Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Jewellers Hamilton & Inches and Sheila Fleet confirmed as retailers for the first batch of Scottish gold
Leading independent jewellers Hamilton & Inches and Sheila Fleet have been confirmed as the authorised retailers of the first refined batch of Scottish gold for jewellery. The Scottish gold, from the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum, will now be developed by the individual jewellers into their uniquely designed collections. Once Scottish gold from…
Read MoreThousands of UK women take part in major global hairstyle event
A night of simultaneous styling celebrated the hairdressing industry and showcased the season’s hottest hair trends with the UK’s top stylists Last night, thousands of women across the UK took part in a unique global hairdressing event. They were joined by hundreds of thousands more, in 35 countries around the world that are all having…
Read MoreUltimate five-star luxury in Royal Deeside
A self-catering home in Royal Deeside has been awarded five stars from VisitScotland before the first guest has even set foot in the cottage. The Invergarry, Aboyne has just launched to the market for the summer season. Converted from an Edwardian gardener’s cottage, it is surrounded by the hills and close to the River Dee…
Read MoreThe Marriage of Kim K comes to the Edinburgh Festival
Leoe & Hyde, the pioneering contemporary music theatre company renowned for mixing dramatic innovation with pop-cultural subversion, will tour their most ambitious project yet this summer; a fearlessly caustic satire fusing the most vaunted production in the history of classical opera with one of pop culture’s most explosively tragicomic unions: The Marriage of Kim K.…
Read MoreSalvador Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross to go on loan from Kelvingrove Museum
One of Scotland’s favourite paintings, Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador DalĂ, which hangs in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is to go on loan. The iconic artwork will first travel to the Royal Academy of Arts in London in September 2017, before returning to Kelvingrove in the summer of 2018.…
Read MoreBe front row for the Edinburgh alphabet at the festival of museums
From the cobbles to the catwalk, this season’s most coveted collection will be shown at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. The gallery’s major summer exhibition, ‘Edinburgh Alphabet: An A-Z of the City’s Collections‘, will spell out 60,000 years of the Capital over 300 artworks and objects when doors open this Friday (19 May). The alphabetic…
Read MoreCharity begins at home for Cullerton’s Estate Agents and Property Consultants
Well known Edinburgh property expert Mark Cullerton has set up his own estate agency in the capital, with raising money for charity one of the main focuses of his new venture. Mark has partnered with five prominent charities – CHAS, Alzheimer Scotland, Craig Gowans Memorial Fund via The Sick Kids Friends Foundation, St Columba’s Hospice…
Read MoreGet connected
Europe’s biggest science festival invites audiences to Get Connected as it explores what it means to live in the Information Age. Running now until 16 April, Edinburgh International Science Festival, powered by EDF Energy, is taking place in 29 venues across Edinburgh. Cutting-edge discussions and debates on themes of our modern, connected world including technology,…
Read MoreAward-winning Dundee architects to design multi-million pound leisure complex
An award-winning Dundee architects’ studio is designing a multi-million pound leisure complex overlooking a Perthshire loch. After a focused effort, the Andrew Black Design team managed to successfully navigate their way through strict planning policy within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to gain planning permission for the development. They will be working with…
Read MoreCopper might be on trend, but Bronze is timeless
Hailing from the idealistic village of Riber, Derbyshire, Eddie Hallam is a passionate wildlife enthusiast, and a keen outdoor man. Not to forget, an artist who genuinely cares about all aspects of his work. From Lynx to Puffin, Hallam affirms that he is primarily a devoted conservationist. Being interested in wildlife from a young age,…
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