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Tall ship Glenlee is getting ship-shape
THE tall ship Glenlee on the River Clyde has secured £1.8 million of cash from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The cash will be used over the next two years to check and repair the hull, decks, and rigging of the ship, which is docked at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum. This year, the 126-year-old vessel marks…
Read MoreEdinburgh Art Festival flits to August
THE Edinburgh Art Festival is moving to August to join the city’s other summer festivals. The UK’s biggest visual arts festival will run on 11–27 August. This summer’s programme – which will be published later in the spring – is the first to be curated by new festival director Kim McAleese. McAleese said: “The programme…
Read MoreIs this the ultimate ‘off-grid’ job?
THE island of Rona aims to double its population by offering what’s billed as the ultimate “off-grid” job. The island, which is accessed only by a private boat, wants to recruit a live-in estate worker, along with a partner who will work part-time. Duties include “estate and property maintenance and management, housekeeping, logistics, and assisting…
Read MoreHighlands Rewilding buys Argyll’s Tayvallich Estate
THE Highlands Rewilding project today revealed it has raised the £10.5 million it needed to buy the 3,500-acre Tayvallich Estate in Argyll. The initiative, which already owns Beldorney in Aberdeenshire and Bunloit near Loch Ness, raised the funds ahead of last night’s deadline. Highlands Rewilding announced in December that it was in exclusive talks to…
Read MorePupils’ art projected at The Causey
PUPILS will see their works of art animated and projected across historic buildings at The Causey in South Edinburgh tomorrow. The Causey Development Trust (CDT) created the project with children from Preston Street primary school. CDT steering group members Kate Leiper – an artist and illustrator – and Robert Motyka – a projection artist –…
Read MoreScots projects get cash from The Prince’s Countryside Fund
FIVE projects in Scotland have received support from The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF). Berwickshire Swap, Helmsdale & District Development Trust, Kilmory Community Fund, Third Sector Hebrides, and Transition North Ronaldsay will share grants worth more than £100,000. Throughout the UK as a whole, 14 projects will receive a total of £250,000 to support more than…
Read MoreMountaineering Scotland Awards winners unveiled
THE winners of this year’s Mountaineering Scotland Awards have been named. The Mountaineering Scotland Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Ian Rendall, of the Orkney Climbing Club, at the YCS Grand Final at RockStar Climbing in Swindon. The ClimbScotland Young Climber of the Year Award went to Jamie Lowther from the Cairngorms Geckos…
Read MoreRecreating Scotland’s stained-glass windows
RESEARCHER want to commission an artist to reproduce Scotland’s stained-glass windows. Most of Scotland’s stained-glass windows in churches were destroyed during the Reformation in 1560. Craig Kennedy, from Heriot-Watt University’s Institute for Sustainable Building Design, and Michael Penman, a historian from the University of Stirling, have analysed glass fragments and historical records from Elgin Cathedral…
Read MoreMove from research to conservation to save migrating birds
SCIENTISTS want efforts to shift from research to conservation in order to save migrating birds. Species under threat include cuckoos, swifts, and turtle doves, as well as swallows and whinchats. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) warned that gaps in research into the problem shouldn’t…
Read MoreGrowing Future Assets contest unveils finalists
NINE teams from throughout Scotland have made it through to the finals of the Growing Future Assets Competition on 9 March. The contest is designed to “encourage young women to consider a career in the world of investment management”. During the competition, pupils research and analyse a company and then outline the case for investing…
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