Posts Tagged ‘film’
Scots artist to display short film in Israel
Scottish artist Rachel Maclean is to stage her first work in Israel. The exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is comprised of a video installation titled Spite Your Face (2017, 37 mins), which was first exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2017, where Rachel represented Scotland. The protagonist of the film, Pic, is…
Read MoreTV cameraman Keith Partridge on braving the great outdoors
Having filmed in some of the world’s most extreme environments, award-winning adventure cameraman Keith Partridge really does enjoy Touching the Void. My favourite childhood memory is of cycling around the lanes of north Norfolk on a Saturday, on my own, with a camping stove and a pannier and – I’m not sure I should admit…
Read MoreSailing stories on film at the Scottish Maritime Museum
The Scottish Maritime Museum launches a collection of short films reflecting on life around local shipyards in the last century. A new collection of personal stories reflecting on life lived around the shipyards and marine industries of Irvine and Garnock Valley during the last century is now screening at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine…
Read MoreFife hotel takes global title for destination wedding hotel
A Fife hotel has been named ‘Best Destination Wedding Hotel’ in the global category at the international Haute Grandeur Awards held in Kuala Lumpur. Presented to an international audience, Balbirnie House Hotel, located in Markinch, beat luxury competitors from all over the globe to achieve the award. A six-strong team from Balbirnie House Hotel travelled…
Read MoreJim Clark Museum welcomes 10,000th fans
A couple from Stirling were the 10,000th visitors to the new Jim Clark Motorsport Museum in Duns last week. Moira (60) and Colin (61) McNicol said the museum was recommended by a friend and they had memories of Jim’s fatal crash: Colin was in Germany and his family were told by people who had seen…
Read MoreA festival of the Doric runs this weekend
A full weekend of all things Doric will take place in Braemar over this weekend to celebrate Across the Grain. This is an annual community-based festival of activities celebrating Aberdeenshire’s cultural life, heritage, language and stories. The programme is inspired by the unique Doric distinctiveness and showcases how vital Doric heritage, music and stories are…
Read MorePlans to open up the Devil’s Pulpit to tourists
Plans have been revealed today to create a tourist spot at Finnich Glen, near Killearn, in Stirlingshire. A detailed planning application for a 150-space car park, visitor centre/restaurant, and a network of paths, bridges and viewing platforms, has been submitted for the Devil’s Pulpit beauty spot. Architects and planning consultants Bell Ingram Design have lodged…
Read MoreThe dog whisperer who saves canine lives
Abbie Withers has worked with dogs for 35 years, in film and TV, and now as a behavioural consultant, saving dogs which might otherwise be put to sleep How did you first get started working with dogs? I worked as a vet nurse in the UK and in South Africa and met another nurse who…
Read MoreTrip to Singapore was neither Dull, Bland or Boring
A group of three friends swapped the Dull life for an exciting adventure in Singapore. Blair Girvan, Peter Hoyer and Jonathan Wilson hail from the village of Dull, in Perth and Kinross, and they have had the trip of a lifetime, as part of an adventure video. Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB)…
Read MoreThe rise in Scottish men having aesthetic treatments
I have to confess – I’ve not had a skincare regime for years. In the early 2000s, after reading American Psycho and seeing the film adaptation, I did begin to take a bit more care, with moisturisers and a careful selection of aftershave, but, when the moisturiser eventually ran out, I never replaced it or…
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