Scotland’s Gala Days Scotland’s Gala Days take place in the months of May and June. A Scottish tradition of gala weeks in full swing. It’s a time for towns to get together and celebrate their history and culture. There will be sports days, horse-riding, fancy-dress. And don’t forget float parades with pipe and brass […]
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Arthur Conan Doyle All the clues are there in the first few pages: the narcotics, the torpor, the scratching on the violin, the trusty but plodding assistant. It’s not long before we’re given a treatise on “the science of deduction and analysis” and the use of the word “elementary”. This is our first introduction to […]
Celebrating Edward de Bono To celebrate Edward de Bono’s birthday on the 19th May here is a short post about his life. Who is Edward de Bono? Edward de Bono was a Maltese/British businessman, born on this day in 1933. He made it his mission to teach his thinking methods to governments and businesses around […]
Aye Write! It’s not often we give a shout-out to our west coast cousins, but this month we want to sing Glasgow’s praises high. Congratulations to the 2023 Aye Write festival for arranging a cracking programme of events. https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/arts-music-and-cultural-venues/aye-write-glasgows-book-festival What is Aye Write! Founded in 2005, this literary festival has gone from strength to strength, […]
King Charles III’s Coronation On Saturday it was the coronation of King Charles III. Millions around the world will be watching the ceremony taking place at Westminster Abbey. Charles was be the 40th monarch crowned at the Abbey since 1066. The coronation ceremony simply put is the crowning ceremony, where the St Edward’s crown will […]
National Paranormal Day National Paranormal Day: May 3rd 2023 There are things out there and around us we cannot explain. Stranger than fact or fiction or known to science. An eerie feeling, an unexpected sound in an empty room or building. Something you swore you saw out of the corner of your eye but […]
May Day Ancient Europe May Day today, the start of Summer. Celebrations can date to the Ancient Romans and Celts. The ancient Celts celebrated the 1st of May with the festival of Beltane throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Island of Man. Beltane festival was marked with bonfires to symbolise the ‘return of life and fertility’ […]
Bridges update Following our blog last year on Scotland’s Bridges we thought we update you on the latest bridge news, although this bridge is not exclusively Scottish-it is shared with our English neighbours. Historic Bridges Another one of Scotland’s (and England’s) historic bridges hit the headlines recently when it was re-opened after a major […]
World Penguin Day Whether you find them adorable, funny, and loveable for their distinct characteristics, penguins are highly adaptable aquatic animals with impressive swimming abilities. Located around the southern hemisphere, species vary in size from just 30cm tall to just over 1 metre. These flightless birds spend a staggering three quarters of their existence at […]
Record Store Day 22nd April April 22nd is Record Store Day celebrating the small, independent record stores that offer in-store shopping for classic and newly released vinyl records. Although we now mostly listen to music through streaming services, until the 1980’s vinyl was the preferred method. When the compact disc arrived in 1982 it spelt […]
