Posts Tagged ‘castle’
Paolozzi comes to Hospitalfield
HOSPITALFIELD House near Arbroath is putting a sculpture by Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi on display in its garden this summer. The bronze work, entitled Rio, is on loan from the University of Glasgow’s Hunterian art gallery. The work was commissioned in 1964 by Dundee surrealist art collector Gabrielle Keille and is part of Paolozzi’s…
Read MoreGalloway Country Fair: performing pigs and leaping sheep
THE Galloway Country Fair will include “performing pigs, fence leaping sheep, beautiful birds of prey, and dogs of all kinds”, according to its organisers. Events planned for 20 and 21 August at Drumlanrig Castle include the “Lamb National”, which involves a small flock of Herdwick sheep – complete with teddy bear jockeys, with names such…
Read MoreGin Round-up: Mary King’s Close, Rock Rose, NTS, and more
Peter Ranscombe distills the latest stories from the world of gin into a light-hearted round-up. YOU might have thought that some of the botanicals that end up in gin are a wee bit scary – but wait until you visit The Real Mary King’s Close in Edinburgh. The ghoulish tourist attraction beneath the streets of…
Read MoreJousting sells out at Linlithgow Peel
LINLITHGOW Peel hosted its first jousting tournament over the weekend since the start of the pandemic. Organiser Historic Environment Scotland (HES) all of its tickets for the show, which is part of the public body’s summer events programme. Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries, which is also managed by HES, will host a jousting tournament on 30…
Read MoreRestaurant round-up: Tom Kitchin, Dovecot, and more
MICHELIN starred chef Tom Kitchin will offically open his new restaurant in Edinburgh tomorrow. Kora occupies the site in Bruntsfield of his previous Southside Scran restaurant. The new premises join the Kitchin and his wife Michaela’s other eateries at The Kitchin in Leith, The Scran & Scallie in Stockbridge, and The Bonnie Badge at Gullane…
Read MoreWhat’s On This Weekend: Jazz, boats, and more
An eclectic look at what’s on this weekend around Scotland, with Peter Ranscombe. LOCAL talent is under the spotlight this weekend at the Glasgow Jazz Festival. “With Love from Glasgow”, a festival within a festival, takes place at Òran Mór on Sunday. DJ and producer Rebecca Vasmant, who curated the line-up, said: “Glasgow is such…
Read MoreThe Week in Pictures: Outlander, robots, and more
Which pictures have caught the eye of Scottish Field’s team this week? Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted flick through photos of Outlander, robots, and more. DOUNE Castle, one of the stars of the Outlander television series, has reopened to the public. Access was restricted at the castle last year, so that Historic Environment Scotland could…
Read MoreKinloch Castle on verge of sale
KINLOCH Castle, the landmark property on the Isle of Rum, is on the verge of being sold. Businessman Jeremy Hosking is setting up a trust to buy the castle from NatureScot, the successor organisation to the Nature Conservancy Council, which bought the island in 1957 as a national nature reserve. The castle was used as…
Read MoreThe Week in Pictures: Rocks, straw, and more
Peter Ranscombe takes a light-hearted look at some of the images that caught the eyes of Scottish Field’s writers this week, from rocks to straw… IF YOU don’t have a head for heights then look away now. Scottish climber Robbie Phillips and his partner, Alex Moore, have made a rare ascent of Britain’s highest vertical…
Read MoreWhat’s On This Weekend: Makers, music, and dachshunds
A look at what’s on this weekend around Scotland, with Peter Ranscombe. NEARLY 100 artists throughout Dumfries and Galloway are throwing open the doors to their studios this weekend for Spring Fling. Sixteen of the artists and makers have never taken part before, including slipware potter Mary Gladstone of Craighlaw, Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart, whose pieces…
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