Culture
Composer Blair Mowat chats to the Scottish Field podcast
Scottish Field meets the Scots composer who has worked one of this year’s big Christmas TV specials, in our latest podcast. This week our guest is Blair Mowat. Blair, originally from Edinburgh, spoke with Scottish Field from his home in Los Angeles about his career so far, being nominated for a BAFTA award, and working…
Read MoreHippfest will return for storytelling in 2022
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival has been awarded funding from the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund to present a number of events that showcase the history of Scottish storytelling in film. The Festival, known as HippFest, takes place annually at Scotland’s oldest purpose built cinema in Bo’ness, and will run from Wednesday 16…
Read MoreArtists announced for Trust’s Burns Big Night In
Conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland has confirmed the performers who’ll be making its online Burns celebration – the Burns Big Night In – even bigger and better for January 2022. Siobhan Miller, Laurie Cameron, Nevis Ensemble and Nae Plans will provide the music for the night. Janette Ayachi, Jenny Lindsay and Michael Pedersen…
Read MoreNew documentary looks at 1984’s links to Jura
There are few works of fiction that have has a large an impact on the world as 1984. Published in 1949, George Orwell’s dystopian novel about repression, surveillance, manipulation and rebellion has embedded itself, and its chilling language, into everyday culture – from Big Brother and the Thought Police to Newspeak and Room 101. Much…
Read MoreMaking it happen in 2022 at The Royal Conservatoire
It’s the annual celebration of innovation that turns the spotlight on some of the nation’s most exciting young artists. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – a world top three destination for performing arts education – has announced the 15 recipients of its Make It Happen Fund, which helps graduates in the early stages of their…
Read MoreMedieval Scotland was a melting pot of ideas
A new book, Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom, reveals that Scotland was a melting pot of diverse ideas from as early as the medieval era. The book presents a new understanding of the archaeology of Scotland from the 9th to 12th centuries AD, covering the Viking Age to the formation of the kingdom of Scotland. The extensive study of…
Read MoreCelebrating Vincent Van Gogh in Scotland
A celebration of the man often called the greatest artist who ever lived is coming to Scotland. Festival Square in the centre of Edinburgh will host Van Gogh Alive, ‘the world’s most visited immersive, multi-sensory experience’ that exhibits the life and work of the seminal Dutch artist. Following a smash hit run in Kensington Gardens as London’s must-see cultural…
Read MoreGet Sam Heughan’s book for free when you subscribe
Scottish Field has a special Christmas offer if you subscribe to us today! You can save 25% on a Scottish Field subscription, paying just £10.69 per quarter by UK Direct Debit. And you’ll also receive a copy of the bestselling book Clanlands, by Outlander star Sam Heughan. Whether you or your loved ones love the…
Read MoreThe cyclists who recreated a 1936 trip in our latest podcast
Scottish Field would cycle 500 miles, and we would cycle 500 more… just to be the podcast that brings something new and exciting to your door! The 31st Scottish Field podcast sees us meet two members of the Adventure Syndicate. This week our guests are Alice Lemkes and Philippa Battye, who tell us about their…
Read MoreStill time to enter Glencairn Glass crime writing short story comp
If you’re an author with a murderous imagination, a crime that needs capturing or a deadly deed to document, then time is still on your side. The Glencairn Glass – the world’s favourite whisky glass – and sponsor of the McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime-writing prizes, is looking for crime short stories, having launched…
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