Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Delicious recipes in Feathers: The Game Larder
The makers of Venison: the Game Larder have come back fully equipped with more game bird cooking recipes from master game chef José Souto. He offers a wide selection of recipes, both appetisers and main meals, simple and intricate, each of them truly of a higher class. There’s more: the reader is also given insight…
Read MoreInternational wines and Chilean flavours combine
A night of good food and fine wine is coming to Edinburgh next week. 83 Hanover Street has teamed up with natural wine experts L’Art Du Vin to host a special one-off dinner on Wednesday, 21 November. L’Art Du Vin has been bringing exciting wines to its customers since 2007, developing a reputation as one…
Read MoreLeading art historian to reveal painting secrets
One of the world’s foremost art historians is to give a talk at the art4you community art school in Stirlingshire. Professor Erma Hermens, senior researcher at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, will visit the studio near Killearn to give an illustrated talk on the evening of Wednesday 21 November entitled ‘The Masters’ Secrets: On how to…
Read MoreAn attractive six bedroom townhouse
An exceptional six bedroom Georgian townhouse with views of Arthur’s Seat is now on the property market. Offered for sale by Knight Frank, this is a grand townhouse in Regent Terrace, one of Edinburgh’s most sought-after addresses. Set over four floors, impressive reception rooms are balanced by up to seven bedrooms. A private garden, direct…
Read MoreThe story of McGill’s Buses brought to book
The story of Scotland’s largest independent bus operator is celebrated in a new book. McGill’s Bus Services operates throughout the west of Scotland, with its headquarters in Greenock, and David Devoy’s book charts and highlights the firm’s substantial growth in recent years. The present company was founded in 2001, taking on the name of a…
Read MoreScots schoolboy’s poem read at Buckingham Palace
A schoolboy from the Isle of Harris read a poem to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I. Hamish Scott (15), was one of 100 young people taken to London by Never Such Innocence, the charity set up to give children a voice in the commemorations of the centenary of the First…
Read MoreRemembering the fallen on Scotland’s beaches
Tributes to the fallen in war were made all over Scotland yesterday, with six special commemorations on the nation’s beaches. Film director Danny Boyle’s special Armistice commission, Pages of the Sea, for 14-18 NOW and National Theatre of Scotland, took place at St Ninian’s Isle beach in Shetland, West Sands in St Andrews, Scapa beach…
Read MoreThe ancient art making a comeback in Scotland
The ancient craft of hedgelaying has been practiced in Scotland since Celtic times, but the method largely fell out of use after World War II when mechanisation took over the farming scene. But despite this, the craft is now enjoying something of a revival in the Borders. Graeme Walker, a Kelso native based in Newton…
Read MorePeploe’s Tulips in a Chinese Vase heads art auction
A bright, sunny work by the major Scottish Colourist, Samuel Peploe leads Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures Sale in Edinburgh later this month. Taking place on Tuesday 27 November, Tulips in a Chinese Vase by Peploe (1871-1935), is estimated to reach between £220,000-£280,000 at auction. Bonhams Head of Scottish Art, Chris Brickley said: ‘Peploe…
Read MoreChinese and Japanese art in Scottish auction
Bonhams in Edinburgh is holdings an Asian Art sale next week. It will take place on Thursday, 15 November, at 22 Queen Street, starting at 11am. The auction will feature Japanese and Chinese Art including: bronzes, jades, snuff bottles, porcelain, textiles, lacquer, paintings and furniture. Among the many fascinating objects on view will be Ming Dynasty…
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