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Precision craftwork with Chinese lanterns for the festive season
A group of 25 specialist craftspeople from China have made a 5000-mile journey to Scotland’s capital. They are creating the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s winter extravaganza at Edinburgh Zoo, The Giant Lanterns of China. The craftspeople will begin building over 450 gigantic lantern installations and transforming Edinburgh Zoo into an impressive light spectacle for…
Read MoreScottish artist to be celebrated with retrospective exhibition
A major retrospective exhibition is taking place to celebrate the life and work of the late Scottish visual artist Professor Stuart MacDonald OBE. The exhibition is entitled Stuart MacDonald Studio 203 Revisited, in reference to the Wasps studio where he painted at The Briggait in Glasgow. Prof MacDonald was a renowned educator and champion of…
Read MoreDesigns on success with Dundee’s £80.11 new museum
The architect of Dundee’s £80.11million V&A Museum of Design saw his vision revealed for the first time last week. Kengo Kuma visited Dundee shortly after the temporary cofferdam – which allowed the museum to be built into the river – was removed. This involved digging out 12,500 tonnes of stone and cutting out a structure…
Read MoreScottish Field Whisky Challenge Awards winners are revealed
The great and the good of the whisky industry were honoured last Friday at the Scottish Field Whisky Challenge Awards. Held at Edinburgh’s Ghillie Dhu, representatives from the industry came along for an afternoon of celebration. Janice Johnston, project manager for the Whisky Challenge, said: ‘Whisky remains an important part of our editorial programme and…
Read MoreLeopard sculpture takes centre stage at Aberdeen’s Marischal Square
Internationally-renowned sculptor, Andy Scott, has brought his world-class artwork to Aberdeen, in the shape of a major new project at the £107 million Marischal Square development in the city centre. Development partners Muse Developments and Aviva Investors commissioned a centerpiece for the city centre regeneration project and Scott’s leopard sculpture has been inspired by symbols…
Read MoreDundee named one of world’s top 10 ‘hot destinations’
Dundee has been named as one of 10 ‘hot destinations’ in 2018 for ‘adventurous sophisticates, curious foodies and deep-pocketed beach bums’. The list, published by The Wall Street Journal describes Dundee as ‘Scotland’s coolest city’, ranking it alongside Shanghai, Madagascar and the Faroe Islands as one of the places to travel to next year. Jim…
Read MoreKids are guising with a difference in Speyside’s remote glens
Gamekeeping families scattered across remote Speyside glens have created a novel plan so their kids can go ‘guising’ together for the first time. Whilst kids in some Scottish towns can walk from door to door to do a song or joke for a reward, participating in the Halloween tradition of guising in the glens means…
Read MoreChart toppers past and present will bring in the New Year in Edinburgh
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay line-up has been revealed with chart-topping Rag’n’Bone Man leading the celebrations. Rag’n’Bone Man, AKA Rory Graham, admitted he’s looking forward to bringing in the New Year, with the eyes of the world upon him. He said: ‘Excited to be breaking the New Year in with the Scots at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, what a sick…
Read MoreThe Scottish demon drinks all set for some Halloween scares
Scottish bars are offering some demon drink this Halloween weekend. Five bars are offering some creepy cocktails as Revolution and Revolución de Cuba will be hosting some chilling events and serving up freakishly fang-tastic drinks in their bars across Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Revolution’s Night of the Bat takes place today and tomorrow, October 27…
Read MoreBonnie Prince Charlie exhibition is a star attraction
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites is a new exhibition at Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland. It shows how he attempted to achieve his dream of becoming the King of Scotland. Charles Edward Stuart reached Scottish soil for the first time in his life in 1745 at Eriskay. The Bonnie Prince was born in exile…
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