Posts Tagged ‘glasgow’
Outdoor learning blooms at Kelvinside Academy
The days are getting shorter, the nights longer, the leaves are changing colour and there is a definite chill in the air – autumn is finally here. While for most children the change in season signals the time to head indoors, junior school pupils at Kelvinside Academy wrap up warm and venture into the woods…
Read MorePool success keeps swimmer Hannah smiley
Hannah Miley is Scotland’s golden girl of the pool. The 29-year-old swimmer was raised in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, reaching the final of the 400 metres individual medley on each occasion, finishing sixth in 2008, fifth in 2012 and fourth in 2016. A two-time Scottish Commonwealth champion, in 2010 and…
Read MoreContemporary masterpiece at the Tron in Glasgow
A Scottish theatre is to stage the first British production of Ballyturk by Enda Walsh, regarded as a contemporary masterpiece. Glasgow’s Tron Theatre Company is delighted that the centrepiece of the autumn season will be its staging of Ballyturk, one of the most extraordinary, hilarious and surreal plays in modern theatre. The Tron are honoured…
Read MoreGlasgow expects up to 30,000 runners this weekend
Up to 30,000 people are to descend on Glasgow this weekend. Runners from all over the UK and beyond are coming to Scotland’s largest city for this year’s Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run, for the annual mass participation events. Super Saturday gets the weekend off to flying start with the kids and family events,…
Read MoreThe vegetable Beechgrove Garden Jim can’t stand
Gardener Jim McColl reflects on four decades in charge of the Beechgrove Garden, his love of Scottish music, his hatred of one unfortunate vegetable, and what’s turning him into a grumpy old man. The Beechgrove Garden is now in its 40th year. I was always destined to be a gardener, if there’s any truth in…
Read MoreBoutique cinema to open its first screens in Scotland
A fast-growing independent boutique cinema operator is to open the doors of its first Scottish cinema next month. Everyman Cinemas has announced it will welcome guests to its cinema located in Glasgow’s award-winning shopping and leisure destination, Princes Square, on Friday 26 October. The high-quality cinema will be made up of three intimate auditoriums, seating…
Read MoreHonour for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has become one of the first institutions in the country to be honoured for its pioneering work in promoting and encouraging career-long professional learning in the education sector. Scotland’s national conservatoire received a General Teaching Council for Scotland Professional Learning Award at a recent awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza…
Read MoreRuined Scots cottage offers so much potential
A ruined Scottish cottage with beautiful lochside views offers a huge development potential opportunity. Tigh Na Rathaid Cottage, near Kilfinan, Tighnabruaich, is presented for sale by Robb Residential. The purchaser will buy the cottage ruin with a right of access over track, from where the access road will be formed by the purchaser to the…
Read MoreNational Whisky Festival is just over a fortnight away
The second National Whisky Festival is getting ready to take place. It will be held at Paisley Town Hall on Saturday 13 October, as part of the Spree Festival 2018, and will see two sessions of drams, masterclasses, food, whisky related arts, crafts and a fantastic programme of live music. The Spree Festival is one of…
Read MoreMuseum success can be focus of Scottish cultural summit
The successful openings of new museums in Scotland has led to a call to drive forward Scottish culture. The triumph of Scotland’s new museum of design, the V&A in Dundee, and the new Kirkcudbright Galleries, has seen Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murrays suggest a summit where local authorities can share their experiences in…
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