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August 2012

Edinburgh Libraries: Books set in Edinburgh

Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 16:45
The Edinburgh Libraries has put together a fantastic google map of books set in Edinburgh.   As they say, "Explore our city of literature through the stories it has inspired."     Click here to access the m ...

Real Castles Inspired Brave

Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 16:45
If you have taken the children to see the film ‘Brave’ and are wondering what to do to entertain them now that the summer holidays are drawing to a close, why not take them to one of Historic Scotland’s attractions which inspired the film?   His ...

Sounds of the Borders

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 ...

All Scotland's Landscapes Matter

Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 16:45
Fifty years on from a ground-breaking conference looking at Scotland’s landscapes, a follow up event is scheduled to consider the future for nation’s countryside.     In 1962, a ground-breaking conference considered the state of the na ...

Facelift for Scotland’s tenth highest mountain

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 ...

Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland

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 ...

A Sense of Belonging to Scotland

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 ...

Redhead Flash Mob at Drum Castle for Brave

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& ...

Scotland’s Garden History Revealed

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 ...

Over 100 cèilidhs across Scotland as Fèis Cèilidh Trails hit the road

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  ...

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