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The April 2022 Scottish Field is out now
The April 2022 edition of Scottish Field is now available to buy in shops and online, as we put out magnifying glass on beautiful Perthshire. The artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre talks with SF about her creative plans for the future, while Perthshire artist Claire Harkess shares how she crafts her beautiful paintings of…
Read MorePerth Festival of Arts announces star-studded 2022 line-up
Internationally renowned names and the hottest emerging Scottish talent from the world of music, arts and culture are taking part in the 50th Perth Festival of the Arts this May. As one of Scotland’s leading independent arts festivals, Perth Festival of the Arts continues to diversify around its long-standing classical core. From orchestras, opera and…
Read MoreSilent film festival returns to Scotland next week
There’s just seven days until Scotland’s only silent film festival will return to the Hippodrome in Bo’ness. On Wednesday 16 March, Scotland’s oldest purpose built cinema will host the opening of Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2022. The star-studded programme is jam-packed with films featuring some of the biggest names of the silent era – Buster…
Read MoreWhisky writers to host online tasting supporting Ukrainian refugees
Award-winning whisky writer Felipe Schrieberg and Whisky Exchange drinks ambassador Billy Abbott will be co-hosting a charity online whisky tasting. The event will be supporting Ukrainian refugees who have fled to Poland from the violence in their country. Taking place March 28 at 7 pm, packs containing six delicious whiskies will be sent to guests’…
Read MoreA mystery with a hint of some Gothic romance
Author Gillian Galbraith is one of the gems of Tartan Noir. As a writer, her Alice Rice mystery series has been crtically acclaimed, and, during the first lockdown in 2020, her library eBook borrowings outstripped Hilary Mantel, Michelle Obama and Sally Rooney – in the top ten, the first novel in the series Blood in…
Read MoreA trip doon the watter that may float your boat
The west of Scotland sense of humour is a creature in its own right. And if you’re a fan of the likes of Tony Roper and Dorothy Paul, the Kerryoans up the Clyde! is definitely the book for you. This book, illustrated by Bob Dewar, recounts the adventures of a vessel full of character with…
Read MoreBreaking the News exhibition to look at the media
A Scots library is playing host from today (Thursday 24 February) to a pop-up British Library exhibition about the role news plays in our society. Aberdeen City Library is one of 30 venues across the UK featuring the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network displays up until Saturday 20 August which are complemented by online and…
Read MoreA gripping read will chill you to the bones
Just five pages in, writer Helen Grant’s prose sets the heart racing. She depicts a claustrophobic’s worst nightmare, fromwhich point the reader is constantly on edge. Protagonist Fen Munro has moved to erthshire with her fiancé to escape London’s rat-race, only to find they are being watched by a figure dressed in lavender. Barr Dubh,…
Read MoreA book that’s a pure and simple joy to read
Wordsmiths rejoice, Fifty Words For Snow is as simple and as brilliant as you might hope. Nancy Campbell, a poet, writer and Arctic traveller from the Borders, teaches us of snow in its many forms across the globe. Many of these words and phrases shall now be used at every given opportunity: ‘hagelslag’, meaning ‘hail…
Read MoreGraphic novel and comic work at new exhibition
An exhibition by award-winning duo Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers is taking place in Falkirk. The Graphic Novel World of Metaphrog runs until April 17 at the Park Gallery, Callendar House, Falkirk. Metaphrog are Franco-Scottish duo Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers, winners of The Sunday Herald Scottish Culture Awards 2016 Best Visual Artist. The exhibition…
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