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…
Hans Gál was born near Vienna in 1890 and, as a respected composer, became Director of Mainz Conservatoire in…
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…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…
With the Commonwealth Games due to open in Glasgow on Wednesday, 23 July and the Centenary of the start of…
To commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, a special exhibition, "Treasures from The Queen's…
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…
‘Made in Hong Kong, assembled in Fife’ is how musician Andy Chung describes his background. James Connolly,…
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…
Tree of Knowledge is an attempt to bring its audience face to face with the contradictions of philosophy, or…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
In his introductory discussion of ‘A Military History of Scotland’ Edward Spiers was careful to point out…
The National Galleries of Scotland today announced upcoming exhibitions for 2012, including the first…
Seven years after its original inception, Donald Smith’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic…
Sunday 2 November sees the Glorious Half-Mile to Holyrood – the Canongate – come to life with a free…
As in previous years, government heritage agency Historic Scotland will be marking Scotland's national day,…