Posts Tagged ‘Edinburgh’
Year 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…
Read MoreBeronia: where wine is made to go with food
Scottish Field wine columnist Peter Ranscombe visits Rioja’s Beronia winery to taste wines created for a local gastronomic society or ‘txoko’. SWAYING to the music on a makeshift lino-clad dance floor in a San Sabastian piano bar at 2am, it’s impossible not to be immersed in the camaraderie of the Basque country. One friend plays…
Read More10 of the most wicked witches in Scottish history
The Scottish Witchcraft Act saw the grizzly demise of many a soul accused of a variety of heinous and occult crimes. We present a selection of the country’s most wickedt witches. 1. Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis When King James V was a teenager his guardian and stepfather, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, kept him…
Read MoreHuge gap in monthly Scots property prices
Homeowners in Edinburgh are paying almost £300 per month more on their property than those in Glasgow. The information comes from MoneySuperMarket, which has looked at the difference in monthly payments and how much interest people really pay on their mortgages in cities up and down the country. Their research shows homeowners in Edinburgh pay…
Read More300 Dutch to run, bike and kayak across Scotland
Holland is famous for its flat territory – and 300 of them are in for a shock in Scotland this weekend. This Saturday and Sunday, Rat Race Adventure Sports will stage the Healthy Fest Coast to Coast, a specially commissioned 105 mile adventure challenge in the Highlands of Scotland for the Dutch athletes. The event…
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