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Michelin star chef will cook up an Italian treat
A celebrated Glasgow restaurant is to be joined by a Michelin star chef to celebrate World Week of Italian Cuisine. Eusebi Deli in Glasgow’s West End is set to host an exclusive evening of events to celebrate the event, on Wednesday 21 November. The World Week of Italian Cuisine or Settimana Della Cucina campaign is…
Read MoreRemembering the fallen on Scotland’s beaches
Tributes to the fallen in war were made all over Scotland yesterday, with six special commemorations on the nation’s beaches. Film director Danny Boyle’s special Armistice commission, Pages of the Sea, for 14-18 NOW and National Theatre of Scotland, took place at St Ninian’s Isle beach in Shetland, West Sands in St Andrews, Scapa beach…
Read MorePapers of exiled Stuart kings published online
A major new digitisation programme is giving unparalleled insight into the social, military and personal worlds of the exiled Stuart dynasty and their Jacobite followers. It relates to the Stuarts’ fight to regain the thrones of Scotland, England and Ireland between the late 17th and early 19th centuries. The Stuart and Cumberland Papers project has…
Read MoreScotswoman who braved the wilds of Australia
If America’s frontiers were expanded westwards by cowboys and cattle ranchers, so Australia’s interior was also opened up by the bullock drovers. These days we are used to images of ‘road trains’ in which huge trucks pull multiple wagons bursting at the seams with cattle, but in the nineteenth century, before a network of highways…
Read MoreThe love story that produced beautiful Paxton House
Unusually for Scotland, Paxton House, situated on the banks of the meandering River Tweed in Berwickshire, has its origins in a love story. It began when Patrick Home met and fell in love with Prussian heiress Sophie de Brandt whilst at Leipzig University in 1750, and continued when, being affable and charming, he eased his…
Read MoreLest We Forget our war heroes and the poppy makers
When visiting Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory in Edinburgh a few weeks before Remembrance Day, it would be easy to expect a flurry of activity with last minute poppies being assembled and the finishing touches being added to wreaths. But the poppy makers are surprisingly laid back having finished preparations for this year and already crafting…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday to a special steam visitor
The Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway had a visitor of note in 2013. Central Scotland’s steam railway by the Firth of Forth is run by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. And they welcomed the 60009 Union of South Africa, an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built in Doncaster in 1937, to their tracks. It is one…
Read MoreHonours for five First World War Scots creatives
Five historic creative figures who told their stories and experiences of the First World War through their poetry and art have been awarded commemorative plaques by Historic Environment Scotland (HES). Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, and Armistice Day this weekend, the plaques will be unveiled in cities…
Read MoreReport outlines £27m vision for Cairngorm
Plans to create a world class year-round recreational resort at Cairngorm Mountain have been set out. A major new study has set out a five to ten year vision for the area, subject to investment of up to £27m. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) commissioned US consultancy, SE Group, to carry out the independent review…
Read MoreGunpowder Plot document found in city archives
An ancient document relating to the origins of Guy Fawkes Night has been found in the archives of a Scottish city. The fifth of November is a night to remember and the Lord Provost of Aberdeen Barney Crockett was keen to find out if the city’s archives had anything relating to the events of 1605.…
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