16 March 2009

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Culture Minister Michael Russell today announced that St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow will be awarded £500,000 to repair the historic building and improve access.

13 March 2009

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One of Scotland’s leading jewellery designers, Sheila Fleet, is launching her latest collection at Edinburgh Castle - in perfect time for Mother’s Day. The Tidal range by Sheila Fleet Orkney Designer Jewellery will go on sale in the castle’s Crown Gift Shop on Saturday 21st March, when from 10am to 5pm visitors will have a chance to meet Sheila and chat to her about her work.

13 March 2009

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Historic Scotland has appointed Barbara Cummins to lead it’s Development Assessment Team which advises on Development Planning, Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments. She joins after 12 years at the City of Edinburgh Council where most recently she oversaw the Listed Buildings and a Major Projects Teams. Barbara is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and recently gained an MBA from Edinburgh University.

12 March 2009

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As Scots we are right to be proud of our country and its outstandingly rich and diverse culture. From the earliest examples of human hand to the iconic landmarks of Scotland’s great industrial heritage, our historic environment is second to none. And it is a heritage that enjoys world acclaim. Scotland’s five World Heritage Sites of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Edinburgh Old and New Towns, New Lanark, St Kilda and now the Antonine Wall are a clear demonstration of how highly regarded Scotland’s heritage is by the international community.

10 March 2009

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Culture Minister Michael Russell MSP and Barbara Follett MP, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, will today (Tuesday, March 10) visit the UK’s most recently inscribed World Heritage Site, The Antonine Wall. The most northern frontier of the Roman Empire was named of global significance by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in July last year. This will be the first time that the two Culture Ministers have met.