John Sergeant takes a closer look at the painting The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch (better known as The Skating Minister) and goes in search of a real skating Minister at Edinburgh’s Christmas ice rink in this previously unseen One Show item from 2013. | BBC Arts

Happy World Ice Skating Day! ⛸️ We took to the rink at @edinburghschristmas to recreate Edinburgh’s famous Skating Minister by Sir Henry Raeburn! Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch has become one of the most iconic paintings in Scotland’s national collection and we had to pay homage by getting our skates on! ⛸️❄️ | National Galleries of Scotland

Olympic history loading 🇦🇲✨ Karina Akopova & Nikita Rakhmanin secured an Olympic spot for Armenia at the Skate to Milano Qualifier in Beijing and are on track to become the first Armenian pair at the Games since 2002. Watch them #SkateToMilano ⛸️✨ #FigureSkating | ISU Figure Skating

Barbara Ann Scott, Olympics 1948 Barbara Ann Scott, born May 9, 1928 (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) Was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46, 48) in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart", she is the only Canadian to have won the Olympic ladies' singles gold medal, the first North American to have won three major titles in one year and the only Canadian to have won the