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Exports are recovering after Brexit and covid
EXPORTS of Scottish food and drink are recovering following the pandemic and Brexit, according to a report published this morning. The Food & Drink Federation (FDF) found Scotland account for nearly 30% of the UK’s food and drink exports last year, more than any other nation. Scotland’s food and drink exports rose by 15% year-on-year…
Read MoreDunkirk ‘Little Ship’ Skylark exhibition sets sail
SKYLARK, one of only two surviving “Dunkirk Little Ships” in Scotland, stars in an exhibition in Dumbarton that opens tomorrow. The boat took part in Operation Dynamo to rescue stranded service personnel from the beaches of Dunkirk during the Second World War. The “Hope Floats” exhibition at the Scottish Maritime Museum’s Denny Tank has been…
Read MoreEdinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival unveils line-up
ARTISTS appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival include Ambrose Akinmusire, Soweto Kinch, and Mud Morganfield. More than 130 events will take place across the city between 15 and 24 July. The programme includes 20 livestreamed or pre-recorded concerts for music fans who can’t travel to Edinburgh. Well-kent faces returning to the capital…
Read MoreFourth Faldonside farmers’ market comes to Melrose
MELROSE will tomorrow host the fourth Faldonside farmers’ market in the Borders town’s Harmony Garden. Posy and Pete Maitland-Carew, who live at Faldonside Farm, came up with the idea for the market, which is sponsored by estate agency Paton & Co. They originally held the event at Faldonside, but have now moved the market to…
Read MoreScottish Field’s Rosie Morton makes her Landward debut tonight
SCOTTISH FIELD writer Rosie Morton will make her television presenting debut tonight on the BBC Scotland channel’s Landward series. In tonight’s episode at 20:30, Morton – who joined Scottish Field in 2018 and became its chief sub editor in 2020 – meets a man who has carved himself a career as a master craft butcher…
Read MoreJudy R Clark retrospective opens tomorrow
DESIGNER Judy R Clark is staging a retrospective of her work at Dalkeith Palace near Edinburgh from tomorrow. Clark has used Scottish heritage fabrics and Gaelic embroidery in her designs since her graduate catwalk collection at Heriot Watt University in 2006. The exhibition will include a handmade Harris tweed jacket, which secured Clark her internship…
Read MoreAtholl Gathering returns after three-year hiatus
THE Atholl Gathering will return to Blair Castle this month following a three-year break due to the pandemic. More than 4,000 spectators are expected to attend the Highland Games, which will be overseen by the Marquis of Tullibardine, heir to the 12th Duke of Atholl. The event kicks off on Saturday 28 May, when Atholl…
Read MoreBuglife survey shows 28% drop in Scotland’s flying insects
CONSERVATION charity Buglife today reports a 28% plunge in the number of flying insects spotted in Scotland over the past 18 years. The group’s 2021 Bugs Matter survey involved members of the public recording how many insects they found squashed on their car’s number plates. Scotland saw the smallest decline, compared with England’s 65% fall…
Read MoreScottish forests join The Queen’s Green Canopy
TWENTY-ONE of Scotland’s ancient forests and 19 of its ancient trees have been selected to join The Queen’s Green Canopy. The woodlands are among 70 ancient woodlands and 70 ancient trees being dedicated to the Queen to mark her platinum jubilee. The project was launched by Prince Charles, the Duke of Rothesay, under an old…
Read More‘Dig for Victory’ at National Museum of Flight events
VISITORS will be “digging for victory” this Sunday at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune in East Lothian. The museum, which is based on a former Second World War airfield, will offer talks, tours, demonstrations, and hands-on family activities to explore how people grew and cooked their food during the conflict. Food historian…
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