Posts Tagged ‘BBC’
Woman’s Hour host to appear at book festival
A special event focusing on women’s history is coming to this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. Dame Jenni Murray, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour since 1987, will be discussing her new book. The Women of the World event, sponsored by Lanark-based biscuit manufacturer Border, will take place on Saturday 25 August…
Read MoreHaving six jobs on a remote Scots island saved Sarah’s life
A Scottish woman in her 20s will tell the country how moving to a remote island saved her. The Island That Saved My Life will be broadcast on BBC One next Monday, 16 July, revealing how, at the age of 23 and suffering from depression and shyness Sarah Moore moved from her family home near…
Read MoreRecord-breaking musical comes to Edinburgh this month
Tim Firth’s new British musical featuring Take That hits will play in Edinburgh from 10-14 July. The Band tells the story of five 16 year-old friends in 1992 who are big fans of ‘the band’. Twenty-five years later, the 40-something women are reunited and once more try to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.…
Read MoreMasterChef winner will headline this year’s Foodies Festival
The 2018 Foodies Festival is to welcome MasterChef Champion 2018 Kenny Tutt to the stage for his first live cookery demonstration in Edinburgh. Being held in the capital’s Inverleith Park on 3,4 and5 August, Kenny will showcase his show-stopping summer recipes. Foodies Festival launched in 2005 as a single event at an Edinburgh hotel after…
Read MoreThe natural sounds of Scotland are captured on CD
The natural sounds of Scotland are being marked with the release of new recordings of bird and countryside sounds. To celebrate nearly 20 years in Galloway, since moving back north after 21 years in an Oxfordshire studio, Sounds Natural is happy to announce additional Scottish, and other publications for their library of unique audio bird…
Read MoreA celebration of Gaelic at this year’s XpoNorth
Delegates to Scotland’s leading creative industries festival will see and hear about some of the leaders in the Gaelic language at the festival. XpoNorth 2018 takes place next week throughout Inverness on 27 and 28 June. The Gaelic Angle on Wednesday will hear from multi-award winning singer and musician Julie Fowlis; Iseabail Mactaggart, director of…
Read MoreExplore Scotland’s contribution to pop music this summer
Scotland is being celebrated in a new exhibition dedicated to its contribution to the popular music scene. This summer the National Museum of Scotland presents Rip it Up: The Story of Scottish Pop, the first major exhibition dedicated to Scottish pop music, exploring the musical culture of the nation over more than half a century,…
Read MoreTurn the clock back to the 1980s with Rewind Scotland
Pop music is fantastic for capturing those moments in time that stick on our heads. Whether it’s a first kiss, a first date or a wedding, music is a way to relate to those moments from our collective pasts. Musical stars from our younger days are heading to Scotland this summer, for the annual Rewind…
Read MoreTune in this weekend to the story of Scottish pop music
A radio documentary series telling the story of Scottish pop music is being broadcast over the coming weekends. BBC Radio Scotland has produced The Story of Scottish Pop, a new four-part radio series exploring the pop, rock, alternative and dance music that made its way from Scotland right across the world. Presented by Vic Galloway,…
Read MoreStately home’s beauty inspires new harp music album
A talented harpist has produced a heartfelt musical tribute to an Ayrshire estate saved for the nation by the Prince of Wales. Meredith McCrindle, a 32-year-old originally from Texas and who lives in Ayrshire, will launch the 12-track album at a special live performance at Dumfries House near Cumnock next month. She has spent three…
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