Culture
Life beyond Taggart puts Blythe Duff on stage
When Taggart, the long-running detective series that subsidised Scotland’s theatrical community for many years, came to an end in 2010, Blythe Duff faced a choice. After a double-decade shift in the long leather coat of DI Jackie Reid, should she sit back and live off the repeat fees? Or was it time to hang up…
Read MoreFundraiser for 2nd photographic festival
Organisers of the Stirling Photography Festival have launched a Crowdfunder in a bid to raise funds for the city’s second event this August. The move follows last summer’s successful inaugural festival championed by entrepreneur Janie Meikle Bland from Picture the Possible. The 2019 Festival is being led by the young creative team who ran the…
Read MoreA historic weapon goes on show for first time
A hunting rifle gifted by Queen Victoria to her loyal servant John Brown has been acquired by National Museums Scotland. The rifle will go on public display for the first time in a major exhibition this summer, Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland. A gold plaque fitted into the butt of the.450 double-barrelled hammer…
Read MoreScotland’s global gift to the world is football
Along with the telephone, penicillin and whisky, Scots also gave the world the beautiful game – football. No other nation of Scotland’s size has left such a big footprint on the planet. Even were it not for the invention of everything from the telephone and television to penicillin and insulin, Scotland’s legacy around the globe…
Read MoreScots inspired the kings of the wild frontier
Displaced Highlanders and reivers-turned-drovers created the all-American cowboy, gifting him his cattle-herding skills, outsider status and, best of all, his campfire songs . Pearl Zane Grey, to give him his full name, is widely acknowledged as the creator of the ‘western’. Riders of the Purple Sage, first published in 1912, may be as much about…
Read MoreOver 635,000 people flocked to see Dippy the dinosaur
After delighting more than 635,000 visitors Dippy, the Natural History Museum London’s famous dinosaur, has bowed out to rapturous applause at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Following a record-breaking stop in Glasgow, Dippy is being dismantled and packed away, ready to head to Great North Museum: Hancock, opening there on 18 May. Newcastle upon Tyne…
Read MorePolitical intrigue led to Scotland’s most notorious duel
When the euphoria that followed the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 had subsided, Britain experienced a period of financial depression and crop failure that led to intense political unrest. The Whig party agitated for parliamentary reform, which was resisted by the Tories, who had held power for many years and were terrified of…
Read MoreThe June 2019 edition of Scottish Field is now available
The June edition of Scottish Field is now available – and we celebrate the amazing area of Argyll. We experience life in the fast land as we go on the trail of Scotland’s very own supercar in Argyll, and we highlight some fabulous walks to be had in the area. We stop off to meet…
Read MoreActor Brian Cox on Dundee – the city of survival
Despite the blight of youthful poverty and the gutting of his home city by corrupt politicians, actor Brian Cox says that his beloved Dundee’s defining qualities – its warmth, humour and resilience – are behind its phoenix-like rise from the ashes. In 2019, Dundee is one of the most vibrant cities in the UK, especially…
Read MorePrince Charles visits – along with Outlander star
Scotland’s national conservatoire is set for a right royal day tomorrow (Friday, May 3) when His Royal Highness, The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay pays an official visit… and a famous graduate also gets a welcome home. His Royal Highness, who is the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Patron, will meet students from a range of…
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