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Jackie Bird helps pupils with time travel
TELEVISION presenter Jackie Bird helped pupils travel back in time at one of the National Trust for Scotland’s (NTS’s) properties. Bird, who is president of the NTS, joined children from St Vincent’s Primary School when they visited Pollok House to take part in a trial of “Timesliders”, the trust’s new education programme. She helped pupils…
Read MoreGranton gasometer secures redevelopment cash
ONE of Edinburgh’s most familiar landmarks, the Granton gasometer, has secured £1.3 million of funding for the next stage of its redevelopment. The cash is coming from Scottish Government’s vacant and derelict land fund. Restoration work is continuing on the gasometer’s frame – which has greeted generations of passengers as they fly into Edinburgh –…
Read MoreGlad Rags & Cartridge Bags enters ninth year
MORE than 20 ladies attended the Glad Rags & Cartridge Bags clay shooting group’s first event of the year to “blast away the January blues”. After an afternoon of shooting, the group had dinner together in the Saplinbrae Hotel at Mintlaw in Aberdeenshire. “The sun was shining, the sound of laughter and cheers could be…
Read MoreMusic news round-up: folk, funk, and more
Peter Ranscombe orchestrates a round-up of Scottish music news. THE Willow Trio is fusing “classical and Gaelic culture” in its debut album, The Swan of Salen. Released on 17 February, the record will combine Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake with a parallel Gaelic legend, Eala Shàilein. The album provides the backdrop to a cultural project that brings…
Read MoreRottal Lodge wins at The Purdey Awards
ROTTAL Lodge in Glen Clova has won a prize at The Purdey Awards. The Angus site took the bronze award “for the demonstrable conservation efforts and exemplary community partnerships displayed by this passionate family-run estate”. “Rottal has created a wonderful shoot that has been driven by the commitment of those involved and has shown how…
Read MoreMacallan names artisan apprentice firms
WHISKY maker The Macallan is helping four craft businesses to hire apprentices. The distiller is giving the companies grants from its £260,000 artisan apprenticeship fund. The money is going to Scottish trio Alexander Manufacturing, Glasstorm, and Powderhall Bronze, and to London-based Shepherds Bookbinders. The Macallan created the fund in 2021 to help “preserve and safeguard…
Read MoreSet sail with March’s issue of Scottish Field…
DON’T miss the latest issue of Scottish Field magazine, which is on sale now, both in shops and online. Inside our March issue, Soldier, Soldier actor Robson Green reveals his passion for fly-fishing in Scotland. Fellow television presenter Jean Johansson shares her credo, forged during her childhood in Port Glasgow. Mary Miers, the architectural historian…
Read MoreWhisky news round-up: Skincare and more
Peter Ranscombe raises another irreverent glass to all the latest whisky news from Scotland. THE Scotch Malt Whisky Society has nearly notched up 40,000 members as it prepares to mark its 40th birthday. “I started the whole thing for a lark – at the time, most of the Scotch whisky industry was very dull and…
Read MoreHMS Unicorn gets biggest donation
THE Headley Trust has donated £100,000 towards the restoration of HMS Unicorn, Scotland’s oldest ship. The donor – which is one of the “Sainsbury Family of Charitable Trusts” – has covered 10% of the £1 million cost of restoring the boat, which was launched in 1824. HMS Unicorn is the third oldest ship in the…
Read MoreSchools news round-up: Space, tennis and more
Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest news from Scotland’s schools. PUPILS from The High School of Glasgow met former astronaut Anousheh Ansari at the Glasgow Science Centre. Ansari became the first female space tourist, the first astronaut of Iranian decent, and the first Muslim woman in space when she spent 11 days on the International Space…
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