Lacorine: ethical luxury for any season

For winter or summer, Lacorine’s luxury alpaca clothing is perfect for any season.  Lacorine’s garments are designed by Antonia Valentin Jacob who grew up in an impoverished area of Lima. Peruvian artisans supply Antonia with the fur from alpacas which have died naturally in the harsh Peruvian winter climate, allowing the brand to support small…

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Sterling Furniture welcomes Karl Lagerfeld

Sterling Furniture has welcomed Karl Lagerfeld its homestores across Scotland. A fashion mogul since the 1950s,  Lagerfeld continues to lead in the fashion stakes and turns his attention to home styling with a new bed linen collection that focuses on luxury with an edge. From floral prints to sultry inky tones and elegant greys with crisp whites, his new…

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Felicity’s Chocolate

With Easter just around the corner, there is no escaping the influx of chocolate gracing the supermarket shelves. But why give something luxurious and a little different this year to your loved ones? Felicity’s Chocolate based in Aberdeenshire create handmade Belgian chocolates with transferable prints – the choice of designs are endless! With a range of shapes…

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Charles Hamilton Ltd launch The Isles

Charles Hamilton Ltd has announced the addition of ‘The Isles’ edition to its regional malt and grain whisky range. The new Isles release extends the Speyside, Highland, Islay and Lowland regional spread. Each region is presented in its own distinctive colour scheme. The Isles version is distinguished by its striking ‘coral tinted’ cylindrical carton and…

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Burns Night jewellery from Jorie

Celebrate Burns Night in style with a piece from Jorie Jewellery and The Culachy Collection. Created using ethically sourced deer tusks straight from Jorie’s estate in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, the range includes a necklace, choker and bracelet. Deer tusk jewellery was commonly crafted in Victorian times, with prince Albert frequently commissioning pieces for…

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Kingsbarns welcomes new Visitor Centre Development Manager

Kingsbarns Distillery has welcomed Scott Robertson into the position of Visitor Centre Development Manager. Scott joined his local distillery at the end of last year, having previously worked at Blair Castle and Atholl Estates, VisitScotland and the Fairmont Hotel. William Wemyss, Managing Director at Kingsbarns Distillery: ‘We are delighted to welcome Scott to the Visitor Centre team.…

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Incredible savings with Kitchens International’s January sale

If you’re thinking of refurbishing your kitchen now is the time to do it with up to 25 per cent off all designer kitchen ranges at Kitchens International, as well as huge savings on appliances and ex-display kitchens. Starting on 3 January and running until the end of January, all Callerton, Stoneham, Leicht and Poggenpohl kitchen…

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Tennis star Andy Murray meets his basketball idol Luol Deng in Miami

Double Grand Slam tennis champion Andy Murray jumped at the chance to shoot some hoops with one of his sporting idols, Luol Deng, as the world famous sports stars hit the basketball court in Miami. As part of Standard Life’s Mastering Your Dreams campaign, former Miami Heat season ticket holder Murray, the current world No.2…

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Celebrations….

Tuesday May 31st…Well, that’s it, 50 years gone and statistically probably not another 50 years to go!  The last supper of my first 50 years was celebrated in Gretna services; a Burger King washed down with a Starbucks caramel frappacino with an extra shot, fantastic, well not at all fantastic actually, felt rather sick – could…

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Hmm….

Sunday May 29th…Well that wasn’t so good, Native Coll and Amulree both pulled up at Cartmel last night after apparently failing to handle the sharp track and appearing unable to keep up, then Amulree bit me when she was being washed down, a long drive home and somewhat inconclusive apart from it not being a…

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