Posts Tagged ‘scottish’
Fringe Review: Ctrl Room
Jeremy Welch reviews Ctrl Room at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This is an immersive theatre production from Black Hound Productions. Think Crystal Maze and you’ll be along the right track. The scene is the battlefield of the future and the role of artificial intelligence in battle. The audience is separated into two different rooms by a…
Read MoreFringe Review: Everything Under The Sun
Jeremy Welch reviews Everything Under The Sun at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Dear Mother Africa, she bleeds. This play is written and directed by Highland writer Jack MacGregor, it is very well researched and his forensic eyes have turned the situation in Mali into a compelling drama. Mali? Where is it? What is happening there? These…
Read MoreBeavers could return to Cairngorms in efforts to boost numbers
Beavers could return to the Cairngorms as part of efforts to boost their population. The animals died out in Scotland around 400 years ago but were reintroduced in 2009. The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) is now set to speak to the public about a number of possible release sites. As part of the plans…
Read MoreConservationists slam Rest and Be Thankful tunnel to protect vehicles from landslips
A conservation charity has slammed Transport Scotland’s plans to build a tunnel on the Rest and Be Thankful to protect vehicles from landslips. The Friends of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs has listed 26 issues with Transport Scotland’s preferred solution to help keep the notorious landslip road open. In June the agency unveiled plans for…
Read MoreFringe Review: Wiesenthal
Jeremy Welch reviews Wiesenthal at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Written by Tom Dugan and acted by Christopher Gibbs, this production is compelling. It takes place in Wiesenthal’s office just before his retirement. Gibbs plays Wiesenthal perfectly at the later stages of his working life, retiring he may be but the fire and dedication to track down…
Read MoreCalling Time: clock ticks on online charity auction of one-off watches
Lyon & Turnbull is set to auction off nine watches to help support cancer charity Maggie’s. The EveryWatch sale of original timepieces will take place online from 16-23 August. It features watches specially created for the sale, and includes; Christopher Ward, Fears, Isotope, Sartory Billard, Paulin, Studio Underd0g, Bamford, William Wood and internationally renowned Glasgow-based…
Read MoreEdinburgh Castle made out of nearly 3,000 shortbread pieces on display
Walker’s shortbread has created an incredible version of Edinburgh Castle – made entirely out of the biscuits. Made with 2,933 shortbread pieces, the amazing structure was created by renowned UK food artist, Prudence Staite. The castle will be on display at Edinburgh Airport, where Walker’s will have a pop-up until 31 August. Located past airport…
Read MoreFringe Review: Six Chick Flicks…
Richard Bath reviews Six Chick Flicks…Or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic. The premise of this parody is that two wisecracking sassy young women take the piss out of six iconic chick flicks: Titanic, Legally Blonde, Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, Beaches and The Notebook.…
Read MoreEntire private Scottish island on the market for less than £2million
A private Scottish island which has not been on the market for 85 years has gone on sale – for less than £2million. Torsa, one of the Slate Islands in Argyll and Bute, comes with more than 2.5 miles of coastline and foreshore as well as sailing, fishing and watersports opportunities. While the Slate Islands…
Read MoreWines for summer drinking
James Robertson shares his top wines for summer drinking. In the middle of June I recall a friend suggesting that it was too hot and that we needed a break in the weather. Well they got more than they bargained for with the awful July that we then had to deal with which seems to…
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