Posts Tagged ‘Will’
Exclusive new collection is now available from Edinburgh store
Modern Rarity is continuing its collaboration with Eudon Choi for spring and summer 2018. This exclusive collection is now available at John Lewis Edinburgh. Following the success of the first collaboration in AW17, modern rarity welcomes back Royal College of Art trained, Eudon Choi, as a guest designer for spring/summer 2018, with an exclusive capsule…
Read MorePlans to create visitor centre marking Britain’s worst peacetime maritime disaster
Plans to create a visitor centre in Stornoway to commemorate a maritime disaster will take a step forward this Saturday. An Iolaire Centre Open Day will take place this weekend, to create a lasting way to mark the tragic sinking of the HMY Iolaire in 1919 on the rocks at Holm with the loss of…
Read MoreStep back in time to find out if your ancestors were criminals
The annual Scottish Association of Family History Societies Conference and Family History Fair is taking place in Fife this year. Each year, the Scottish Association of Family History Societies invites one of their member societies to host their annual conference, so this year, the Fife Family History Society will be running it. This year’s event…
Read MoreDynamic duo will help land commission in its aims
The Scottish Land Commission has added two new staff members in order to help achieve their goals. The growing organisation, which was established in April 2017 in accordance with the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, hopes that the new additions will add experience to their team. The two new policy officers, Katherine Pollard and James…
Read MoreAppeal for communities to tune in to musical instrument amnesty
Musical groups across Scotland are being ask to collect and re-use instruments as part of a ‘musical instrument amnesty’. The Zero Waste Scotland initiative, which is part of Pass it on Week 2018, seeks to gather instruments that are no longer being used and find them new homes, writes Lewis Blythe. Local music groups are…
Read MoreShocking numbers revealed as few Scots know the words to Auld Lang Syne
A new survey has revealed that just 7% of Scots know all the words to Auld Lang Syne – while over half admitted they know hardly any. However, eight out of ten Scots correctly identified Robert Burns as the man who wrote the song. Sainsbury’s found that it’s the younger generations that will need the…
Read MoreNew ice cream is doubly good – and ideal for a Christmas treat
Party hosts will be dreaming of a white Christmas with a special new ice cream. With the festive season upon us, by now party-throwers, entertainers and dinner-hosts across the country are on the hunt for the perfect accompaniment to their traditional Christmas pudding, granny’s mince pies or the tasty tart tatin planned for wooing guests…
Read MoreFlushed with success after winning national toilet award
A Scottish toilet attendant flushed out the competition to win a national Loo of the Year award. Douglas Heatlie from Selkirk, an employee of Scottish Borders Council, won the Scottish individual cleaner title for his efforts maintaining the public toilets at the Avenue in Lauder. He picked up his title at the Loo of the…
Read MoreClassic car team raises thousands for a deserving cause
A team of four friends drove a 60-year old Morgan car around Scotland for charity – with no side-screens and no roof! They drove in an anti-clockwise direction, embarking on 12 ferry journeys visiting the outer corners of Scotland – and the team have managed to raise £25,500 for the Teenage Cancer Trust, writes Olivia…
Read MoreWarehouse clearance sale will be gone in a flash
This Thursday a fantastic one hour flash warehouse clearance sale is being held in Glasgow. From 6.30pm to 7.30pm only, BoConcept, 257 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, will have all clearance stock with up to 70% off, with at least 40% off. It is on a first come, first served basis, with full payment or a non-refundable…
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