Posts by Ellie Forbes
Scotland’s best building 2024 shortlist revealed
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has revealed its 2024 shortlist for the Best Building in Scotland award. It is one of the most prestigious architectural prizes in Scotland – and five buildings in Scotland have made the shortlist for the top honour. The skilful re-use of existing buildings is a noticeable theme…
Read MoreThe Good Books, Jenni Fagan: ‘I found Alice Walker at a really pivotal moment in my reading life’
Author and poet Jenni Fagan on finding her love of reading as a child, being inspired by Alice Walker and the book she always recommends. The first book I remember reading: I was reading from a really early age, I remember being in class when I was five years old and being so annoyed…
Read MoreLife on Our Planet in Concert: Netflix show comes to Glasgow with Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The groundbreaking Netflix show Life on Our Planet will come to life on the big screen alongside the Royal Scottish National Orchestra next month. The Netflix show, of the same name and was narrated by Morgan Freeman, tells the story of life unfolding through its most pivotal moments – from the first single-celled life form…
Read MoreThe Good Books, Angie Spoto: ‘I re-read The Hobbit and fell in love with it all over again’
Angie Spoto on the book she recommends to everyone, reading the books of her childhood to her son, and her favourite place to read. The first book I remember reading: Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of Rings – I read them so fast when I was a kid. I couldn’t get enough of…
Read MoreGlasgow’s Sole Club introduces new menus inspired by Six by Nico iconic Chippie
Six months since its inception, Sole Club in Glasgow is launching two new culinary experiences this month. The first is The Chippie Club, which pays homage to their origins with the iconic Six by Nico ‘Chippie’ Tasting Menu. From a chip on a stick to the Smoky Sausage Supper, this reinterpretation of Six’s culinary roots…
Read MoreScotland’s Home of the Year finalist up for sale as incredible mill conversion hits the market
A stunning three-bedroom mill conversion that featured on the final of Scotland’s Home of the Year is up for sale. Spottes Mill, in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, made it to the final of the BBC series back in 2021 having been transformed from a former grain store into a stunning mill-style house. Now it is…
Read MoreThe couple who gambled everything to become Wigtown bookshop owners
Joyce Cochrane had just discovered she was pregnant when she and her partner Ian gave up their jobs and moved from Edinburgh to revive a former bookshop in Wigtown. With no stock, no shelves in the shop, no accommodation and having no retail experience they were gambling everything on a dream. Now they are celebrating…
Read MoreTexas to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
Texas have been unveiled as the headliners for this year’s Edinburgh Hogmanay concert. The band are returning to the world-famous event for the third time, having last performed at it in 2005, on the back of a recent run of sell-out arena shows. Performing below the stunning backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, the band will play…
Read MoreAlan Cumming named new artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has been named as the new artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre. The actor, most recently famous for his hit role in The Traitors, made his professional theatre debut at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow 40 years ago. Later his Hamlet stormed the West End, and he was hailed as ‘an…
Read MoreLidl revive Scots Halloween tradition with first ever neep picking patch
Scotland’s first ever neep picking patch will open this year, reviving the dwindling tradition of crafting ‘tumshie lanterns’. Supermarket Lidl is calling on Scots to jack in the pumpkins this October by bringing the humble swede back to the forefront. Stewarts of Tayside, who supply Lidl, grows a huge 50 million neeps every year and…
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