Browsing Month May, 2016

Seahorses Spotted at Deep Sea World

By at May 24, 2016 | 8:32 pm | 0 Comment

A colony of seahorses has arrived at Deep Sea World, Scotland’s national aquarium, to form part of a new captive breeding programme. The 12-strong shoal of spotted seahorses is on display in a specially-designed tank at the North Queensferry wildlife attraction, and zoologists are hoping they will start to breed in the coming months. The seahorse is unique in the

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HESS resurrected on Nuremberg’s 70th Anniversary

By at May 21, 2016 | 3:20 pm | 0 Comment

On the 75th anniversary of Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s second in command, bailing out over Scotland on a self-appointed mission of peace and the 70th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg Trials, Kinbur Productions and the Gilded Balloon are reviving HESS, Michael Burrell’s award winning one-man play, for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016. In HESS, Rudolf Hess has

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SPAN – A Tale of Three Bridges at Deep Sea World

By at May 21, 2016 | 2:39 pm | 0 Comment

A major new interactive exhibition charting the extraordinary story of the Forth road and rail bridges is set to open at Deep Sea World, Scotland’s national aquarium on Saturday, June 11th. 'SPAN – A Tale of Three Bridges’ has been specially created by Fife Cultural Trust and will, for the very first time, bring the turbulent and triumphant history of all three

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