Posts Tagged ‘School’
Learn, grow, laugh and flourish at St Leonards
Big in ambition yet small enough for every pupil to be known by name, St Leonards School in St Andrews offers an outstanding education for pupils aged five to 18. On Monday, 2 May, St Leonards will be welcoming prospective families to its beautiful, green school campus to discover the endless opportunities it provides for…
Read MorePaws on Plastic play their part in the GB Spring Clean
A day long celebration and litter picking effort is Paws on Plastic’s contribution to the Great British Spring Clean – from a community of dog owners removing over 30 million pieces of rubbish every year. Paws on Plastic, a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation comprising 22,000 dog owners in over 70 countries who pledge to pick…
Read MoreSponsorship makes schools book festival free for all
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has announced that this year’s Schools Programme will be entirely free thanks to the generosity of long-term Lead Sponsor Baillie Gifford. In addition to all tickets being free, every child attending in person will receive a free book, and free online resources will be made available on the Book Festival’s…
Read MoreBrass band to perform on top of Calton Hill
Collective will present a new performance by Cauleen Smith, commissioned as part of the current exhibition of her 2014 film H-E-L-L-O in the City Dome. Collective brings people together to look at, think about and produce contemporary art in a new kind of City Observatory. Cauleen Smith is an interdisciplinary artist whose work reflects upon…
Read MoreThe most ship-shape cookbook of all time
I always pictured food served aboard our mariners and matelots to be a school canteen situation with wrinkled sausages and dry mash. I’m thankful to be proven wrong by this toothsome cookbook. Chefs at sea may not have access to all the ingredients, but those at home can support a good cause, benefit from the…
Read MoreConservatoire in world top 5 for performing arts education
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is ranked one of the world’s top five destinations to study the performing arts, in prestigious global rankings published today (Wednesday 6 April). Scotland’s national conservatoire – which celebrates its 175th anniversary this year – is ranked number five for performing arts in the QS World University Rankings by Subject…
Read MoreThe Curious Incident is far more than a shaggy dog story
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play many of my friends have talked about, but I’d never actually seen. I’d seen it advertised on visits to London, and knew actress Pearl Mackie had appeared in it before joining Peter Capaldi in his final season in Doctor Who. Aside from the…
Read MoreNew work celebrating the birth and life of Earth
A new exhibition by contemporary artist Katie Paterson that tells the birth and life of our planet in a single object is to go on display for the first time at Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, this spring. Requiem tells the birth and life of our planet in a single object filled with layers of dust from…
Read MoreDistillery to be showcased in new artworks
Glen Scotia has announced a new partnership with Scottish artist Alice Angus, who will create a series of artworks showcasing the distillery. She will highlight its remarkable place in the community, at this year’s Campbeltown Malts Festival, from 24-26 May. Since January, Alice, who was born in Ayrshire, has spent days drawing in the distillery…
Read MoreEdwardian artist’s work rediscovered in Highland vault
The work of a long-forgotten Edwardian artist has been discovered in an attic in the Highlands of Scotland. Sir Christopher Spink, an artist who created butterfly origami sculptures from his home in the Highlands, is thought to have lived from 1895 to 1925. He travelled the world in search of inspiration for his art work,…
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