Fresh flavour for historic Royal Mile building

Gladstone’s Land, the National Trust for Scotland’s Royal Mile townhouse is undergoing a £1.4 million transformation over the next few months. The National Trust for Scotland is updating the visitor experience at the 500-year-old building, creating a new ‘ice cream and coffee parlour’ on the ground floor which weaves 17th century details in to the…

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Store looks to save 9.5 tonnes of single-use plastics

Aldi Scotland is removing all plastic lids on its own-label fresh and cultured cream products and ready-to-drink coffee products, as part of its ongoing campaign to reduce single-use plastics. From March, Scotland’s fourth largest volume retailer will stock these products without unnecessary plastic lids in its 91 Scottish stores. This initiative will remove over three…

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Sustaining a plant-based lifestyle now Veganuary is over

If you, like hundreds of thousands of others, decided to give ‘Veganuary’ a go this January, then you might be wondering where you go from here, now that we’re into February and looking to the months ahead. Whatever your reasons for giving temporary veganism a go, there’s no denying that it’s a movement that’s growing…

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Airport offers new recycling scheme to passengers

Glasgow Airport’s new recycling stations have arrived with a sustainable solution for the disposal of single-use coffee cups in the terminal. Three stations have been introduced in the James Martin Kitchen, Panopolis and Starbucks catering outlets in the main departures area with a further four stations set to be installed. The stations feature three collection…

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Celebrating the capital in words and pictures

Edinburgh means different things to many people. In this book, the product of a collaboration between photographer Allan Wright and poet Gerda Stevenson, the interaction of their dual perspectives on the capital makes for a different take on the traditional Edinburgh coffee table book. Eighty-seven photographs are accompanied by 22 new poems, some in Scots,…

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Gardener says snowdrops help beat the winter blues

One of Scotland’s leading gardeners has urged Scots to get out and enjoy the first signs of spring at this year’s Snowdrop Festival, which takes place from this weekend until 11 March. Brian Cunningham, head gardener at Scone Palace and BBC Beechgrove Garden presenter, is looking forward to welcoming the public to enjoy the freshly…

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Scots breakfast isn’t the healthiest in the world

Scots like their food, but our breakfast diet sadly isn’t in Europe’s top 10 most health. We’re more than half way through January and the Christmas leftovers are long-gone, those final calorific chocolates, cheese and mince-pies have been eaten or thrown away. It is well and truly time to improve our diet, and where better…

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Mixologists create masterpieces at The Gallery

A series of exclusive cocktails have been created by mixologists at The Gallery – the stylish new bar at the Chester Hotel in Aberdeen. They were given a blank canvass to create a cocktail menu for the luxurious venue, resulting in a blend of the contemporary and the classics in an exhibition that defies artistic…

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Stargazing at Scotland’s biggest rooftop garden

Experience stargazing on Scotland’s biggest rooftop garden, at the end of this month, for an out of this world event for all the family. This event will take place on the evenings of 31 January, 1 and 2 February, commencing at New Lanark’s Mill 3 exhibition gallery with a family friendly astronomy talk that will…

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Designs on success in creative Edinburgh

With its beautiful architecture, world heritage status, and world-class art galleries and museums, Edinburgh is a city which is truly steeped in creative history. Although a walk through the Georgian splendour of the New Town or the winding, medieval streets of the Old Town makes the city’s charm evident, what is not so obvious is…

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