J.M. Barrie
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Susan Calman’s Secret Scotland
Arran, Auld Lang Syne, Ayrshire, Balmoral, Burns, Cairngorns, cannon, Channel Five, chicken tikka masali, DC Comics, Dumfries, Dundee, Dunlop cheese, Dunrobin, Dunure Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Glasgow, Glasgow Subway, Greenyards, Irn Bru, J.M. Barrie, John O’Groats, lighthouses, Loch Ness, making glass, Melrose, music halls, Orkneys, Perthshire, Rose Reilly, Scone Palace, Scotland, seaweed, shearing, Skye, smugglers’ tunnels, Stirling, Susan Calman, Tam O’Shanter, tree planting, Viking longboatsThis excellent programme, now on its second series, has seen the diminutive Glaswegian comedienne visit parts of Scotland that she had not previously, “behind the scenes” areas or, in the case of the Borders, driven straight through to work in England. Last year, Calman visited places like Edinburgh Castle (left), Stirling (to fry fish, among…
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An architects practice has celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Leicester office with a VIP tour of one of their latest projects in the city – the restoration and refurbishment of the Great Hall of Leicester Castle. Its city office is in De Montfort Street. The firm’s roots go back more than 30 years, and…