WHENEVER I see Amol Rajan on television or hear him on radio I am reminded of the “I’ll have what she’s having” line from When Harry Met Sally. Such is the BBC media editor’s growing list of gigs – he has recently added presenting BBC Radio 4’s Today to a portfolio that includes Start the Week and The One Show – it is difficult not to be in awe of his sheer energy. How does he do it? Still only 38, too (that’s probably why). A newspaper had some fun recently comparing Rajan’s Stakhanovite ways with those of his fellow Today presenter, Nick Robinson. Between the pair of them they seem to work 24/7. There’s value for your BBC licence fee.
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The five-month exhibition will explore how the patterned fabric – famously embraced by designers like Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, the author Walter Scott and musical acts like Rod Stewart and the Bay City Rollers – has shaped, influenced and been reflected in advertising, fashion, film and fine art.
However it will examine how tartan has been both “adored and derided,” been seen as a symbol of being radical and rebellious for centuries, and is still making its mark around the world in modern times.
The exhibition will also explore the “sometimes painful” history of tartan, which was famously outlawed in Scotland following the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, but would go on to become a symbol of the British Army and Empire, and embraced by the Royal Family.
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Some of the wishes written by people from across Scotland which form part of the exhibition (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Scots’ wishes for how their neighbourhoods could look in the future are taking centre stage at a new design exhibition.
Since the beginning of last year, 30 people from across the country have worked with designers and architects to visualise the best changes for their communities in a post-pandemic world.
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