Christmas at the Botanics 2023 tickets on sale now

By Ellie Forbes | October 4, 2023

AD Feature  The magic of the festive season is set to return to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh this winter as Christmas at the Botanics opens for its seventh year.  Reimagined for 2023 with new installations and a fresh route, organisers have introduced off-peak tickets on selected evenings in November and December. The magical, botanical…

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Cumnock Tryst: Music programme returns for October

By Ellie Forbes | September 26, 2023

Cumnock’s annual music festival is set to return next month. Sir James MacMillan CBE founded The Cumnock Tryst, a four-day music festival each October, nearly ten years ago. Taking place from 5 October until 8 October, hundreds of local groups are set to perform. The Musical Celebration of the Coalfields will involve ten local community…

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William Shakespeare’s first folio to go on display

By Ellie Forbes | September 18, 2023

A 400-year-old collection of some of William Shakespeare’s first works including Macbeth is to go on display. The National Library in Edinburgh will display the works as part of the Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition at George IV Bridge. Originally published seven years after Shakespeare’s death in 1616, the folio includes 36 plays –…

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Glen Dye hosts open fire supper club with Tim Maddams

By Ellie Forbes | September 13, 2023

Glen Dye estate is hosting an open fire Autumn supper club with chef Tim Maddams next month.  Taking place in the Glen Dye’s woodshed, the evening will be a demonstration of open fire cooking with a menu that will include the finest seasonal ingredients, many of which will be sourced or foraged from the estate…

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Moët & Chandon to feature at Edinburgh Cocktail Week

By Ellie Forbes | September 6, 2023

Champagne firm Moët & Chandon will be featured during Edinburgh Cocktail Week, it has been revealed. Moët & Chandon, in collaboration with the team from Eve at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh, will offer a selection of three Champagne cocktails. The bespoke cocktail selection has been curated to celebrate the festival’s fifth anniversary, running from 6-15 October…

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St Leonards students celebrate outstanding GCSE results

By Ellie Forbes | August 31, 2023

St Leonards School has celebrated another excellent set of GCSE results this month with an impressive 92.1% of qualifications awarded grades 9-4 (equivalent to A*-C), far exceeding the national average.  The school in St Andrews, Fife, has a reputation for academic excellence, and also recently achieved another record set of International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and…

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STORIES: THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO 2023

By Rosie Morton | August 28, 2023

As the curtain closes on another successful Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Rosie Morton reflects on this year’s Show. THE skirl of the Lone Piper reverberated around the Esplanade, taking 2023’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to a poignant close.  The haunting drone echoed through the 8,800-strong audience and beyond. All eyes gazed up at the piper’s…

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Highland Echoes: Scottish heritage celebrated in America

By Ellie Forbes | August 28, 2023

Scotland’s history and heritage has been celebrated in America through music and dance production Highland Echoes. The two-hour show took place at the Appalachian Theatre in Boone, North Carolina, in July, and tried to capture the “essence of Scotland” through dance and music.  The music of Highland Echoes tells a tale that stretches across continents,…

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