Culture
Social activist looks at being middle class
Social activist Darren McGarvey ‘crosses over the tracks’ and back again in this new series which takes a thought-provoking and entertaining look at social class in the 21st century. Over the course of four hour-long episodes, he dons tweeds at Lauriston Castle, goes out on a grouse moor, and gets acquainted with cricket and polo, and meets…
Read MoreFebruary/March 2021 edition of Scottish Field is out now
The February/March 2021 edition of Scottish Field is now available in shops and online. In this packed issue, we have six pages of recipes from The Great British Bake Off semi-finalist Flora Shedden, from Perthshire, who shares some top baking recipes to try at home With the contents of Dunrobin Castle’s attic due to go…
Read MoreScottish Ensemble’s Musical Book Club dates
The Scottish Ensemble has revealed Sally Beamish as the latest classical music star to grace its Musical Book Club guest list. Taking place on Wednesday 24 February at 7.30pm, Sally will be joined in conversation by SE violinist Cheryl Crockett with audiences tuning in at home via Zoom. Sally, one of the UK’s foremost living…
Read MoreBBC Scotland orders new series of Shelf Isolation
Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, Lorraine Kelly, Fern Brady, Alex Norton and Ian Rankin are amongst some of the names lined up to take part in a brand new series of Shelf Isolation on BBC Scotland. Fronted by Damian Barr, the popular series will return to BBC Scotland screens with six brand new episodes next…
Read MoreIt’s all in the eye of the beholder for Scots magician
Magician R Paul Wilson is a professional con-artist, film-maker and star of TV’s The Real Hustle. He tells Scottish Field how he gave up his life as a computer programmer to make films and trick the eye. I was born on an RAF base in Akrotiri on Cyprus and raised in Singapore. My parents and…
Read MoreTickets are now available for StAnza poetry event
Would-be attendees for Scotland’s international poetry festival are being urged to pay what they can, for its digital edition in 2021. Tickets are now available for StAnza’s first hybrid, digital event. The festival, which was forced to move online in response to Covid restrictions, has created an innovative programme combining traditional StAnza favourites with new…
Read MoreEleven recipients for New Writers Awards 2021
The Scottish Book Trust has revealed the recipients of New Writers Awards 2021. The group of 11 in the New Writers Awards 2021 are a selection of talented writers who have not yet published a full-length book or collection, and will receive professional guidance to help them move towards publication, as well as financial support.…
Read MoreCeltic Connections online a huge success
The digital-first Celtic Connections festival has been hailed as a great success with an abundance of international viewers and unprecedented number of tickets sold. The event normally brings thousands of visitors to Glasgow each January, but with the coronavirus pandemic, the event had to change this year to ensure that it still brought traditional music…
Read MorePerthshire platform doubles number of artists
A WEBSITE created to boost artists and makers in Perthshire has double its number of members in just six months. Perthshire Artisans was launched in June with nine artists, but has now grown to 18. Perth-based contemporary jewellery maker Kate McLaughlin, who one of the nine initial artists chosen for the launch of platform, said:…
Read MoreBurns could bring tourists to Dumfries & Galloway
DUMFRIES & Galloway wants to cash-in on its connections to national bard Robert Burns. Burns-related tourism currently generates £21 million a year for the region – a fraction of the estimated £121m it earns for neighbouring Ayrshire. Now, a study commissioned Dumfries & Galloway Council has laid out a four-year plan to grow Burns tourism,…
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