Posts Tagged ‘scottish’
Isle of Skye Candle Company buys Aros Centre
THE Isle of Skye Candle Company is getting ready to reopen more of the Aros Centre in Portree after buying the site. The firm is turning the centre into a factory and visitors’ centre. The candle maker said that the project would revitalise the centre’s community facilities, which include a cinema and theatre, café, restaurant,…
Read MoreFaskally gets ready for Enchanted Forest return
FASKALLY Woods is getting ready for the return of the Enchanted Forest light show after a two-year gap due to the pandemic. More than 80,000 visitors are expected to attend this year’s event, which marks the show’s 20th anniversary. Tickets have gone on sale for the display, which runs from 29 September to 30 October.…
Read MoreScots get adventurous in new film
TOURISM body Wild Scotland has released a film encouraging locals and visitors to try its members’ adventurous activities. Nurture Your Adventurous Spirit – which is available on YouTube or below – features wildlife and adventure tourism operators from throughout Scotland. They include Nikki Dayton-Gelati from Wilder Ways, which runs horseback archery courses in Southend on…
Read MoreSymphonix Rock Orchestra swaps Chopin for Coldplay
AN ORCHESTRA will trade Mozart for Metallica later this month during a concert at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom. The Symphonix Rock Orchestra will make its live debut on 26 August when it switches from Rachmaninoff to Rage Against the Machine. Born from the imagination of founder and musical director Neil Thompson, Symphonix combines his love for…
Read MoreHebrides soundtrack for hotel’s ‘wellness room’
SOUNDS recorded in the Hebrides are helping guests to relax at the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel in Edinburgh. Music producer Brian D’Souza travelled to locations including the Hebrides, Cape Verde, Lake Geneva, and Lofoten in the Article to make his recordings. He then mixed sounds from fields, the sea, and wildlife with noises from gongs,…
Read MoreFRINGE REVIEW: “Angel by Henry Naylor”
Angel by Henry Naylor – Venue 24: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Other Yin – 4pm I’VE been very lucky at this festival and have seen some wonderful productions and now, having watched Angel, I can say that any further productions will have to be extraordinary to better it. Angel tells the story of a…
Read More‘Hummingbird’ flocks to Scotland
THE number of hummingbird hawkmoths spotted in Scotland has soared, according to new figures. The moths were reported in 1.2% of Scottish gardens last month, more than three times the season’s average. The British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO’s) Garden BirdWatch survey found the figure hit 5.2% across the UK as a whole, compared to 1.3%…
Read MoreFirst Edinburgh music map is released
VENUES, bars, record shops, and other “musical places of interest” are being featured on the first Edinburgh music map. Around 50 locations are listed on the map, including about 20 of the city’s main music venues. Featured venues include Sneaky Pete’s in the Cowgate, where local band Swim School launched the map. Summerhall, the O2…
Read MoreRiver City marks 20th birthday
SOME familiar faces are returning to Shieldinch for a special River City episode to mark the TV soap’s 20th birthday. Filming began this week on the anniversary episode, which will be broadcast at the end of September. In the programme, Bob O’Hara and best mate Angus Lindsay wake up “in a parallel dimension where all…
Read MoreNick Gardner’s Munro challenge of a lifetime
Morag Bootland speaks to the remarkable Nick Gardner about his mountaineering challenge. I’VE heard some incredible tales of adventure, tragedy, and love in my years as a journalist. But few have touched me as deeply as Nick Gardner’s real life love story. Nick is now 82, and has spent the last two years of his…
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