Aberdeen

Further afield: Exploring Dundee, Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling

10 Sep 2009

Dundee Branded the ‘City of Discovery’, Dundee is uniquely placed to offer a mixture of culture for those who wish to discover it. The long established DC Thompson prints daily publications of The Courier and The Telegraph, as well as many specialised…

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14 May 2009

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Hugh Buchanan - Enlightenment - library paintings

23 Mar 2009

The University of Aberdeen announced a new exhibition of Hugh Buchanan’s paintings at the Old Town House on the old High St, including a claim that he is ‘arguably the greatest watercolour painter working in Britain today’.

Aberdeen

1 Mar 2009

Carmine's Restaurant ‘Located in the heart of Aberdeen, Carmine's is a truly unique wee restaurant. Open for a few hours over lunch and again at dinner (last orders are usually taken around 7.30pm), this tiny restaurant serves excellent pasta and…

Aberdeen

1 Dec 2008

Scotland’s third largest city is both a thriving, youthful university town and a prosperous, grown-up centre thanks to the North Sea oil industry. The people here are by nature industrious, proud and uncompromising. Inevitably, their conversation…

Aberdeen

1 Oct 2008

Scotland’s third largest city is both a thriving, youthful university town and a prosperous, grown-up city thanks to the North Sea oil industry. The people here are by nature industrious, proud and uncompromising. Inevitably, their conversation centres…

Creative Cultures have arts in North East in mind

2 Jul 2008

The arts in The North East should have no trouble displacing headlines concerning local difficulties and the price of oil given the current crop of news. The gathering at The Peacock Visual Arts centre in Aberdeen last night was organised by…

The Xcerts

24 Apr 2008

INDIE Barfly, Glasgow, Tue 6 May Indie rock is the musical opiate of the masses. Recapture that first hit ecstasy with The Xcerts, a fresh-faced three-piece from Aberdeen and Exeter. Get Cape Wear Cape Fly liked their fully-formed, captivatingly…

Aberdeen puts Bruce statue to a vote

2 Nov 2007

The people of Aberdeen are to cast their votes for the design of a new statue celebrating King Robert the Bruce’s links with the Granite City. The competition, which attracted efforts from artists all over the world, has been whittled down to three…

Kojak star ‘captivated’ by Aberdeen

13 Sep 2007

Kojak star Telly Savalas was recruited to promote Aberdeen around the world as the oil capital of Europe, it has emerged. The actor provided a voice-over for a short film called ‘Telly Savalas Looks at Aberdeen’ in 1980 – although he never visited…