bridges now crossing the Forth of the Forth, a forgotten passage that once connected the Lothians and Fife lies dormant and flooded 2,000 feet below the estuary. A remarkable feat of engineering, the 15ft by 10ft winding tunnel was ground out of rock in the early 1960s by miners working against the…
Read MoreSwedish scientists laser scan Pictish stones in Scotland
A team of Swedish scientists has been visiting Scotland this week to carry out a pioneering new laser scanning technique on carved stones from Orkney and Shetland. Developed to analyse runestones in Sweden, this is first time the technique has been carried out in Scotland. The pilot project, led by National Museums Scotland and the…
Read MoreScotland’s famous bridges inspire unique table
V&A Dundee has worked with Scott Jarvie, a Glasgow-based designer, to create a bespoke boardroom table inspired by Scottish engineering heritage. The Suspension Table was designed to reference bridge engineering across Scotland, including world-famous bridges such as the suspended Forth Road Bridge and the contemporary cable-stayed Queensferry Crossing. The commission is part of V&A Dundee’s…
Read MoreScotland’s rugged landscape captured in music
Elemental is a concert evoking the elements of Scotland’s landscape, from its rocks, sea and air to the changes and processes that have shaped its land and its people. The concert centres around Aidan O’Rourke and Kit Downes’ There is no beginning, written for harmonium, piano, fiddle and string orchestra and commissioned by Scottish Ensemble…
Read MoreEdinburgh announces its biggest Diwali yet
Organisers of Edinburgh Diwali have announced the most culturally diverse programme of performers and events in its five-year history. The South Asian festival of Diwali, which is celebrated by different cultures and religions all over the world, comes to Edinburgh with a multi-cultural feast of light, music, dance and food. On Wednesday 23 October a…
Read MoreSilents is golden at this weekend’s cinema HippFest
Scotland’s oldest cinema is turning back te clock this weekend, to hold its third Taste of Silents season. The Hippodrome in Bo’ness – where HippFest (The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival) takes place each year. A Taste of Silents aims to introduce new audiences to the rich and immersive world of silent film with live music,…
Read MoreWatch two Scots castles resurrected before your eyes
Two ruined Scottish castles have been brought back to life, thanks to some ingenious computer experts. Our country is rightly known for its great stately houses, castles and churches – and its ruins are also worthy of celebration. There is something wonderful about visiting castles. As you walk through the ruins, your imagination begins to…
Read MoreMarking 40 years since closure of Mackintosh school
Forty years after the Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed Scotland Street School closed, organisers hope to attract a record number of former pupils to the annual reunion. This year’s event takes place from noon–3pm this Saturday, 19 October. Last year’s reunion, which took place in the 150th anniversary year of Mackintosh’s birth, attracted over 60 people…
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