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Highlands and islands to star at Royal Highland Show
NEXT month’s Royal Highland Show will promote businesses from the Highlands and islands as the event celebrates its bicentenary. The inaugural show took place in Edinburgh’s Canongate, on a spot that’s now within the grounds of the Scottish Parliament complex. Since moving to its permanent home in 1960 at the Royal Highland Centre next to…
Read MoreLanarkshire butcher scoops UK title
A BUTCHER’S shop in North Lanarkshire has been crowned the “Best in Britain”. S Collins & Son in Muirhead was named as Britain’s best butcher’s shop shortly after winning the Scottish title for the fifth time. Its sirloin steak and black pudding were also named as the best in the country at the Q Guild…
Read MoreEilidh’s trust helps young musicians with £50,000 fund
YOUNG musicians will benefit from a £50,000 funding scheme set up in memory of 14-year-old piper Eilidh MacLeod from Barra, who was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing. The Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust is inviting youth music groups across Scotland to apply for financial support to grow and develop their music lessons by emailing hello@eilidhstrust.org.uk…
Read MoreKnights Templar beard advice goes online
KNIGHTS Templar guidance on the “superfluity” of beards and moustaches is among the rare medieval manuscripts now available online at the National Library of Scotland. The 12th century advice on why excessive facial hair wasn’t needed is part of 240 documents digitised by the library, thanks to a donation from Alexander Graham, the television producer…
Read MoreNuart names artists for Aberdeen street art festival
ELEVEN artists from around the world have been unveiled for next month’s Nuart street art festival in Aberdeen. They include Norwegian street artist Martin Whatson, who created a mural on the Granite City’s Queen Street as part of its first street art festival in 2017. Other painters in the line up include Scottish stencil artist…
Read MoreThe June 2021 edition of Scottish Field is out now
Stunning Scottish landscapes are in the frame in the June 2021 edition of Scottish Field. We feature the stunning winners and runners-up from the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Book – Collection 7, which is packed full of breathtaking images of Scotland’s land, sea and urban place. We chat to overall winner Dylan Nardini…
Read MoreThe April 2021 edition of Scottish Field is out now
Spring is here – and so is the April 2021 edition of Scottish Field, now available in shops and online. In this packed issue, we enjoy the great outdoors as editor Richard Bath heads off on his first ever ski touring experience in the Cairngorms And a trio of Scottish Field writers took up wild…
Read MoreShetland firm makes Scotland’s first lamb biltong
A COMPANY on Shetland is launching a range of biltong – including Scotland’s first lamb biltong. J&G Shetland, which owns Sound service station, will start production next month in Lerwick. The firm has secured £24,000 from economic development agency Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) to buy the specialist equipment it needs to dry and cure…
Read MoreEast Haugh House launches Valentine’s Day dine at home box
A RESTAURANT near Pitlochry has launched the first dine at home experience in its 32-year history. East Haugh House’s “Valentine’s Dinner Box for Two” contains a three-course meal, designed with some elements to be prepared and cooked by customers, following instructions contained in the box. Available for mainland Scotland delivery by courier, as well as…
Read MoreDanny MacAskill is ‘Doing the Dubhs’
CYCLIST Danny MacAskill has released his latest video – riding down the legendary Dubh Slabs on the edge of the Cuillins on Skye. In The Slabs, MacAskill scrambles unroped to just below the summit of Sgurr Dubh Beag – or “Little Black Peak” – one of the most technical sections of the Dubh Ridge at…
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