Gregor Fisher is not, by his own admission, a particularly driven actor. “I think I was born naturally lazy,” he says. “I suspect that, if it weren’t for the occasional conversation with a bank manager saying ‘I think it’s time you banked with us as opposed to us banking with you’, I’d probably just be […]
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Scotland’s Rich Fossil Heritage
For a small country with an comparatively small population, Scotland’s often been praised for “punching above its weight”, not least when it comes to those inventions — from chloroform anaesthetic to the steam engine and Dolly the Sheep — that have helped shape the future. Yet Scotland has also played a significant role in our […]
Steel Lady of the Forth
“There is no work of the kind in our own or in any other country that is worthy of being placed in comparison with it in magnitude and in boldness and ingenuity of design.” So wrote the editor of The Scotsman, on the eve of the official opening of the Forth Bridge, on March […]
Building on the Past
Moving home is often listed among the most stressful activities you can experience, so if you want more living space but can’t face the upheaval of “flitting” to somewhere bigger – and don’t want to, because you’re quite happy where you live just now – then the obvious alternative is to add some additional space […]
Big Birdwatch
For one hour on the weekend of 24-25 January 2015, thousands of people across Scotland will settle down to watch the birds in their gardens or local parks, keeping a count of what they see. It’s all part of the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, an event which started back in 1979 and has since […]
Pantomime King
The King’s Glasgow Pantomime celebrates its 50th birthday this December. So does one of its stars, Gavin Mitchell — which seems apt. Though best known to television viewers as “Boaby” the Barman in TV sitcom Still Game, Gavin has been a regular on the King’s Christmas stage for the best part of a decade. “It’s […]
Stargazing in Scotland
For centuries, humans have looked up in awe at the twinkling, star-studded universe visible above their heads. During in the last century, however, as increasing numbers of us live in towns and cities, much of this natural spectacle has been lost behind the sodium-tinged glare from our streetlights and buildings. Yet Scotland still has some […]
