Posts Tagged ‘France’
Outstanding chance for writers to develop their skills with Fellowship
Writers are being encouraged to apply for the Scottish Book Trust’s Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. Scotland-based professional writers, who would benefit from time away from their usual environment to develop their work, are encouraged to apply. The Fellowship was initiated in 1994 by Franki Fewkes, a Scottish Robert Louis Stevenson enthusiast then living in France,…
Read MoreScotland carries on going green with three new projects
Three Scottish communities are pledging to clean up their areas. Scotland’s waste-free revolution is driving forward, with Perth, Leith and central Edinburgh pledging to deliver transformative change for residents and workers. They have been selected as the locations for Scotland’s third Zero Waste Town projects, each receiving a share of nearly £900,000 in funding, which…
Read MoreArt gallery celebrates its successful first 12 months
The Gallery Melrose is celebrating its first birthday this month. It has been a year of discovery and excitement, of growing, learning, building expectations and going with the flow. The Gallery Melrose sell paintings, pottery, wood carvings, ceramics, glass and jewellery all handmade by skilled artistic people living within a few miles of the town.…
Read MoreVisit Scotland bids to boost tourism from China
Young Chinese people are set to be the driving force of growth in visitors travelling to Scotland. Chinese visitor numbers to the UK are expected to rise by almost half, from 260,000 to 384,000, over the next five years, VisitBritain predicts. Scotland currently accounts for almost a fifth (17 per cent) of all Chinese visitors…
Read MoreBringing life under the sea to the surface in new Perth exhibition
Artist and diver Janeanne Gilchrist is sharing images from the mysterious underwater world in her first solo exhibition. The sea and the self are territories Janeanne explores and merges seductively in Above, Below, Beyond, an exhibition of intricately composed and infinitely ambiguous sub-aquatic images. The exhibition takes place at Perth’s Fergusson Gallery from this Saturday…
Read MoreAgeing gracefully in the Languedoc
Picking older wines to drink doesn’t have to be all about the classics, as Peter Ranscombe reports. WHEN we think of wines that will be laid down in cellars to age, names like Bordeaux and Burgundy or Napa and Gimblett naturally spring to mind. Yet the right ingredients for creating an age-worthy wine – ripe…
Read MoreThere’s more to malbec than Mendoza
Peter Ranscombe explores the regionality of Argentina’s malbecs with Phil Crozier, director of wines at steak house chain Gaucho. MALBEC has been one of the wine world’s great success stories. Wind the clock back 20 years and few drinkers had heard of the all-conquering red grape. Now, it’s become ubiquitous on restaurant wine lists and…
Read MoreFoncalieu: Keeping it fresh in the Languedoc
Peter Ranscombe is enchanted by the freshness of the white wines being produced in one of France’s most famous regions for reds – the Languedoc. The Languedoc region in south-west France is famed for its red wines. Areas such as Corbières, Fitou and Minervois are renowned throughout the world for producing fruity and powerful reds…
Read MoreInaugural Dramathon is toasted by runners from all over Europe and America
A shared loved of whisky and long-distance running has led to the creation of a brand new event for Scotland – the Dramathon! Friends Ian King and Jon Dunderdale came up with the concept, and it proved to be a successful inaugural event. A total of 800 runners took part – with a large number…
Read MoreWhisky exports increase to £1.8 billion – but volume shipped overseas drops
Scotch whisky exports increased by 3.4 per cent to £1.8 billion in the first half of this year. The sum – $2.4billion – was boosted by the popularity of single malt, according to a report from the Scotch Whisky Association. Single malts now make up more than a quarter of the value of all Scotch shipped overseas.…
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