Posts Tagged ‘Tree’
Orchard exhibition will bear fruit at arts centre
A new exhibition exploring memories, hopes and imagination is set to open this weekend. Kirkcudbright-based artist Maggie Ayres has a solo exhibition opening at the Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. Orchard explores memories, hopes and imagination – recalling everything from a childhood playing among the apple trees in the Lake District, through the joys and trials…
Read MoreDog’s nose can snuffle a truffle at secret farm
Truffle production in Scotland may still be in its infancy, but Edinburgh is ahead of the game and already finding buried black gold. When you imagine hunting for truffles you may well picture a stereotypically brusque and weathered Frenchman, sporting fewer digits than he was born with, following a huge hairy pig as it grunts…
Read MoreYou won’t want to miss Missy’s new single
A Scots singer is on the road to release her second single of the year. Missy Mcanulty, from Edinburgh, has performed at 11 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and a successful show at Sneaky Pete’s, the singer and songwriter Missy Mcanulty is back with her second single release of the year Yellow Brick Road,…
Read MoreA chain(saw) reaction in the Highlands
Visitors to a Highland village will find a chain reaction is in store next weekend. This year’s Carve Carrbridge, which takes place next Saturday, 1 September, is the competition sculptors from around the world are keen to be a part of as demonstrated by the truly international line-up of chainsaw carvers. Now in its 16th…
Read MoreThe incredible transformation of this Georgian property
When Julie Allan and her family moved into their property on Edinburgh’s Gillespie Street, it bore very little resemblance to the family home that it is today. The house had been an HMO and was decidedly unloved. The Allans got the keys just before Christmas and only had time to paint the walls and hastily…
Read MoreSquirrel crossing is helping to save so many lives
We’ve all heard of zebra and pelican crossings but in the Highlands of Scotland, there’s a new innovation – the squirrel crossing! This specially designed rope bridge is slung between trees high over a Highlands road is giving red squirrels a safe crossing. Camera footage has revealed regular use of the bridge by the charismatic…
Read MoreWedderlie House is an attractive small country estate
Knight Frank has brought to the market Wedderlie House, an attractive small nine bedroom country estate. Westruther, in Gordon, the Scottish Borders, has a long and rich history. Wedderlie was originally owned by the Polwarth family in the 13th century but passed to the Edgars in 1327 and remained with them for 400 years. There probably was an…
Read MoreA Scottish Opera show that’s aimed at toddlers
Scottish Opera continues to take its productions around the country this month and next with a show especially for very young children. In August and September, Lliam Paterson’s five star ‘opera for babies’ BambinO is touring to Glasgow and Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth, Motherwell and Lerwick. Written by Scottish Opera’s…
Read MoreWoolly thinking led Flora into a career in fashion
Having become hooked on knitting at a young age, Flora Collingwood-Norris has turned her passion into a business. Based in the textile and knitwear heartland of the Scottish Borders, Flora learned how to hand-knit aged six years old, before beginning crochet soon after. She followed her interest into higher education, studying Design for Textiles at…
Read MoreTurning back the clock to the days of steam
An Edinburgh hotel is celebrating it history as the city’s lost train station, with a new exhibition. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian has opened a new display giving guests a rare glimpse in to the hotel’s illustrious past as the iconic Princes Street Station. Uncovering Edinburgh’s Lost Station captures more than 100 years’ history…
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