Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 16:45
The beauty and tales of the Borders have long been extolled in words and music.
And now a local charity is bringing many of them together in order to raise funds and awareness of its work.
Borders Talking Newspaper has been recording t ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 16:45
New visitor facilities at the National Trust for Scotland’s Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve in Perthshire, designed to be more in keeping with the mountain landscape, are now open to the public.
The major piece of landscape rest ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 16:45
On 10 March 2012, Glasgow Women’s Library and Women’s History Scotland launched a new website, womenofscotland.org.uk, to record memorials to women across Scotland.
The site already contains over 180 records but the aim is to bu ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 14:11
Andy Hall loves the light and the landscapes of his native Scotland. As a photographer, he also enjoys finding ways to share that love. For his book A Sense of Belonging to Scotland, he decided to investigate and share what places hold signi ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 16:45
Ginger snap draws praise from Brave director ...
Word of Scotland’s first ever ‘Ginger Snap’ – a flash mobs of redheads that gathered at Drum Castle on Friday 3 August to celebrate the release of Disney Pixar’s movie Brave& ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 16:45
The National Trust for Scotland is offering a major study course into the history, conservation and management of Scotland’s gardens starting in September.
During fifteen daylong sessions, top specialists in the field of garden ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 16:45
The Cèilidh Trail participants began their summer holidays with a week of training and preparing their sets at Fèis Alba, being held at the Centre of Excellence for Traditional Music at Plockton High School.
This year there are ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 16:45
Four suits of Royal Armouries’ armour, worn by mounted cavalry in the early 17thcentury, have been returned to the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle.
They were removed eight years ago to allow for essential conservation work on the metal wor ...
Submitted by Elizabeth Kelsey on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 16:45
Many flock to Findhorn, a village in Moray, to find solace while enjoying doing satsang with the likes of Eckhart Tolle and other such powerful speakers. Others come to enjoy the scenery for a quick getaway from the city. Eith ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 16:45
You are able to hear the skirl of bagpipes every day of the year somewhere in Scotland.
In early August, though, Glasgow becomes a focus of pipers the world over as the Piping Live! Festival takes place, with comp ...
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