Fort William running events are revealed for 2018

Competitive runners will head to the hills this month for the Runduro event. No Fuss Events, the Fort William-based organisers of multiple outdoor adventure sport events, has revealead its 2018 scheduled of off road running events, together with the announcement of a new partnership with Compressport, the high end compression clothing manufacturer. The series will…

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Celebrating Scotland’s magnificent culture and landscape for a weekend

A celebration of the Scottish landscape and cultural heritage is being held later this month. Visitors are being invited to take part in a traditional Wassail event, a human symphony and much more, as part of a weekend of free family-friendly activities in and around South Lanarkshire’s Chatelherault Country Park, Hamilton, Larkhall and Quarter, on…

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Top comedians coming to Scotland for Glasgow Comedy Festival

The Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival is returning for its 16th year – and it’s bigger than ever. The hugely popular event in the comedy calendar will run from Thursday 8 March–Sunday 25. There will be over 500 shows at 54 venues across the city – the most ever in the festival’s history.…

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When Frankenstein’s Monster collides with a self-driving car

Man-made monsters and utopian visions of the future enhanced by thinking machines are coming together in the week ahead. The Big Bang arts, literature and science festival in Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town, runs from 2-4 February and promises inspiring talks by leading scientists and authors, plus comedy, music, film, cabaret, food and drink. Among…

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Pith and Power exhibition looks at the politics of Robert Burns

A new art exhibition is celebrating the political influences of Robert Burns. The public are being invited to discover the political poetry of Robert Burns with Pith & Power, a brand new exhibition launching at the Saltire Society in Edinburgh, from today. The artist behind the exhibition, Andrew Redmond Barr, believes 2018 should begin with…

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Warhol creations will get their own 15 minutes of fame

Two Andy Warhol exhibits which have never before been exhibited in Britain or internationally are to get their 15 minutes of fame in Scotland. Curators of the Artist Textiles – Picasso to Warhol exhibition at New Lanark World Heritage Site have unveiled two unseen Warhol exhibits. There are four pieces of clothing made from printed…

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Big Burns Supper opens with a bang

Le Haggis cast

The opening weekend of the Big Burns Supper has been a storming success with comedian Bill Bailey, singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean and the festival’s Scottish cabaret company Le Haggis reeling in huge crowds. The seventh edition of the event runs from 18 to 28 January, with a heady mixture of cabaret, comedy, music and entertainment taking…

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Ladies are on target to have another hot shot year

Scotland’s premier ladies shooting club Glad Rags & Cartridge Bags got the new year off to a cracking start with their blast away the January blues clay shooting event at Pittodrie House Hotel in Aberdeenshire. Ladies of all experiences took part, ranging from ones who had never held a gun before to the more experienced…

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Flower power will show that spring is finally on its way

The Stirlingshire Snowdrop Festival festival returns this winter in a collective display of the Spring-bringing flowers. The three sites for this year’s festival will be raising money for various charities, as well as Scotland’s Gardens (SG) beneficiaries, writes Stacey Wylie. Gargunnock House will be open 11am–3.30pm every day, for the entirety of the Snowdrop Festival,…

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