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Covid closures: Visitor numbers drop at tourist attractions in Tayside and Fife as venues feel the damage caused by coronavirus and lockdowns.

SO, here we go again. Another Covid-inhibited January. Another winter when were encouraged to stay in and keep safe. Its what we need to do, but…

Nearly two years after being thrown into turmoil by Covid, Scottish cultural faces a long road back to recovery.But there are no shortage of big events, shows and projects to look forward to in 2022. Here are a few highlights showing how Scotland’s arts calendar is shaping up.

Sam Shrives contends with sea ice and an amorous walrus during a three-month cruise from Norway across the Barents Sea to Svalbard

© ITV/Shutterstock “Morrissey – Morrissey – Morrissey” the baying crowd chanted before surging forward, a tangle of limbs, ripping up the first few rows of seats at the Capitol in Aberdeen. The raucous audience, desperate to get close to their nonchalant Teddy Boy idol, had travelled from all over the country to Aberdeen. Morrissey, who turns 62 this weekend, has played countless gigs during his long career, but it was his first solo turn in Aberdeen that drew comparisons with Beatlema...

David Bowie & Morrissey covers T.Rex Cosmic Dancer listen 29/12/2020 The song originally appeared on the 1971 Electric Warrior. Listen to the track below.

December 18, 2020 2:15 pm “One day I’m designing a pair of socks, the next day I’m designing a campaign for the side of a bus,” William Allen tells Design Week. “You just never know what you’ll have.” Allen is one quarter of the Barbican’s in-house design team, established in 2011 and in more normal times based in the Brutalist arts centre itself. Opened in 1982, the arts centre is a much-loved London destination, celebrated as much for its architecture as its creative program...

This Wednesday, as London entered Tier 3 restrictions, the city’s gyms, saunas, hairdressers and tattoo parlours remained open. But the city’s public museums and art galleries were forced to close their doors. “There’s a long list of places that are allowed to stay open, and it’s both saddening and inexplicable that we aren’t on it”, says Jane Alison, Head of Visual Arts at the Barbican. “Galleries have worked incredibly hard this year to ensure our ve...