Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
Golden praise with high quality recognition
A luxury Scottish country house has been awarded a Gold 4 Star Quality Assurance award following a grading from VisitScotland. The national tourism organisation’s Quality Assurance (QA) Scheme is a benchmark for quality within the tourism industry and operates across accommodation, visitor attractions and food sectors. Located in the heart of Royal Deeside, Douneside House,…
Read MoreExperience the Glengoyne in storytelling week
Glengoyne has launched a new distillery tour to coincide with National Storytelling Week. The Glengoyne Story has been devised by whisky experiential ambassador Gordon Dallas, with tours running throughout February and March. The tour is a liquid journey through time; from raw spirit of Glengoyne’s rough and ready roots to revered single malt, coaxed through…
Read MoreScotland will make a splash at this year’s Collect
Scotland will be represented at this year’s Crafts Council event Collect, when it returns for its 16th edition. Presented for the first time at Somerset House in London, the Crafts Council founded Collect in 2004 with the aim to build the profile and sales for collectable craft and to promote the very best galleries and…
Read MoreTaking a look at golf in unexpected places
From the hills of Northumberland, through Border Reiver country and up to Scotland’s Highlands and Islands, the journey taken in this book explores the possibilities for playing golf in remote, beautiful and unexpected places. This ideal golfer’s guide showcases a selection of nine-hole courses in spectacular settings in a book that is sure to go…
Read MoreRoyal Air Forces Association needs helpers
The Royal Air Forces Association, which supports the wellbeing of RAF veterans, serving personnel and their dependants, needs more befrienders and caseworkers to meet growing demand for its services. While volunteers are sought across Scotland, the greatest need is in the central belt, including the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas, where many RAF veterans and their…
Read MoreJeweller Dinny Hall to give designer talk in Scotland
Fashion Foundry, the incubator and talent hub, its to launch its 2020 Designer Talks series with iconic British jeweller Dinny Hall. She will be giving her first major talk in Scotland on 25 March in Glasgow at Erdington HQ on Queen Street. The inaugural talk promises to be a no holds barred look back across…
Read MoreCelebrating U.S. conceptual artist Allan Kaprow
Jupiter Artland Foundation has announced a new season dedicated to legendary American conceptual artist Allan Kaprow, who famously coined the term ‘Happening’ in the early 1960s. From May through to September 2020, Scottish and international artists will reinvent artworks from Kaprow’s career, reimagining them for the current day and the unique landscape of Jupiter Artland.…
Read MoreGet your hands on our fantastic free whisky app
Are you a whisky fan who lives in Scotland? Or, are you coming to visit Scotland to dip into drams this year? Thankfully, Scottish Field has the perfect companion to help you discover all that is good and great about our national drink, in the form of our Cask & Still app. Many whisky and…
Read MoreGallery welcomes 100,000 visitors in less than 100 days
Aberdeen Art Gallery has welcomed more than 100,000 visitors since it re-opened to the public less than 100 days ago. The revitalised gallery is now well on its way to reaching the target of 235,000 visits in its first year. The milestone 100,000th visitor was 20-year-old, final year journalism student at RGU, Ceilidh Jeffrey who arrived at…
Read MoreMatt Baker to host Sir David Attenborough Edinburgh event
BAFTA award winning television presenter Matt Baker is today announced as the host of the Hunter Foundation’s charity dinner with Sir David Attenborough next month. Matt will join a number of famous faces in Edinburgh on Tuesday 18 February, with Grammy award winning Nicola Benedetti CBE and Hue and Cry both performing during the event.…
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