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Things To Do This Week... in Scotland
Kinross: Big Garden Birdwatch
RSPB Vane Farm Nature Reserve, Kinross, January 28, http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/v/vanefarm/index.aspx If you thought the UK’s wildlife was deep in snoozy hibernation, the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch proves otherwise with quizzes, an ID parade to learn who’s who in your hedge, and the chance to get your hands mucky making fat-balls and bird feeders to keep your feathered friends fed through the winter.
Edinburgh: Rhone Wine Tasting
Institut Francais, Edinburgh January 27, www.ifecosse.org.uk Oenophiles will marvel at organic and biofarming techniques revolutionising the art of viniculture, but really they’re there for the booze. Lose yourself in the Rhone Valley for a couple of hours. Smarter than your average TGI Friday bevvy sesh.
Glasgow: The Secret Sisters
Oran Mor, Glasgow, January 23, www.secretsistersband.com Perfecting their crystal clear harmonies over Everly Brothers songs at family picnics in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, sweetly fresh-faced Laura and Lydia Rogers are pure old-school country, with songs such as 'Tennessee Me' as timeless as classics such as 'Why Baby Why'. And check those fab vintage tea dresses.
Dundee: Talk - Elizabeth Taylor
Dundee Contemporary Arts, January 29, www.dca.org.uk She was married eight times to seven husbands, owned the blingest diamonds in the world, was an Oscar winner and one of the last true Hollywood greats, and the legend of Elizabeth Taylor has only grown since her death last March. This free talk by St Andrews University lecturer in film studies, Dr Elisabetta Girelli, focuses on two of her most pivotal movies, A Place in the Sun and Suddenly, Last Summer.
Everywhere: Burns Night
January 25, www.burnsmuseum.org.uk Drams will be quaffed, haggis chomped, tatties mashed and poetry recited by misty-eyed ex-pats all over the world to mark the birthday of Robert Burns. Jig your way into history books at the world’s first Ceilidh Flash Mob on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile or try Burns-inspired speed-dating in Glasgow. Alloway 1759 (Jan 29, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum) brings poetic characters to life with olde worlde charm.
