Scottish Pipe Band Championships hit high note

ORGANISERS hailed Saturday’s Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton as the “best ever” Some 20,000 spectators flocked for the first staging of the event since the pandemic began. A total of 117 bands gathered for the championships, with pipers travelling from as far away as Australia and Texas. Field Marshal Montgomery from…

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Royal National Mòd returns to Perth

PERTH is getting ready to host the Royal National Mòd for the first time in 18 years. The Fair City will welcome the very best in Gaelic music and culture during October. The programme for the Mòd includes fringe concerts, shows, ceilidhs, and exhibitions. Around 1,000 performers will fill a dozen venues in the city,…

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Get the lowdown on Scottish Field’s August issue…

THE August issue of Scottish Field magazine is available now, both in shops and online. Shetland and Orkney take centre-stage this month, with four articles about the Northern Isles. Orkney-based landscape photographer Mark Ferguson shares his favourite island snaps, many of which he took while cycling. Meanwhile, Andrew Appleby – better known as the Harray…

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Jousting sells out at Linlithgow Peel

LINLITHGOW Peel hosted its first jousting tournament over the weekend since the start of the pandemic. Organiser Historic Environment Scotland (HES) all of its tickets for the show, which is part of the public body’s summer events programme. Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries, which is also managed by HES, will host a jousting tournament on 30…

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Jute: its hidden history revealed

THE hidden history of jute is being explored in an exhibition that’s opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum’s branch in Dundee. The display tells the story of jute workers in Bangladesh and India. Artist, curator, and writer Swapnaa Tamhane has taken inspiration from the archives held at the University of Dundee and Verdant Works,…

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Orkney and Cairngorms to host outdoor art

ORKNEY and the Cairngorms have been selected to host “Green Space Dark Skies“, a series of massive outdoor artworks. Volunteers – including paddleboarders and kayakers – are being recruited to hold lights in the Cairngorms national park on 11 August. Residents on North Ronaldsay will hold lights on 16 August to form astronomical symbols and…

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Kilt fitting hits the road to New York and Toronto

A KILT fitting service is returning to New York this autumn, after making a new stop in Toronto. Members of staff from Glasgow-based MacGregor & MacDuff will visit the Canadian city for the first time from 28 September to 2 October. They will then head to the Big Apple on 5-9 October. This year’s trip…

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Marchmont House calls on stitchers to help make cape

A CAPE is being created at Marchmont House in the Borders using “flying acorns” stitched around the world. The flying acorn is the symbol for the 1750s Palladian mansion near Greenlaw, which is now a home for artists and makers. The “Cape of Creative Courage” is being pieced together by textile artist Louise Gardiner, who…

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What’s On This Weekend: Jazz, boats, and more

An eclectic look at what’s on this weekend around Scotland, with Peter Ranscombe. LOCAL talent is under the spotlight this weekend at the Glasgow Jazz Festival. “With Love from Glasgow”, a festival within a festival, takes place at Òran Mór on Sunday. DJ and producer Rebecca Vasmant, who curated the line-up, said: “Glasgow is such…

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The Week in Pictures: Outlander, robots, and more

Which pictures have caught the eye of Scottish Field’s team this week? Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted flick through photos of Outlander, robots, and more. DOUNE Castle, one of the stars of the Outlander television series, has reopened to the public. Access was restricted at the castle last year, so that Historic Environment Scotland could…

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