Culture
Council donates obsolete Trust funds to cancer charity
A Scottish council has given almost half a million pounds to a cancer charity. Perth and Kinross Council is donating nearly £450,000 to Macmillan Cancer Support from a trust fund administered by the council where the purpose can no longer be fulfilled in the modern day. The local authority has been reorganising a number of…
Read MoreStep back in time as Scottish star David Tennant returns to the TARDIS
Scots star David Tennant is back in his most famous role with the release of three new Doctor Who adventures. Paisley-raised Tennant, who played the Time Lord on TV between 2005 and 2010, recorded three brand new audio adventures for Big Finish Productions with his former co-star Billie Piper earlier this summer. Tennant was joined…
Read MoreA commitment to Scotland’s proud culture
Promoting and preserving Gaelic is a now key aim for Highland Council. Hot on the heels of the Highlands hosting the 2017 Royal National Mod in Fort William last month, Gaelic was on the agenda at Highland Council’s meeting of the Corporate Resources Committee with an update on the role and work of the Gaelic…
Read MoreBringing life under the sea to the surface in new Perth exhibition
Artist and diver Janeanne Gilchrist is sharing images from the mysterious underwater world in her first solo exhibition. The sea and the self are territories Janeanne explores and merges seductively in Above, Below, Beyond, an exhibition of intricately composed and infinitely ambiguous sub-aquatic images. The exhibition takes place at Perth’s Fergusson Gallery from this Saturday…
Read MoreStone find reveals Picts were present in ancient Perthshire
Workmen on a £35 million road project made a surprise discovered when they uncovered a Pictish stone. The team, working on Perth & Kinross Council’s A9/A85 project, recently uncovered a large carved stone whilst excavating part of the site. Contractors Balfour Beatty stopped works in the area to allow archaeologists from Perth and Kinross Heritage…
Read MoreTheatres are celebrating 30 years of The Steamie on anniverary tour
Renowned Scottish play The Steamie is returning to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Still fresh in its 30th anniversary tour which has so far travelled to Kirkcaldy, Aberdeen, Dundee, Ayr, Inverness and Stirling, The Steamie marks its homecoming with a two week run at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. First performed in Govanhill Baths in 1987 and…
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