Culture
City art exhibition was the most popular in years
Last weekend marked the closing days of what has been the most popular exhibition at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre in recent years. Victoria Crowe – 50 Years in Painting, closed on Sunday, having welcomed over 40,000 visitors, from Edinburgh, UK and further afield, young and old, life long admires of Crowe’s work and those who…
Read MoreBrewery doubling up as a live music venue
A programme of live music has been launched at the Futtle brewery taproom at Bowhouse in Fife, alongside a selection of limited edition drinks bottlings. The taproom sits within the brewery and acts as a bar, performance hub and vinyl store for the resident record label, Triassic Tusk Records. It is now open to the…
Read MoreJim Clark Museum welcomes 10,000th fans
A couple from Stirling were the 10,000th visitors to the new Jim Clark Motorsport Museum in Duns last week. Moira (60) and Colin (61) McNicol said the museum was recommended by a friend and they had memories of Jim’s fatal crash: Colin was in Germany and his family were told by people who had seen…
Read MoreFundraising bid to restore 1200 year old Pictish stone
A crowdfunding campaign has today been launched for the repair and conservation of a rare Pictish stone. The previously unknown carved Pictish cross-slab was recently found at an early Christian church site in the Dingwall area of the Scottish Highlands. The rare find, described by experts as being ‘uniquely significant’, was thought to have to…
Read MoreCapturing Glasgow’s Gaelic spirit on canvas
Alexander Moffat is set to capture Gaelic culture and what it means to contemporary Glasgow at this year’s Mod. The distinguished Scottish painter has been appointed artist-in-residence to the Royal National Mòd 2019, and commissioned by Glasgow Life in partnership with the Hunterian Museum and the University of Glasgow to create an original artwork marking…
Read MoreTwins’ fuse nature and art for some projected glory
A stunning fusion of nature, art and technology in Glencoe have made illuminating subject matter for Edinburgh-based projectionists Double Take. It may not be unusual for youngsters to quit their jobs in the vain hope of entrepreneurial world domination, but Double Take Projections was born of just such a bold move. Steven and David McConnachie…
Read MoreSir Jackie Stewart shares his thoughts on life
Scotland’s triple F1 world champion Sir Jackie Stewart talks about overcoming dyslexia, cleaning windows and being beaten on the virtual circuit by his grandchildren. Dyslexia was not recognised at my school. In those days there was no help for children with disabilities. I was called thick, stupid and dumb in front of the class. I…
Read MoreThe Scottish tin shed that feeds a million each day
Its HQ is a tin shack in Argyll, yet from here Mary’s Meals feeds a million children a day in the world’s poorest countries. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow explains how Mary’s Meals came to be. How did you get involved in charity work overseas? In 1992 my brother and I decided to try to help the people…
Read MoreScotland forever – the cry of the Royal Scots Greys
‘Scotland forever!’ – this was the cry of the Royal Scots Greys as they charged Napoleon’s troops at Waterloo – a decisive moment in an epic battle in which Scottish heroism played a crucial role. It was the battle that changed the face of Europe: the Duke of Wellington, with his British and Allied army,…
Read MoreCharles Faa Blythe – the last king of Scotland’s gypsies
Over a century ago, in an elaborate ceremony in the Borders witnessed by a crowd of 10,000 spectators that included Lords and Ladies, the last Gypsy King of Scotland was crowned. On Whit Monday, 30 May 1898, some 10,000 people gathered in the Borders village of Kirk Yetholm for the coronation of Scotland’s Gypsy King.…
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