Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
Silents is golden at this weekend’s cinema HippFest
Scotland’s oldest cinema is turning back te clock this weekend, to hold its third Taste of Silents season. The Hippodrome in Bo’ness – where HippFest (The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival) takes place each year. A Taste of Silents aims to introduce new audiences to the rich and immersive world of silent film with live music,…
Read MoreWatch two Scots castles resurrected before your eyes
Two ruined Scottish castles have been brought back to life, thanks to some ingenious computer experts. Our country is rightly known for its great stately houses, castles and churches – and its ruins are also worthy of celebration. There is something wonderful about visiting castles. As you walk through the ruins, your imagination begins to…
Read MoreThe Great Borders River Clean needs helpers
A bid to clean up rivers in the Scottish Borders is taking place later this month. Tom Rawson, a teacher at St Mary’s School in Melrose, is calling on people from across the Borders to join a mass effort to help clean plastic pollution from the region’s waterways. On Sunday 27 October, towns and villages…
Read MoreMarking 40 years since closure of Mackintosh school
Forty years after the Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed Scotland Street School closed, organisers hope to attract a record number of former pupils to the annual reunion. This year’s event takes place from noon–3pm this Saturday, 19 October. Last year’s reunion, which took place in the 150th anniversary year of Mackintosh’s birth, attracted over 60 people…
Read MoreSeton Castle for sale at offers over ÂŁ8million
Seton Castle, a late architectural masterpiece designed by Robert Adam in 1789 and built using stone from Seton Palace (said to be Mary Queen of Scots’ favourite residence), has been launched onto the market. Presented by Savills and Rettie, and situated within 10 miles of Edinburgh in the lush East Lothian countryside close to the…
Read MoreJim Clark Museum welcomes 10,000th fans
A couple from Stirling were the 10,000th visitors to the new Jim Clark Motorsport Museum in Duns last week. Moira (60) and Colin (61) McNicol said the museum was recommended by a friend and they had memories of Jim’s fatal crash: Colin was in Germany and his family were told by people who had seen…
Read MoreCountdown to art gallery reopening continues
Access for all visitors has been dramatically improved as a result of the landmark redevelopment of Aberdeen Art Gallery – creating one of the city’s most accessible, welcoming and inspiring public buildings. The accessibility features have been outlined as the countdown to the 2 November reopening continues. The 130-year old Grade-A listed building and its…
Read MoreFundraising bid to restore 1200 year old Pictish stone
A crowdfunding campaign has today been launched for the repair and conservation of a rare Pictish stone. The previously unknown carved Pictish cross-slab was recently found at an early Christian church site in the Dingwall area of the Scottish Highlands. The rare find, described by experts as being ‘uniquely significant’, was thought to have to…
Read MoreScotland – home of advanced spirits research
Diageo officially opened the doors of a new state-of-the-art Innovation and Research Centre in Scotland yesterday as part of the company’s investment in the sustainable growth of the distilling industry. The new ÂŁ6.4 million laboratory building at Menstrie in Clackmannanshire was officially opened by Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform.…
Read MoreGlenalmond pupils enter into spirit of squirrel survey
Pupils from Glenalmond College in Perthshire have been entering into the spirit of the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey and counting red squirrels as part of the national initiative. Scotland is home to 75% of Britain’s red squirrels and the staff and pupils of Glenalmond College are proud that the school’s 300 acres of grounds are…
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