Until May 27th, 2012 Scotland’s National Museum has a ground-breaking exhibition of Egyptian mummies featuring the latest technologies which are unlocking their secrets. The exhibition features Scotland’s own Egyptian mummy, the Rhind mummy discovered in 1857, which has never been unravelled but is now revealing its hidden depths through CT scans and nuclear DNA testing; even those advanced Egyptians hadn’t thought of these technologies.
April 18, 2012
One Hot Event in Scotland
The Scots have one foot in their modern city and one foot in their pagan past – that’s why we love them. Annually, they celebrate the coming of spring with the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. Monday, April 30th is the 25th Beltane Fire Festival and there will be a parade of the May Queen, the Green Man, her White Guard, drummers and other guardians of the queen and the fire ritual.
April 4, 2012
Edinburgh Playhouse
The largest working theatre in the UK is Edinburgh Playhouse. It seats just over 3,000 in an historic building that began life as a cinema in 1929. These days it has a nightly program as varied as Van Morrison, Spamalot, The Drifters, Carnival du Vampires Rock and the Russian State Ballet – and that’s just in March 2012.
The Russian State Ballet presentied three different ballets over the course of a week. On March 6th, there was La Fille Mal Gardee (The Wayward Daughter), a two act comic ballet; March 7-9th, Swan Lake, and on Saturday March 10th two performances of The Nutcracker, both classic ballets by Tchaikovsky and both must-sees at least once in a lifetime.
March 21, 2012
Walking: Center to the Sea
Every city has its hidden secrets and the Water of Leith Walkway is one of Edinburgh’s. The Water of Leith is a 12 mile narrow river running through the city from the outer suburb of Balerno in the south-west of the city right through the sea near the Royal Yacht Britannia. Alongside it runs a walking path. Since 1988, management of the river has been in the hands of the Water of Leith Conservation Trust who organized keep the river clean and its banks well-maintained. Lovely for walking along in other words.
March 9, 2012
Costumed Performances at Edinburgh Castle During March
I remember turning a corner at Hampton Court Palace and seeing a woman in Tudor dress hurrying ahead of me and out of sight. Was she real or a ghost? I followed her and eventually we reached the hall where she joined her band of actors to recreate some of the historic events of the place. I’m not sure if I was relieved or disappointed. On weekends in Edinburgh Castle you might have a very similar experience. Throughout the year they hold costumed performances on weekends – free with entry to the castle – which bring to life some of the most interesting, important, scandalous, and brave stories from history.
February 22, 2012
Giant Pandas at Edinburgh Zoo
They arrived in December and already these eight-year olds are the sweethearts of Scotland. The first giant pandas to live in Britain for nearly twenty years, Tian Tian (Sweetie) and Yang Guang (Sunshine) took their first sick leave days this month when they got colic but they’re now back on show at the Edinburgh Zoo.
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May 2, 2012
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