Posts Tagged ‘history’
A celebration of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
A new documentary will reveal life in and around Scotland Street School, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s last major commission in Glasgow. Created by Scottish artist and filmmaker Margaret Moore, Scotland Street School Remembers will open on 7 June at Scotland Street School Museum, marking the 150thanniversary of the world-renowned architect’s birth. The School Board of Glasgow…
Read MoreScotland’s sealife will be at the centre of new tourist trail
Sea life spotters are being asked to share their knowledge to create a unique trail promoting Scotland as top whale-watching destination. Individuals, communities and businesses are being asked to contribute ideas for top sites for spotting whales, dolphins and porpoises from land on Scotland’s west coast, to help create a Hebridean Whale Trail that will…
Read MoreTourism Oscar rewards five years of hard work
The team at a Scottish distillery are in high spirits after winning Best Visitor Attraction at the Scottish Thistle Awards – Scotland’s tourism Oscars. Perthshire-based Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery attracted 38,000 whisky fans through 2017/18, with more visitors than ever opting to enjoy an upgraded tour experience, such as the cask tasting tour. This was the…
Read MorePhotographic legend Harry’s work goes on show
An exhibition celebrating the work of one of the world’s best-known photographers begins this weekend at the National Trust for Scotland’s Pollok House in Glasgow. Images by Glasgow-born photojournalist, Harry Benson CBE, will go on display from Saturday 19 May8, featuring some of his most iconic photographs of world history and rarely-seen shots of his…
Read MoreLeading Scottish artists display at new exhibitions
Two of Scotland’s leading artists, Judith I Bridgland and Anne Morrison, will be exhibiting a show of new works this summer. These will be displayed across two of Scotland’s top contemporary art galleries, The Strathearn Gallery in Crieff and the Annan Gallery in Glasgow, this June and July. ‘North Coast Gems’ brings together the paintings…
Read MoreAre whisky bloggers really the masters of malt?
Whisky blogs appear to have reached a level of saturation and are now omnipresent across the internet and social media. Anyone can write a blog, and it appears that every whisky drinker and his dog write a whisky blog these days. So, what will happen to all these whisky blogs and will this glut lead…
Read MoreA lifetime of events brought together in one album
This Has Been Me Since Yesterday is the culmination of a lifetime’s song writing for Glaswegian, Alex Weir and with more accessible recording technology now available, the 77-year-old has been able to create a fine album of his songs which at the time of writing were not intended for public release. How lucky we are…
Read MoreAirshow confirms some real high flyers are coming
The famous Red Arrows are heading for Scottish skies this summer for Scotland’s national airshow. It will take place on Saturday, 28 July, from 10am-5pm at the National Museum of Flight, in East Fortune, East Lothian. The RAF Red Arrows display team will top the bill with a high-octane performance on Saturday 28 July. Tickets…
Read MoreTartan journey takes a step forward with new pop-up mill
Tartan weaving has returned to its ancestral home in the Highlands of Scotland. Black Isle-based tartan design house Prickly Thistle has started production after a successful fundraising campaign, and the company has opened a ‘pop up’ mill in Ross-shire as a step towards the eventual redevelopment of an agricultural steading into a full design and…
Read MoreFinding delights among Kayra’s Turkish wines
Peter Ranscombe travels to Turkey to explore modern examples from an ancient wine-producing country. WALKING the streets of Istanbul, the shadow that Atatürk still casts over Turkey is inescapable. Portraits of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – who led the struggle for independence and became the “father of the republic” – hang from the walls of hotels,…
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