Posts Tagged ‘culture’
An outsider’s look at Scotland’s capital
Chiang Yee offers an insightful and refreshing view on the capital in The Silent Traveller in Edinburgh. Refusing to let the unpredictable Scottish weather hinder his expeditions, Chiang Yee always finds beauty in the dreariest of rainstorms. He employs the technique of defamiliarisation, opening his readers’ eyes to alternative perspectives of the city through astute…
Read MoreEarly Monet work to go on show this week
An early painting by Claude Monet, leading light of the Impressionist movement, is to go on display at Duff House in Aberdeenshire from Friday 4 October. A Seascape, Shipping by Moonlight is the latest painting from National Galleries of Scotland to go on display at the Georgian mansion in Banff as part of the annual…
Read MoreMassive rock ceilidh to take place in Glasgow
A jet-setting Scottish rock band that have introduced traditional ceilidh-rock music to fans in Dubai, Pakistan and Indonesia are set to return to Glasgow. Bahookie will bring their unique blend of traditional music and Top 40 hits to The Garage in Glasgow on October 26 in celebration of the launch of their new live album.…
Read MoreThe town where it’s all light on the night
A Scottish town is set to trip the light fantastic this month. In partnership with Kirkcudbright Festival of Light and Museums Galleries Scotland, Kirkcudbright Galleries is holding two events to kickstart the Festival of Light next week. The evening workshop offers members of the public, from all ages, a chance to create their own lantern…
Read MoreA festival of the Doric runs this weekend
A full weekend of all things Doric will take place in Braemar over this weekend to celebrate Across the Grain. This is an annual community-based festival of activities celebrating Aberdeenshire’s cultural life, heritage, language and stories. The programme is inspired by the unique Doric distinctiveness and showcases how vital Doric heritage, music and stories are…
Read MoreThe debt to pleasure of the Merry Widow
The late Queen Mother’s great-great-great-grandmother, the fabulously wealthy Mary Eleanor Bowes, endured kidnapping, notoriety and lashings of scandal in a life that was lived to the full. With its pink sandstone walls and greyroofed turrets Glamis Castle looks like a fairytale palace. But the 14th-century castle in Angus, childhood home of the late Queen Mother,…
Read More‘Lost’ Peploe at Bonhams Scottish art sale
A newly discovered painting by the Scottish colourist painter Samuel Peploe is among the leading works in Bonhams Scottish Art Sale in Edinburgh next month. The painting was first owned by Mme Marie Marguerite Soulie, who was married to the English novelist and playwright Arnold Bennett from 1917-1921. Its whereabouts have been unknown to scholars…
Read MoreTrip to Singapore was neither Dull, Bland or Boring
A group of three friends swapped the Dull life for an exciting adventure in Singapore. Blair Girvan, Peter Hoyer and Jonathan Wilson hail from the village of Dull, in Perth and Kinross, and they have had the trip of a lifetime, as part of an adventure video. Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB)…
Read MoreNew documentary features Scottish neonatal unit
A new TV series looking at the work of a Scottish hospital’s neonatal unit is coming to our screens. The work of the dedicated staff at University Hospital Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, comes under the spotlight in this three-part documentary series looking at the neonatal unit and the very sick and premature babies who rely on…
Read MoreMarine painter Rob Andrew’s work is all at sea
When it comes down to it, there are very few places that rival the love and inspiration of home. Such a phenomenon is shared by marine painter Rob Andrew who, after working in Czechoslovakia and South Africa, returned to the north east of Scotland to pursue and develop his passion for painting. Drawing on a…
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