Posts Tagged ‘scottish’
Get ready for the world’s first piping jukebox
The world’s first interactive Piping Jukebox, complete with live piper inside, will visit Glasgow’s Buchanan Street tomorrow (Tuesday). From 11.30am until 1.30pm, it will give the public a taste of what to expect from this year’s Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival. Crowds will be treated to piping hot renditions of Lewis Capaldi’s number 1…
Read MoreA home for all seasons with magnificent views
A family home for all seasons with stunning sea views has hit the property market. The McLean family must have one of the best views in Scotland. Torridon, their lovingly-restored five-bedroomed villa, enjoys an uninterrupted panorama over Oban Bay to the Isle of Mull, with 13th century Duart Castle in sight. Mary explained: ‘It couldn’t…
Read MoreTide and Time are new 21-year-olds from Jura
Jura Single Malt Whisky has unveiled new additions to its family of single malt whiskies with a pair of 21 year old expressions. It has released Jura Tide and Jura Time, both aged for 21 Years, they bring to life the tiny island provenance for the super-premium market. The pair offer a unique point of…
Read MoreHistoric Days Await as lances clash and shields shatter
Spectators can choose their champion as noble knights face each other in the field this weekend. Spectacular Jousting returns to Caerlaverock Castle, near Dumfries, from 12.30–4.30pm on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July. The competitors will mount their horses as the tournaments kick off at 1.30pm and 3.15pm in the main arena, where visitors can…
Read MoreFormer Glasgow Girl ready to be the Arctic Artist
A unique chance to explore the effects of climate change in art will be undertaken by Argyll artist Lesley Burr this summer, when she travels to South Baffin Island in the Arctic circle. Lesley, a former ‘Glasgow Girls’ painter, was chosen by the Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute to become the ‘artist in residence’…
Read MoreNew map launched to get cyclists on their bikes
Sustrans and VisitScotland have launched a new interactive route planner to help cyclists explore The Caledonian Way, one of Scotland’s greatest long-distance cycling routes. The Caledonian Way’s 237 mile stretch reaches from Campbeltown to Inverness and draws in around 2,500,000 cycling journeys each year. The popularity of these cycling routes contributes massively to local economies…
Read MoreMozolowski & Murray saddle up for Blair Castle
Mozolowski & Murray will be sponsors of this year’s Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Country Fair, in their 30th anniversary event with international status. Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials is set in the stunning Perthshire countryside within the grounds of Blair Castle, home to the Atholl family for seven centuries, steeped in…
Read MoreGet your half-price Military Tattoo tickets today
Half-price tickets for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s annual preview evening are for sale from 10am today. This year, the Tattoo presents Kaleidoscope – a theme inspired by the Scottish optical instrument first patented by Sir David Brewster in 1817. The 100-minute extravaganza is filled with dazzling performances rich with colour – through lighting and…
Read MoreThe tragic story of a Scots soldier – in his own words
So many Scottish families have their own stories from World Wars I and II. This is the biography of Charles Grant Tennant, a pacifist who joined the Army at the outbreak of the Great War and died in May 1915. Cumbrae-based Fergus Boyle has assembled a fascinating first-hand account of the life of his great-uncle,…
Read MoreBurke and Hare – the notorious murderers
Burke and Hare were Scotland’s most notorious murderers, but their crimes fed the demand for corpses at Edinburgh’s medical schools. At just after eight o’clock in the morning, the door of the small holding cell was thrown open and William Burke, one of Scotland’s most notorious murderers, was led out into the Lawnmarket on Edinburgh’s…
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