Posts Tagged ‘glasgow’
Specialist will support pancreatic cancer patients
People with one of the toughest forms of cancer are to benefit from a new dedicated clinical nurse specialist. Kimberley Booth has taken up her new post at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, thanks to collaboration between Pancreatic Cancer Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. In this innovative role, Kimberley will combine work with the Pancreatic…
Read MoreA taste of Argyll in the heart of Glasgow
Argyll comes to Scotland’s largest city this Sunday with its finest food and drink. The Wild About Argyll Food and Drink Festival follows in the wake of its famous pipe bands, who aim to lift several trophies on Glasgow Green at the World Pipe Band Championships on Saturday. However, Sunday at the Briggait, located beside…
Read MoreGlasgow pipes up as it welcomes the world’s bagpipers
The world’s biggest piping festival will bring 40,000 visitors from across the globe to Glasgow this week. Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, runs until Sunday, 19 August, and got underway on Monday with a special performance from the Fountain Trust Pipe Band who travelled over 3600 miles from Ohio to take part in…
Read MoreTraditional style in a modern-build country home
A recently built and traditionally styled six-bedroom country house is now for sale in Perthshire. Creag Bheag, designed by the highly regarded Denholm Partnership, is located in in Meikle Logie, Dunkeld, and presented for sale by Knight Frank. Set over two levels, this is an exceptionally well appointed and finished property to a very high…
Read MoreSix Scottish eating experiences make the world’s top 500
Eating fish and chips on the pebble-strewn beach of Stonehaven in north-east Scotland has been named one of the world’s top food experiences in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Eatlist, published today. In the much-anticipated follow-up to Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travelist, Ultimate Eatlist celebrates and ranks the world’s top 500 food experiences. Whether it’s baozi in Shanghai,…
Read MoreSearch is on for the best shucker in Scotland
It’s nearly time for Scotland’s seafood experts to ShuckOff. There’s good news for them, as the Scottish Oyster Shucking Championships returns for its second year The search is on for Scottish chefs, oyster growers, producers, fishermen and industry specialists to ‘shuck off’ to Stranraer once again in a bid to become the 2018 Scottish Oyster…
Read MoreDolina ready to mark 80th birthday at Blas Festival
A Gaelic writer, actress and singer is set to celebrate her 80th birthday in style with musical friends. Broadcaster and political campaigner, Dolina Maclennan will celebrate her 80th birthday at a concert during Blas Festival on 15 September. Brought up in Marvig, Lewis, Dolina was introduced to drama and the great Gaelic bards at Nicolson…
Read MoreScottish Opera ready to make its festival debut
Scottish Opera is performing at the award-winning Lammermuir Festival in East Lothian for the first time this September, with a new semi-staged performance of Benjamin Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace. Soloists, chorus and instrumentalists perform Britten’s colourful and exotic Church Parable in Haddington’s mediaeval St Mary’s Parish Church, telling the tale of Nebuchadnezzar and the…
Read MoreWhisky helps bartenders to see the world
A Scotch whisky is helping bartenders from the best bars in the world swap locations for four days of exploration and discovery. Blended malt Naked Grouse has announced the return of its LiBARating Swap programme, which will focus on the Future of the Whisky Serve encouraging participating bartenders to devise a cocktail that they believe…
Read MoreGlaswegians cycle around the equator – 28 times
Forget the latest UK winner of the Tour de France – Glasgow has its own biking champion. As the United Kingdom celebrated Geraint Thomas’ triumphant Tour de France win last week, nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, marked its half a millionth journey in Glasgow. An incredible 1,125,000km have been clocked up on the…
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