Post categories: News, Newsweek Scotland, Politics
| 14:30 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
It's been a week of sunshine and relaxation and I expected the SNP to take some credit for it when they launched the referendum declaration...but instead they were in a dark cinema while speaker after speaker went on about the "new inspirational Scotland". I was shouting: "It's outside now, if you just go and look..."
Post categories: Events, Take the Floor
| 13:16 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
A list of ceilidhs, classes and concerts taking place in Scotland over the next seven days. Listen in to this week's Take the Floor recorded at Dobbie Hall in Larbert and featuring music from Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band.
Take the Floor: Dobbie Hall in Larbert
FRIDAY 25th MAY
Concert
Finzean - Finzean Hall - The Poosies
Fort William - Skipinnish Ceilidh House - The Outside Track
Motherwell - Motherwell Civic Centre - The Alexander Brothers
Post categories: Edinburgh, My Favourite Place in Scotland, Scotland
| 09:00 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
As part of the My Favourite Place in Scotland competition Richard Holloway tells his story...
I'll be getting a lift, so it'll be an easy one for me. My son will do the driving from Merchiston, along Colinton Road, up past Redford Barracks, over the Water of Leith and up the curving drive that swings into old Lanark Road and Juniper Green, then on through Balerno and up the road to the Red Moss car park. I could do it in my sleep, that drive, with my dog Daisy in the back of the car, quivering with excitement at the thought of another day on the Pentlands.
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