Time’s running out if you want to work on Outlander

Time’s running out for people who want to work in the TV industry on hit show Outlander. Cumbernauld-based Sony Pictures Television last year opened its Outlander Trainee Programme to support Season 5 when production gets underway at Wardpark Studios in the new year. Those wanting to work on locations have until 10am on Monday 11 February to…

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Portrait gallery will showcase 48 impressive pictures

The 2018 BP Portrait Award exhibition, which opens at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery this week, will feature 48 stand-out works. Opening on Saturday, 15 December, this will include An Angel at my Table by Miriam Escofet, which took this year’s first prize. An Angel at my Table shows Escofet’s elderly mother seated at her…

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There’s a chance to work on hit show Outlander

It’s one of the most popular drama series in the world – and now Outlander is looking to recruit production staff in Scotland. Cumbernauld-based Sony Pictures Television TV Drama, Outlander have launched the recruitment for the Outlander Trainee Programme to support Season 5 when production gets underway at Wardpark Studios in the new year. Supported…

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The vegetable Beechgrove Garden Jim can’t stand

Gardener Jim McColl reflects on four decades in charge of the Beechgrove Garden, his love of Scottish music, his hatred of one unfortunate vegetable, and what’s turning him into a grumpy old man. The Beechgrove Garden is now in its 40th year. I was always destined to be a gardener, if there’s any truth in…

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Fabulous fish with risotto, kale and garlic dressing

How fishmonger and chef Willie Little came to own his Blairgowrie restaurant is as down-to-earth as the man himself. Little’s Restaurant has a great reputation, especially for its fish, as you would expect! ‘Because our product is so fresh, I don’t have to hide it with any sauces,’ says chef proprietor Willie Little of the fish…

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Edinburgh Fringe review: Frazzled – Ruby Wax

Join Ruby Wax on her personal journey through her world of being frazzled. With one in four people suffering mental health issues you’ll be in good company. Why are we stressed about stress? We may be top of the food chain but don’t know how to manage ourselves and just how do you get a…

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Turn back the clock to May 1984 with Scottish Field

Scottish Field was celebrating the rise of young ballet star Christine Camillo in the May 1984 edition. The French 18-year-old was our cover star and featured in an indepth interview, having swapped her hometown of Toulouse for a performance with Scottish Ballet. Our other star interview of the month featured Scottish comedy legend Ronnie Corbett,…

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Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark

  What’s the Story? Alan Taylor, who has been a journalist for over 30years in Scotland, struck up a close friendship with Muriel Spark the world renowned writer after a 1990 interview in Arezzo, Italy. The book discusses Spark’s successes over her inspiring career and also addresses many of the controversies which Sparks often shied…

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Incredible honour for Scottish hotel general manager

A Scottish hotel’s general manager has been invited to join a very select group. Meldrum House Country Hotel’s Peter Walker, from Aberdeenshire, has been selected to join one of the hospitality industry’s most exclusive and prestigious national bodies and become a Master Innholder. The Master Innholders is limited to the country’s top hoteliers and includes…

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Broadcaster appeals for more support for people with dementia

Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson is to speak in Dunblane about how dementia has affected her life. When Sally’s mother Mamie Baird Magnusson was diagnosed with dementia, it inspired her daughter to keep a personal chronicle of her illness. That memoir has brought together many of her mother’s stories about her life and experiences, as…

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