Posts Tagged ‘glasgow’
Debate Night is looking to welcome back audiences
BBC Scotland’s Debate Night TV programme is welcoming back studio audiences – and wants to find people from all walks of life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine, Debate Night is welcoming people back into the studio for their third series. They are looking for people from across Scotland to join them (socially distanced), on the evening…
Read MoreBringing original art to a Scottish train station
A new work of art has been created in Glasgow – at a train station. In the coming weeks, travellers through Anderston Station will be greeted with a new piece of artwork more commonly seen in US cities. In the shadow of the Kingston Bridge on a traffic island in the middle of a busy…
Read MoreNational whisky festival all ready to return
The National Whisky Festival of Scotland returns to Aberdeen Music Hall this weekend. It will take place on Saturday 18 September as the festival makes its long-awaited return to live events. Keen to follow successful inaugural events in the city, as well as the sell out success of the festival’s annual NWF Glasgow event (part…
Read MoreClimate campaign launches ‘Let’s do Net Zero’
A major campaign to encourage people across Scotland to come together to tackle the climate emergency has been launched ahead of COP26 in Glasgow later this year. The Let’s do Net Zero campaign highlights the benefits a net zero society will bring for our economy, health and environment. It also aims to raise greater awareness…
Read MorePush The Boat Out is Scotland’s newest poetry event
Scotland’s newest and most boundary-bending poetry festival, launches its inaugural programme today, Wednesday 8 September in Edinburgh. Taking place from October 15–17 within the creative hub of Summerhall, Push The Boat Out will be the second poetry festival ever to be held in Scotland and its aims to do what it says on the tin,…
Read MoreWhisky society holding its annual September Gathering
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society honours its members in style with events and tastings across the UK for their annual September Gathering. The SMWS celebrates its annual September Gathering by showcasing a range of whisky tasting events across its signature UK venues. Throughout the month the Society is hosting a series of events for members…
Read MoreTen of the best pipers to compete at championship
Ten of the world’s greatest solo pipers have been invited to compete in this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championship. The renowned competition returns to Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire on Saturday October 30. This year’s competitors are defending champion Stuart Liddell, Dollar’s Callum Beaumont, British Columbia piper Jack Lee, five-time champion Roderick Macleod MBE, William McCallum…
Read MoreA fusion of Italian passion and Scottish attitude
A mixture Italian style with a strong dose of modern Glasgow attitude is coming with the opening of a new restaurant in the city. Roberta’s Glasgow will open on Thursday, September 9 and confidently take unfussy, authentic Italian cooking and bring it to life in new uber stylish city centre surroundings. Glasgow’s newest pizza spinning,…
Read MoreAnnika has been a splash hit with actor Jamie Sives
New Scottish crime series Annika continues this week, with the fourth instalment of the detective show. Starring Nicola Walker as Annika Strandhed, the head of the Marine Homicide Unit at the fictional Scotland Police, she is joined by Scots actor Jamie Sives as one of her co-stars. In the fourth episode, when writer Cara Gibson…
Read MoreScottish Opera returns to theatres with new productions
A new Scottish Opera production of Gilberts and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers will open at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal before traveling to cities around the country. This co-production with D’Oyly Carte Opera and State Opera South Australia will tour Edinburgh, Inverness, and London for a total of 24 performances, and will include the Scottish Opera premiere of…
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