Culture
The talented Mr Crichton – and his sad demise
With a dazzling intellect that won him fame across Europe, coupled with brilliant dancing, riding and duelling skills, there was never a man better named than the Admirable Crichton. Life can be uneven in the gifts it distributes to people – as evidence of this, one need look no further than the case of James…
Read MoreA Great Pyramid stone can be found in Edinburgh
The secrets of ancient Egypt are on show at National Museums Scotland. One of the highlights is the only casing stone from the Great Pyramid of Giza to be displayed anywhere outside Egypt is one of the artefacts, on public view for the first time since it came to Scotland in 1872. Ancient Egypt Rediscovered…
Read More10 of the most wicked witches in Scottish history
The Scottish Witchcraft Act saw the grizzly demise of many a soul accused of a variety of heinous and occult crimes. We present a selection of the country’s most wickedt witches. 1. Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis When King James V was a teenager his guardian and stepfather, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, kept him…
Read MoreSearch is on for World War I family treasures
Glasgow residents are being asked to share their First World War family treasures. Glasgow City Archives and the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation, in partnership with the University of Oxford, are asking the people of Glasgow to bring their items to the Mitchell Library on Wednesday 10 April. The digital roadshow is part of a UK…
Read MoreTen great things I love about Scotland
In Scotland, it’s very easy to be cynical or jaded about certain things in our country at times. That’s why Scottish Field asked Swetha Akshita, a 21-year-old journalism student from India, to cast a pair of fresh eyes on living in Scotland, and to share her thoughts with us. She is studying in Robert Gordon University…
Read MoreA three-day focus on wellness at Mhor Festival
Mhor Festival will be returning to the banks of Loch Voil this May with wellness the focus of the three-day festival. Set in the surroundings of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, award-winning Mhor Festival is welcoming hundreds of guests, performers, artists, producers and creators from across the UK to its annual gathering. Taking…
Read MoreFund will help young talent Make It Happen
Some of the country’s most dynamic, creative young artists are to receive a kick-start to their careers, thanks to funding from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The Make It Happen Fund will support 16 award recipients in a range of exciting projects as they embark upon professional artistic careers following their studies at Scotland’s national…
Read MoreThe Scot whose invented land cost 200 lives
On 27 April 1823 an Edinburgh cobbler lay ill and despondent in his small, bamboo hut in a jungle clearing on the Mosquito Coast. He sat up, loaded his horse pistol ‘to the muzzle’, and shot himself in the head. The doctor who had been treating him wrote in his diary that he had ‘literally…
Read MoreThe May 2019 edition of Scottish Field is now in shops
The May edition of Scottish Field is now available – and we celebrate Scotland’s northern isles. Orkney and Shetland are parts of the country which many of us have never visited, and hopefully our features will inspire more of us to visit these fascinating islands. Janice Hopper discovers the heroes at the helm of WWII’s…
Read MoreFrom table tennis to rabbit farming to ultramarathon
If I were to tell you a story about a man who was a professional table tennis player but gave it all up and moved to a remote Scottish island to become a rabbit farmer; who was then inspired to start running by watching TV, battled cancer and became one of the world’s most successful…
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