Culture Archives

Oran Mor – A Legend In Your Lunchtime

Famous for its Play, Pie and a Pint series, find out about Glasgow's Oran Mor, which celebrates 15 years, 30 seasons and 500 plays this season.

Recipes

Beetroot Chocolate Cake With Raspberry Crème Fraîche Recipe – Carina Contini

Inspired by Queen Victoria, here's a Beetroot Chocolate Cake With Raspberry Crème Fraîche Recipe all the romantics are sure to love!

Culture

Dippy The Diplodocus Arrives At Kelvingrove

Watch Dippy, the Natural History Museum’s famous diplodocus, make his grand entrance in Glasgow! Never before on public display outside of London, Dippy the Diplodocus has made his first […]

Culture

Nine Fascinating Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots

How accurate is the Mary Queen of Scots film? Read these fascinating facts and find out for yourself Where was Mary Queen of Scots born? Mary Stuart was […]

Heritage

First-hand Accounts From Culloden Moor

The Scots Magazine's April 1746 issue held first-hand accounts of the Battle of Culloden. We took a copy to the battlefield for live readings - video here.

Recipes

Courgette & Lanark Blue Soufflé Recipe – Carina Contini

Star chef Carina Contini considers the influence of French cuisine on her culinary family, and introduces us to a deliciously simple soufflé recipe.

Burns

Focus On Ayrshire: Burns’ Cottage

Every year thousands undertake the pilgrimage to the birthplace of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns Burns spent the first seven years of his life at Alloway Cottage, just south […]

Culture

A War Of Two Halves

Discover the poignant walking-theatre piece A War Of Two Halves, which tells the tale of the 1914 Heart of Midlothian team who fought in World War One.

Culture

Opera Highlights – The Hills Are Alive

It's the last week of Scottish Opera's Autumn Opera Highlights tour! Baritone Dawid Kimberg wrote this behind-the-scenes blog for us from the Opera bus on hill-walking between performances, and the luxury of getting home to do a washing!