Tag: Scotland

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Female team, with descendants of whaler families, reopening the South Georgia Museum at Grytviken

  

  An all-female team from Dundee in Scotland has travelled some 8,000 miles to South Georgia to help reopen the island's South Georgia Museum at Grytviken on time for the coming summer and cruise season.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Supreme Court to decide on a Scottish second independence referendum

  

  Crucial week for Scotland's intention of holding a second independence referendum, when the UK Supreme Court begins on Tuesday hearing arguments in the dispute with London

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Glasgow museum returns art objects to India seized in the late 1800s

  

  The Glasgow Life agency, managers of the city's museum, issued a statement announcing a delegation from India's government had been welcomed Friday for the returning to that country of a set of works of arts seized in the late 1800s by British colonial authorities.

• Saturday, July 16th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Scotland “blessed” with a second Van Gogh, an unknown self portrait hidden under another masterpiece

  

  Experts at the National Galleries of Scotland have discovered a previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, when a canvas was X-rayed before an exhibition.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 06:30 UTC

  Armed Forces loyalty parade to the Queen at her official Scotland residence

  

  On Tuesday the Queen attended an Armed Forces act of loyalty parade at her official Scottish residence. Members of all three services took part in the service at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to celebrate her visit to Scotland and mark her Platinum Jubilee there.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Foreign Office and leading Scotland universities launch a new think tank, Scottish Council for Global Affairs

  

  Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has hailed the launch of new think tank, the Scottish Council for Global Affairs (SCGA), at an event in London. The Secretary of State spoke at an event hosted by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) at its historic Lancaster House venue – giving top global affairs experts from Scotland an opportunity to meet with representatives of governments from all over the world.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  Construction of the first of five Type 31 frigates has started in Scotland

  

  The construction of the first of five new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates is now underway in Scotland. In the brand-new assembly hall in Rosyth dockyard, the keel of HMS Venturer was laid in a formal ceremony marking the construction beginning for the ship.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 20:00 UTC

  Scotland considering posthumous pardon for executed witches

  

  The Scottish Government of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is considering the possibility of granting a posthumous pardon to some 300 people – mostly women – who were executed under the Witchcraft Act between 1563 and 1736.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Future Communications Tower hub at Antarctica's Rothera Station trial assembles in Scotland

  

  A full trial assembly of a specialist air communications tower for a British Antarctic Research Station has been constructed this autumn in Scotland, ahead of its shipping to Antarctica. Mocking up the huge communications tower was no mean feat as the roof level is over 16m above ground, with a floor area of over 43.23m2.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:16 UTC

  The difference between the Scottish and English poppies: botanically incorrect

  

  Did you know that not all Remembrance poppies look the same? Although the poppy is a universal symbol of Remembrance, the way each country makes them is very different.