Posts Tagged ‘Aberdeen’
Aberdeen hits high note for European Pipe Band Championships
FURTHER details were revealed today ahead of this summer’s European Pipe Band Championships in Aberdeen. More than 100 pipe bands from across Europe and from as far away as Australia will travel to the North-East to participate in one of the largest piping events in the world. It’s the first time since 1981 that the…
Read MoreAberdeenshire county flag unfurled at Castle Fraser
THE new Aberdeenshire county flag was hoisted up the pole at Castle Fraser on Saturday. The flag was based on designs by pupils from Newtonhill primary school in Stonehaven and Elrick primary school in Westhill. Children from the schools presented the flag to Sandy Manson, Aberdeen’s lord-lieutenant at the castle, which is run by the…
Read MoreGray’s School of Art students team up with Braemar Castle
FASHION and textile students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University are working with a team from Braemar Castle to create clothes for their fashion show at Aberdeen Art Gallery on 5 May. Twenty first-year students have worked on the project to create garments that are linked to Braemar Castle. A total of…
Read MoreScottish Field’s Rosie Morton returns with Landward
LANDWARD, the rural affairs television programme, returns to BBC Scotland tonight, with Scottish Field writer Rosie Morton among this series’ presenters. Morton joined the show as last summer and travelled the length and breadth of our nation, sharing the stories of people who live and work in the countryside and on the coast. The programme,…
Read MoreTV chef Julie Lin opens ‘can-teen’
TELEVISION chef Julie Lin is traveling around Scotland in a pop-up “can-teen” to promote canned food. Lin is working with environmental organisation Zero Waste Scotland to Dishes on her menu include Spam bao buns, Thai fish cakes, and saag curry. Her restaurant on wheels will visit Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen between 28 March and…
Read MoreScotland gives bees a helping hand
PROJECTS throughout Scotland are helping bees and other pollinators, according to a new report. The “Pollinator Strategy 2022 Progress Report” by NatureScot, the Scottish Government agency known previously as Scottish Natural Heritage, highlighted the work of organisations to create wildflower meadows, connect habitats, and gather evidence on how climate change is affecting pollinators. Projects highlighted…
Read MoreSchools news: international women’s day and more
Peter Ranscombe rounds-up the latest news from Scotland’s schools on International Women’s Day. THE High School of Glasgow has been given a shirt by Maryam Faisal, one of its sixth-year pupils, to mark her inclusion in the first women’s Scottish Under 19 World Cup cricket team. Faisal was part of the 15-strong squad that represented…
Read MoreRecord audience for Granite Noir festival
A RECORD 15,000 people visited Aberdeen over the weekend for the Granite Noir crime writing festival. The festival’s seventh outing attracted almost 11,500 people to its shows, with a further 3,000 or so visiting the “Curriculum of Crime” exhibition at the city’s Music Hall. Highlights of this year’s festival included author Val McDermid in conversation…
Read MoreReview: The Makings of a Murderer
Lish Walker listens to the Scottish detective who caught serial killer Peter Tobin in The Makings of a Murderer. THE stories behind some of Britain’s most notorious serial killers were explored at Pitlochry Festival Theatre last Sunday by Scottish former Detective Superintendent David Swindle. The stage is set simply, like an old-school detective’s office, which…
Read MoreScotland’s ‘ice age’ pinewoods on knife-edge
THE remnants of the Caledonian pinewoods could be wiped out within a generation, according to a study unveiled today. Four years of analysis by conservation charity Trees for Life – the first major research into Caley pines for more than 60 years – found that “high deer numbers, spread of non-native conifers, lack of long-term…
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