Culture
We discuss the new Scottish Field in our 16th podcast
The new issue of Scottish Field is now in shops and we bring you an extensive preview of it in this week’s podcast. Chief sub Rosie Morton and web editor Kenny Smith go through the latest edition in depth as they pick out their highlights of our August edition. The pair discuss the art of…
Read MoreStep it up for Culloden charity challenge
The team at the National Trust for Scotland’s Culloden Battlefield have set a challenge to the public – and to themselves – to step up to protect the battlefield. To raise money to care for the battlefield, share its stories and significance and continue to fight commercial development threats, the conservation charity is launching a…
Read MoreSam Heughan creates new scholarship at the RCS
A global star and a Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate is paving the way for aspiring artists to follow in his footsteps. Sam Heughan, the internationally acclaimed Hollywood actor, author, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is personally funding a new ten-year scholarship programme in his name. Sam has returned to his RCS roots to support the…
Read MoreEast Neuk Festival concludes at Kellie Castle
Scotland’s East Neuk Festival concluded its programme of live performances on Sunday after four days of live music-making along Fife’s coastline. To mark the end of the 2021 festival and illuminated by the flickering glow of bougie flames, regular ENF artist violinist Benjamin Baker took the opportunity to give an impromptu solo performance inside a…
Read MoreNational Library of Scotland re-opens with two displays
Fifteen months after the National Library closed its doors for the first time due to Covid-19, the Library’s exhibition programme is set to resume on 10 July. Both exhibits focus on intrepid explorers, adventurous ambassadors and overall rebels against convention – ground-breaking women of the 19th and 20th centuries. Major exhibition ‘Petticoats and Pinnacles: Scotland’s…
Read MoreGuy Grieve and author Alistair Moffat join our podcast
Scottish Field’s weekly podcast continues this week, as we speak with our award-winning columnist Guy Grieve, and acclaimed writer Alistair Moffat. Guy – who has just been diagnosed with Covid but was determined to chat with us – tells us about his life at sea, and what it takes to be a scallop fisherman setting up…
Read MoreEuan McIlwraith stepping back from Landward
Landward presenter Euan McIlwraith is stepping back from the series. After three decades of reporting for BBC Scotland’s countryside magazine series, Euan McIlwraith has decided to step back from his presenting role on the show. Euan first joined Landward in 1991 and in his time has focussed on major rural stories such as the Foot…
Read MoreThere’s something for everyone at Fringe By The Sea
This year everyone is going to love being by the seaside as Fringe By The Sea, Scotland’s freshest festival which is held in North Berwick (6-15 August 2021), returns. It is back with live audiences, being entertained in Covid-secure environments. The festival will be held throughout the town in several new venues such as the…
Read MoreGiant sand artworks promote the East Neuk Festival
East Neuk Festival has put the spotlight on the plight of young musicians in an immense sand portrait drawn onto Elie beach. Amid growing fears of the devastating impact the pandemic will have on the future of our next generation of musicians, a picture of a young trombonist accompanied with the call to action ‘It’s…
Read MoreArts performances coming to the dunes of Lunan Bay
An extraordinary promenade performance in the dunes of Lunan Bay in Angus, is coming later this year. Commissioned by Hospitalfield and Arbroath 2020+1, Over Lunan has been created by Angus Farquhar, creative director of social action and arts organisation Aproxima Arts with dramaturg and former artistic director of Unicorn Theatre Purni Morell, this significant live…
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