Culture
What’s In A Name? | Part 3
The third part in our series as we continue to explore the history and myths behind some of Scotland’s place names… The Reach of the Campbells There are two Campbel(l)towns in […]
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A… Chaos of Swans?
When startled by a microlight or helicopter, geese and whooper swans have an unusual and dramatically different response… Sometimes the hardest part is getting into the passenger seat from […]
Culture
Saltire Society’s 80th Anniversary!
A £50,000 ‘Inspiring Scotland’ funding programme for emerging Scottish talent and Scotland’s first ever online literary festival are just two of the eye-catching initiatives revealed as part of a busy […]
Culture
What’s In A Name? | Part 2
The second part in our series as we continue to explore the history and myths behind some of Scotland’s more unusual place names… Viking Connections The name Dingwall comes from […]
Culture
Herons – Dressing Down
No prizes for herons in fashion or architecture… Herons, I once wrote, are flamingos dressed by Presbyterians. I like the image so much, here it is again. The writer’s conceit, revisiting […]
Culture
Further Funding For Hinterland
Following the success of NVA’s Hinterland, the large scale light and music night-time event held at the St Peter’s Seminary near Helensburgh from March 18-27, final funding has now been […]
Heritage
The Glasgow Green Story
Glasgow Museums have opened the first new permanent gallery space in ten years at the People’s Palace – On The Green, which tells the story of Glasgow Green. Located within […]
Culture
New Contemporaries
Providing a platform for emerging artists The Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries 2016 exhibition, which runs from March 5-30 and is supported by Walter Scott and Partners Limited, will showcase the […]
Community
Scots Pronunciation Guide
We’ve teamed up with online reference site, Forvo, to bring you a new pronunciation guide available throughout our website Scotland is full of weird and wonderful place names that can […]
Culture
Book of the Month!
Scotland: A History From Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat is top of our March Scottish Bookshelf Scotland’s history has been documented countless times. Indeed, a certain online bookseller can offer […]
