Posts by Kenny Smith
Sam Heughan’s book nominated for an Audie Award
Scots actor Sam Heughan is in good company, with former President Barack Obama and media mogul Oprah Winfrey as a finalist at the Audie Awards this year. The Audio Publishers Association’s finalists for the 2022 awards programme have been revealed, celebrating the best titles in audio publishing and spoken-word entertainment, honouring a varied group of…
Read MoreEvil is just one floor away in a pacey read
Setting aside associations of Edinburgh’s cobbled streets with one ‘Boy Wizard’, Anthony O’Neill has crafted a rather more sinister reality. ‘In Edinburgh, evil is just one floor away,’ he writes. Protagonist Cat Thomas relocates to the capital’s Dean Village to flee death threats related to her job as a fraud investigator, only to find that…
Read MoreCaol Ila marks 175th anniversary with special release
Caol Ila has released a limited-edition 24 Year Old Single Malt Scotch whisky for its 175th anniversary, which took place last year. An elegant Islay Single Malt with a cornucopia of fresh fruits on the nose, followed by a powerfully peaty whisper of smoke. On first sip, an intense sweetness lights up the palate, balanced…
Read MoreRugby heroes to cycle 500 miles in 48 hours with match ball
A charity cycle team made up of a host of rugby legends is cycling more than 500 miles between BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in just 48 hours for Doddie’s Weir’s MND charity, My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. The ride is led by Doddie’s former Scotland and British and Irish…
Read MoreScottish drinks brand’s hard seltzer brought to market
A premium drinks brand has launched some of the first Scottish hard seltzers to market. It came about after business owner, Ruth Jones, received advice and support from Business Gateway. Dundee-based Twisted Sisters specialises in premium, ready-to-drink hard seltzers, a highball drink containing seltzer water, alcohol and fruit flavourings. The brand-new drinks range boasts a…
Read MoreSpring Fling ready to return after a two-year gap
Ninety-six artists and makers set to welcome back the public for Dumfries and Galloway’s big celebration of creativity. The full line-up has been unveiled for the 20th Spring Fling open studios event – which is being extended to four days and takes place over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. A total of 96…
Read MoreOpera Highlights starts its tour of Scotland
A new vaudeville-inspired Opera Highlights show takes to the roads of Scotland today, as it begins a tour of 18 local venues, including in the Outer Hebrides. Starting on February 8 at Websters Theatre in Glasgow’s West End the tour visits Birnam, Midmar, Fochabers, Tain, Wick, Harris, North Uist, Isle of Barra, Craignish, Lochranza, Cove,…
Read MoreA travelogue of Britain’s most notorious climb on Skye
Simon Ingram is not alone in his fascination with the mighty Cuillin, but this breeze-block-sized tome is a veritable paean to the Skye mountain ridge that sits among the clouds. Broken into three sections – ascent, traverse, and descent – it is primarily a travelogue of Ingram’s own battle to conquer Britain’s most notorious climb.…
Read MoreWhen The Grass Dances is a new online exhibition
Poet Valerie Gillies and artist Rebecca Marr have created a new collection that invites people to walk with them among the grasses through their online presentation When The Grass Dances. Presented as an online exhibition, the website has more than 70 pages, each dedicated to one of Scotland’s wild grasses. ‘Scotland has wonderful wild grasses’,…
Read MoreWinter Olympic hopeful wins Youth Mountain Award
Organisers of the Fort William Mountain Festival are delighted to announce that Kirsty Muir, an Scottish elite freestyle skier is the eighth recipient of The Scottish Youth Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture Kirsty (17), from Aberdeen, is currently in Beijing competing in the Winter Olympic Games, and took the award, sponsored by West Highland…
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