We are delighted to have been appointed by Historic Scotland to evaluate interpretation at Linlithgow Palace.  Our team, working closely with HS staff, will consist of Verity Walker plus regular associate Rob Robinson, who'll be doing the bulk of on-the ground activity, and expert bulk data processor Sarah Eley. 

Linlithgow Palace is well known to visitors, its Peel (parkland area surrounding the Palace) less so.  We will be using both tried and tested and new evaluative techniques to gather data from Palace visitors and from Peel users.

We loved the interpretive planning work for the local nature reserve in Merkinch so we were delighted to be asked to provide a follow-up usage plan for the Old Ferry Ticket Office, now to provide a small but much-needed base for the Nature Reserve.

Many local people, including Verity, recall sitting waiting for the ferry in the chilly little waiting room after a hot night out to see 'Grease' at La Scala... and the clank and rumble of the ferry as it went to and fro across the firth.  Ah, those diesel fumes... happy days!

A little can sometimes go a long way.  This interesting partnership project between Sutton House (National Trust) and St Augustine's Tower (Hackney Historic Buildings Trust) in Hackney had a small budget - but we were keen to have a return visit to Sutton House, a National Trust property Verity Walker and associate Eleanor Bird remember well from their time with NT in the 1990s.

One of our techniques on this one was to use children's artwork as feedback, avoiding the necessity to find the right words (difficult in a multi-lingual, multi culture area).

Our client kindly commented:

"What a lot of work. I can’t thank you enough for producing such an in-depth report with such a small budget..."

We hope it'll pave the way for more multi-cultural cross-site partnership working in Hackney.