V&A Dundee set to welcome Antiques Roadshow

With just under a week to go until the Antiques Roadshow arrives in Dundee, V&A Dundee has compiled an essential guide to the event including key travel information and times. V&A Dundee will welcome BBC Antiques Roadshow and presenter Fiona Bruce to the museum and nearby Slessor Gardens this Sunday (23 June). Thousands of people…

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Get on your bikes for family fun in Millport

There’s a wheely great day out in store for families on Sunday, July 14 at the Millport Heritage Cycle and Bike Festival. The Heritage Cycle will run between 10am and 4pm (last start time 1pm), beginning and ending in the grounds of the Garrison House. Cyclists follow the Cumbrae Heritage Trail, collecting puzzle pieces along…

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Two Scottish favourites to return to our screens

STV has commissioned new series of two popular programmes The People’s History Show and Animal 999. These programmes have been recommisioned from independent production companies Up Next Studios and Demus Productions. The People’s History Show is produced by Up Next Studios. Fronted by historian Fergus Sutherland and presenter Jennifer Reoch, the magazine show has been…

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Student inspired at Chelsea Flower Show

For budding horticulturist Colin Palmer, a trip to the Chelsea Flower Show has helped sow the seeds for future plans. Colin, 32, from Livingston, is currently studying for a degree in Horticulture with Plantsmanship at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). He was invited to attend a Chelsea breakfast event – hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society…

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Add a splash of colour to your life with exhibition

Time’s running out to visit an interactive exhibition that brings Mexico City to Glasgow’s Southside. Tramway presents Bara Bara Bara, the first solo exhibition by Mexico City based artist Pia Camil in Scotland – with rave reviews, this exhibition has brightened up the darkest of dreich days. Drawing inspiration from urban forms and mechanisms of…

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Toulmin Prize commended stories revealed

This week, we’ll be posting one short story a day from this year’s Toulmin Prize competition. The Toulmin Prize is open to amateur writers over the age of 16. The stories entered have a north east focus, and can be written in Doric or English, or a mixture of the two. Throughout the course of…

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North east short story competition reveals winners

This week, we’ll be posting one short story a day from this year’s Toulmin Prize competition. The Toulmin Prize is open to amateur writers over the age of 16. The stories entered have a north east focus, and can be written in Doric or English, or a mixture of the two. Throughout the course of…

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Forget Crocodile Hunter – meet the otter spotter!

Wildlife photographer Laurie Campbell has spent two decades on the trail of Scotland’s much loved but extraordinarily elusive creature, and has published a book of superb images documenting his quest. One still May evening back in 1993, there was a ripple on the surface of the River Tweed. A sleek shape was moving upstream, slipping…

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Cutting the plastic at this year’s ASI Scottish Open

A pioneering partnership between the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open and Scottish Water aims to reduce single-use plastic consumption at Scotland’s national open by 80%. The European Tour and main sponsors Aberdeen Standard Investments and the Scottish Government are striving to make this year’s Rolex Series event at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick more…

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