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French Impressions at Aberdeen Art Gallery (Photo: VisitScotland / Kenny Lam)

Art gallery reopens after £34.6m redevelopment

This Saturday, 2 November, will see Aberdeen Art Gallery will reopen to the public after the biggest transformation in its 130-year history. It will present...

A leap of faith with Ballet West in the Highlands

It takes someone with vision to set up a ballet school on a working farm in the Highlands, but as Gillian Barton explains, this wasn’t...
Clive Russell as Brynden ‘Blackfish’ Tully in Game of Thrones

The life of Game of Thrones and Still Game star Clive Russell

His imposing physique often leads to the Game of Thrones actor being cast as a warrior, but it’s on the beaches of his home in...
Friends for more than 30 years, the Duke of Buccleuch and renowned
landscape architect Charles Jencks enjoy the view from the Belvedere, which offers a 360-degree view of the surrounding countryside (Photo: Ian MacNicol)

The late, great Charles Jencks was romancing the stone

Architect Charles Jencks sadly passed away earlier this month, but he leaves behind an incredible legacy of work. In 2015, Scottish Field visited the stunning...

Remembering the lost regiments of Britain

From the very beginning, regiments formed the backbone of the British Army. It is a single institution that reflects the way the people of Britain...
The torn bow of the  K17, sunk after HMS Fearless smashed into her in the dark

A First World War tragedy off the coast of Scotland

A First World War naval ‘battle’ off the coast of Scotland on a wintery night in 1918 involved no enemy contact yet resulted in the...