Museums, archives and heritage
Heritage
We’re counting down to the re-opening of the National Museum of Scotland. Join the street party on Chambers…
The 1800s saw a series of scandals concerning individuals being locked away in lunatic asylums – the victims…
“Maker, ye maun sing them…
Tomorrow, songs
Will flow free again, and new voices
Be borne on the carrying…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…
In his introductory discussion of ‘A Military History of Scotland’ Edward Spiers was careful to point out…
This was a very informative and entertaining tour of some historic sites in and around St Giles'.
‘Caledonia’ is an undeniably ambitious undertaking, rather like the project it seeks to portray. Remembered…
Hans Gál was born near Vienna in 1890 and, as a respected composer, became Director of Mainz Conservatoire in…
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…
I rarely review films anymore having swapped writing for making my own very modest efforts in the medium and…
The exhibition in the National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge, tells the personal stories of the…
Tree of Knowledge is an attempt to bring its audience face to face with the contradictions of philosophy, or…
With the Commonwealth Games due to open in Glasgow on Wednesday, 23 July and the Centenary of the start of…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
‘Made in Hong Kong, assembled in Fife’ is how musician Andy Chung describes his background. James Connolly,…
To commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, a special exhibition, "Treasures from The Queen's…
Gaelic musical traditions and influences are thriving throughout Scotland, with the strong impact of the…
A unique opportunity to see two landmark works of British social realism side by side on the big screen,…
A quiet oasis located in the heart of the city. The Old College Quad on South Bridge, rarely visited but…
200 years on, meet David Livingstone through the eyes of the Africans who knew him.