Hopes rise that an architectural jewel of the Enlightenment might shine again
The roof is long gone, rooms where the brightest minds in the land once gathered are in ruins and the tall windows have long since been bricked up.
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Sandra Dick is a news and features journalist focused on general news and off-diary stories, longer form features and human interest. A Scottish Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year nominee and runner-up for the Nicola Barry Award sponsored by Women in Journalism Scotland, particular areas of interest span heritage and health through to renewables, wind farms and technology.
Sandra Dick is a news and features journalist focused on general news and off-diary stories, longer form features and human interest. A Scottish Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year nominee and runner-up for the Nicola Barry Award sponsored by Women in Journalism Scotland, particular areas of interest span heritage and health through to renewables, wind farms and technology.
The roof is long gone, rooms where the brightest minds in the land once gathered are in ruins and the tall windows have long since been bricked up.
They are the sweet taste of summer and, if you can live without smothering them in double cream, are already known to pack a healthy punch.
Fears are growing for the country’s dwindling number of Highland gatherings, with concerns some may be at risk unless a new generation steps up to organise and run them.
With a puff of black smoke, their decks heaving with passengers – and, sometimes, packed with sheep - Scotland’s armada of steam ships kept the country afloat.
They were already accomplished and revered artists, but an Edinburgh workshop offered a chance to spread their wings and explore a different way of working.
From household name actors, famous television and radio presenters to business tycoons and leading chefs, experts in healthcare - how college shaped them.
At school in a small Borders town, Richard Sagar never imagined one day he’d be in a world of eye-watering wealth, of super-yachts and luxury homes and where only the very best is good enough.
They were heady days of the Fab Four and the first ever Top of the Pops on television; the cold winter was giving way to warm spring days and teenager Sheena Blackhall was looking forward to leaving school.
He sits on iron railings that line a coastal promenade, a faint smile on his lips as he squints into the sun; the water behind him, smooth and calm.
Among the most touching moments in the forthcoming 80th anniversary D-Day commemorations will be a tribute to ‘mad piper’, Bill Millin.
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