Culture
Some questions and answers about Scotland
Scotland is a land with a proud recorded history, dating back well for thousands of years. But with so much history, there are often plenty of questions about our great land. Here, we answer seven queries. Q. What is the Cross of St Andrew? A. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and his…
Read MoreYou’ll be walking in the air with this special event
V&A Dundee will launch a festive Winter Nights season with a special talk from Robin Shaw, the award-winning animator and illustrator of the Irn-Bru Snowman advert. As well as directing Irn-Bru’s original Christmas campaign in 2006, Shaw and a team of animators at Lupus Films’ London animation studio have just completed the sequel which will…
Read MoreThe January 2019 issue of Scottish Field is out now
Winter’s here – but so is the new issue of Scottish Field, so let us warm you up with another great read! Our January issue is on sale now, priced £4.50, with 200 pages brimming with everything you’d want. Prepare to be blown away by some breathtaking mountain images taken by adventure sports photographer Hamish Frost,…
Read MoreCity prepares to come together for its Music Hall
Excitement is building across the city as Aberdeen’s much loved Music Hall gets set to open its doors to the public. The opening celebrations on 8 December mark the culmination of an award winning programme of Stepping Out projects, designed to engage communities in projects inspired by the Music Hall and keep the spirit alive…
Read MoreIt was all light on the night for 42K visitors
More than 42,000 people attended a light and sound spectacular in Kilmarnock’s Dean Castle Country Park. Organisers of Illuminight with Lidl, which ended on Sunday, hailed the second event to be a great success welcoming over the huge number of visitors during its four-week run, a 10% increase in audiences from the inaugural event. Presented…
Read MoreLanguage is no barrier in Glasgow’s museums
Glasgow Museums holds a treasure chest of wonderful objects and artworks that can fire the imagination, start conversations and inspire creativity. Now, for the first time, a new family learning resource has been translated into the six most widely spoken community languages used by bilingual citizens living in Glasgow. The cross-venue trail has been created…
Read MoreFerry joins event to mark 100 years since Iolaire tragedy
A ferry is to support an event to mark the centenary of Britain’s worst peacetime marine tragedy. Caledonian MacBrayne has confirmed that, subject to weather conditions, the MV Loch Seaforth will participate in the New Year’s Day Service to commemorate 100 years since the Iolaire sank. At midday on New Year’s Day, a special Iolaire…
Read MoreJoanna Lumley delighted to visit Moat Brae House
Joanna Lumley visited Moat Brae in Dumfries on Friday to see the restoration work on the house where Peter Pan began. The actor and author is Patron of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust (PPMBT) and has helped raise £5.8 million to restore the beautiful Georgian house and garden which opens next spring as the…
Read MoreChristmas events to take place at Dumfries House
A series of enchanting festive events is set to take place at Dumfries House following the arrival of Santa Claus at the estate on Sunday. St Nicholas arrived by sleigh and was greeted by children who had the opportunity to receive a gift and have their photo taken with him, at the stately home in…
Read MoreWhen Ayrshire was at war with two families
April 2016 marked the 430th anniversary of the Massacre of Annock. Though not an unusual occurrence in the lawlessness of Scotland in the 16th century, that event, and particularly the extent and ferocity of the reprisals that followed, marked the beginning of a change in attitude towards blood feud. ‘Blood feud was the custom of…
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