Posts Tagged ‘Edinburgh’
Game on for new exhibition at V&A Dundee
V&A Dundee’s next major exhibition, Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, is set to open next week. It celebrates the very best of international digital creativity with a series of new commissions and special events showcasing videogame design from Scotland and around the world. The new exhibition will run from 20 April to 8 September. Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt is the…
Read MoreCelebrate a taste of Chile with some paired wines
GQ-nominated Breakthrough Restaurant of the Year 2019, 83 Hanover Street, is hosting its first Chilean empanadas masterclass and dinner next week. 83 Hanover Street, in Edinburgh, has been impressing diners with its Chilean inspired Scottish cuisine since it opened last year, and is hosting its first Chilean empanadas masterclass and dinner on Tuesday 16 April…
Read MoreSo much to see at the Scottish Seabird Centre
One of the UK’s leading marine education and conservation charities has reopened the doors of its 5-star visitor attraction for 2019. This comes after the completion of the first stage of refurbishment at the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick, near Edinburgh, who revealed exciting plans to transform their existing discovery centre with new exhibits…
Read MoreA tasty chilled out feast at The Urban Fox
The period between finishing work and eating dinner is a delicate time. If I’ve somehow managed to avoid office biscuits or any other afternoon snack attack, then the hunger pangs will have reached dangerous levels. It’s vital that sustenance is located in a timely manner. So it was with these voracious post-work appetites that…
Read MoreYear of Coasts and Waters will make a splash
An expanded Clydebuilt Festival, a spectacular new event at Scotland’s Boat Show and a celebration of Scotland’s waters and the journeys over them from the National Theatre of Scotland will celebrate Scotland’s coasts and waters in 2020. Launched today at VisitScotland Expo – Scotland’s premier travel trade show, the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020…
Read MoreBeechgrove Garden is back for the spring season
It’s a perennial favourite that always comes into bloom each year. The Beechgrove Garden is back, re-potted, with a new look in a new home on the new BBC Scotland channel, having marked its 40th birthday last year. Springing back onto our screens just in time for the Easter holiday gardening weekend, Beechgrove provides the…
Read MoreCapital’s first pizza pub is now open for business
The award-winning Civerinos Food Club in Edinburgh has a new addition – The High Dive pizza bar. The capital’s very first ‘pizza pub’ is situated on St Leonard’s Stree,t which is the former Old Montague Bar, promises all day breakfast, world-class pizza and drinks until late with banging tunes from the renowned Civerinos family. Civerinos…
Read MoreA new double bill from Scottish Dance Theatre
Scottish Dance Theatre is to present a new production as part of a double bill next month. Renowned choreographer Emanuel Gat creates new work The Circle with the company as the critically acclaimed RITUALIA, choreographed by Colette Sadler, returns to Scottish stages. Scottish Dance Theatre will debut The Circle on Friday 3 May at Dundee…
Read MoreWinner of top Scottish art prize is unveiled
A young Scottish artist whose paintings are inspired by exploring abandoned buildings has been named as the winner of a major art prize. Samantha Cheevers, 23, from Port Glasgow, is the winner of the Glenfiddich Residency Award, worth £10,000, the largest award for an emerging artist in Scotland. She will receive three-month funded residency at…
Read MoreJohnnie Walker plans for Cardhu and Clynelish
Plans to transform the visitor experiences at Cardhu and Clynelish distilleries have been formally submitted as part of a major Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky investment programme. The detailed planning applications have been completed for both distilleries following community consultation events and have been filed with the relevant local authorities – Moray Council for Cardhu and…
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