Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
Ben Fogle returns to Scotland’s Castaway islands
Award winning broadcaster Ben Fogle returns to Scotland for a new TV series which starts this week on BBC Scotland and BBC One. In Scotland’s Sacred Islands the adventurer embarks on a personal pilgrimage, travelling across some of Scotland’s islands, meeting the people whose spirituality connects them deeply to where they live. Over four episodes,…
Read MoreNico Simeone to open new charitable restaurant
The team behind the famed Six by Nico family of restaurants have confirmed a November opening for their new charitable restaurant in Glasgow. Beat 6, which will make its home on Whitehill Street, Dennistoun will see a delicious combination of unique food and social good. Profits from the restaurant will go directly towards the Beatson…
Read MoreNew Balvenie can be bought by Clink* and collect
The newest addition to The Balvenie’s acclaimed Stories range, The Balvenie Week of Peat 17 Year Old, is now available exclusively on Clink*. This is a new online spirit shopping site created by independent family-owned distiller, William Grant & Sons. Following the rapid rise in online shopping, William Grant & Sons created Clink* to give…
Read MoreClimate and ecology in focus at National Museums Scotland
Scotland’s Climate Challenge is a new display on show at the National Museum of Scotland. Running until March 27 2022 at the museum in Edinburgh, this small exhibition highlights the exciting work being carried out in Scotland to fight against climate change. It brings together just some of the technological responses that have been developed…
Read MoreEco play Who Are You? ready to receive its premiere
An environmentally-themed play is set to take to the stage – and online – in the capital this month. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, in association with Naked Productions, are staging the Sound Stage premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s (Our Country’s Good) new environmentally themed play Who Are You?. Sound Stage is…
Read MorePrince Charles opens Johnnie Walker Princes Street
Prince Charles has officially opened Johnnie Walker Princes Street, the new global visitor experience in Scotland’s capital city. His Royal Highness toured the eight-floor attraction set in one of Edinburgh’s landmark heritage buildings, met employees and unveiled a plaque to mark the opening. During the visit, His Royal Highness met the first students in the…
Read MoreNext literary lunch will step back in time
The Royal Scots Club have announced their next Literary Lunch on the theme of history. This event will feature Victoria Schofield, who will be discussing her journey from journalist to military historian and what led her to write about Kashmir, Afghanistan, Wavell, The Black Watch and her lifelong friendship with Former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir…
Read MoreScottish Nature Photography Awards open
The search is on to find this year’s Scottish nature photographer of the year. The Scottish Nature Photography Awards are open for entries until November 30. The competition is open to professional and amateur photographers from around the world, but images must be taken in Scotland within the last five years (December 1 2016 onwards).…
Read MoreA refreshing fictional take on Robert the Bruce
This hefty novel gives voice to the five sisters of Robert the Bruce, highlighting the challenges they faced as sisters of Scotland’s great hero. It is certainly refreshing to hear the female voice within history’s discourse of wars and battles that is so often dominated by men. The story begins with Isa, the eldest sister…
Read MoreVisitor sites say there’s no sign of a staycation boom
The latest survey of Scotland’s visitor attractions has revealed the sector has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic – and is continuing to suffer. And it says there has been no evidence of a ‘staycation boom’. Conducted on behalf of ASVA: Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions by Glasgow Caledonian University’s Moffat Centre for Travel and…
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