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QUEEN Margaret University (QMU) in Musselburgh has teamed up with Papple Steading, near Whittingehame, to offer £27,000 of digital media prizes for students. The initiative focuses on bringing together students, past and present, from a range of disciplines to produce engaging digital media to celebrate agricultural and food heritage in the Lothians. The Papple Steading Digital Media Prize will give digital content creators the chance to tell stories of the contributions made to global farming in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries by the people of Lothian and across Scotland, as w...

AMBITIOUS plans could see an agricultural heritage museum complete with shop and accommodation created “in the heart of rural East Lothian”. The museum, focusing on the pre-tractor era of farming in the county, would form part of a development at Papple Steading. The site, five miles south of East Linton, would also include a community space, shop and coffee area, as well as an auditorium and conference facilities, including bar, breakout space, meeting room and office space. George Mackintosh’s plans include guest accommodation with 27 rooms and 27 beds, as well as parking spac...