Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
Flying the flag in support of Doddie Aid 2022 challenge
Scottish Borders Council is flying the Team South Doddie Aid flag outside the council headquarters. It will be raised between 28 January and 14 February in honour of the thousands of people across the south of Scotland who are taking part in this year’s Doddie Aid fitness challenge, on behalf of the My Name’5 Doddie…
Read MoreThe rise of giving whisky at Chinese New Year
The millennia-old Chinese tradition of cultural gift-giving is fascinating, as I have learned, being governed by a set of applied codes of etiquette and superstition. More recently, South East Asian gift-giving has become increasingly intertwined with the world of high-age and rare single malt whisky. Its popularity has seen a growing interest in the giving…
Read MoreSPECTRA’s world premiere of Six Frames by Illuminos
SPECTRA, Scotland’s festival of light, will present the world premiere of a brand-new installation from Illuminos: Six Frames next month. Drawing inspiration from six repeating stanzas of Sheena Blackhall’s poem Twa Brigs Bussie, the installation brings audiences along for the journey, recreating the very same route described in the poem, from Brig o Dee to…
Read MoreNew accredited training programme for gamekeepers
Two training days for gamekeepers are scheduled for Scotland this spring. In 2021 and in response to the increased importance of best practice and the British Game Assurance (BGA) Scheme, St David’s Game Bird Services devised a new, accredited, Gamekeeper Training Programme to help Gamekeepers, across the country, to maintain standards and become certified under…
Read MoreScotland in the cold light of day
Landscape photographer Dougie Cunningham captures the bleak beauty of Scotland’s winters. Bitter winters consisting of long nights and cold, short days might not be everyone’s favourite time of year, but landscape photographer Dougie assures us there is no better time to capture the beauty of Scotland than through the winter months. Having spent the majority…
Read MoreA garden on its very best bee-haviour
Jay Jay Gladwin’s personal touch makes all the difference as wildflowers and beneficial weeds boost the bee population in this Black Isle garden. When Jay Jay designs a garden she thinks about three things: structure, atmosphere and plants. ‘I ask a client the obvious questions about garden use and what they like but I also…
Read MoreSir Harry Lauder – a treasure or an embarrassment?
To many people he was a national icon but for others he was an embarrassment – and even today Sir Harry Lauder splits opinion. It seems apposite that the Sir Harry Lauder Road is the bypass road between Portobello and Edinburgh. On one hand, Portobello was his birthplace; on the other, the Scottish intelligencia have…
Read MoreKeep Scotland Beautiful honour Britannia’s work
Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has honoured a leading Scottish tourist attraction for its environmental work. They presented the Royal Yacht Britannia and her sister-ship Fingal with a silver level National Award for Environmental Excellence – the business standard that enables organisations to benchmark their environmental achievements and improvements. The accolade recognises the steps which…
Read MoreGo Dance festival returns to Glasgow’s Theatre Royal
Community dance festival, Go Dance returns to the Glasgow’s Theatre Royal next week following a two-year hiatus. Produced by Theatre Royal’s Creative Learning team, Go Dance features a calibre of talent and dynamic routines from Scotland’s leading dance colleges, dance schools and community groups. Go Dance was launched in 2008 and provides a platform for…
Read MoreScottish adventure time comes to an end
The latest series of The Adventure Show, which brings viewers thrilling and close-up looks at the thriving outdoor activities scene in Scotland, comes to an end tonight. In this final episode of the current series, presenter and journalist Amy Irons spends a night under canvas on her bikepacking trip and discovers just how unpredictable the…
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