Posts Tagged ‘Dundee’
We try and test the slow cooked free-range Loué turkey crown
We try and test the Slow Cooked Free-Range Loué Turkey Crown in Gravy from Donald Russell. I WANT IT BECAUSE: Christmas is almost upon us but we’re all horribly busy. This is delivered straight to your door, frozen. Royal Warrant holders Donald Russell are a Scottish company, the free-range birds are sustainably produced in France…
Read More15 Scots showcase craftsmanship at London event
Craft Scotland have revealed the designers and makers selected to be showcased at Collect, the international art fair for modern craft and design in London. From 28 February to 3 March 2019, the Craft Scotland gallery will showcase covetable artworks in silversmithing and goldsmithing, furniture making, ceramics, glass and metal. A mixture of established artists…
Read MoreAn A-Listed property overlooking the harbour
An outstanding A Listed manse dating from 1590 has been brought to the Scottish property market. Offered for sale by Galbraith, Melville Manse is thought to date from 1590 when the house was built on land donated by the Laird of Anstruther. The property is believed to have become the Manse of Anstruther Easter in 1713…
Read MoreNew craft beer bar officially opened today
A community focused craft beer bar with 24 beers on tap has opened today. Dynamo Dundee officially opened at 4pm. This follows last month’s announcement that six°north were taking over this historic site on 42 Union Street. Since then a refit of the bar has taken place, with many original features being kept in an…
Read MoreThe reel deal at new Scottish luxury lodges
A new luxury lodge resort at Errol in Perthshire is offering an additional attraction for both lodge holiday makers and visitors. It now has its own fully stocked small trout loch, or ‘lochan’, an old Scottish word for a small loch. Silverwood Luxury Resort is situated between Perth and Dundee in the Carse of Gowrie.…
Read MoreA beautiful cottage in the country now for sale
A semi-detached country cottage dating from about 1880, surrounded by farmland and woodland walks, on the property market. Presented for sale by Bell Ingram, Gardeners Cottage, Newmiln, Guildtown, Perth, is a traditional semi-detached country cottage dating from around 1880, originally forming part of the Newmiln Estate. It has typical features from this period. The flexible…
Read MoreThe Snowman is coming to venues all over Scotland
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is bringing Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman to audiences across Scotland. They will be joined by tenor, BBC Scotland and Scottish Proms in the Park presenter Jamie MacDougall for its annual RSNO Christmas Concerts this Season, performing to audiences in Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Since 2001 Jamie has been the nation’s voice of classical music…
Read MoreYou’ll be walking in the air with this special event
V&A Dundee will launch a festive Winter Nights season with a special talk from Robin Shaw, the award-winning animator and illustrator of the Irn-Bru Snowman advert. As well as directing Irn-Bru’s original Christmas campaign in 2006, Shaw and a team of animators at Lupus Films’ London animation studio have just completed the sequel which will…
Read MoreChristmas artist and maker market all ready to return
Forty artists and makers are coming together for the second Wasps festive Artist and Maker Market, taking place at the Briggait in Glasgow. The market will be a great opportunity to see work created in the Wasps studio network. It’s a chance to see a rich variety of art, craft and design of many kinds…
Read MoreAll set for the final food weekend of the year
Bowhouse will have its last Food Weekend of 2018 with an especially festive affair next Saturday and Sunday. Taking place on 8 and 9 December, a bumper line-up of some of Scotland’s best food producers will be joined by resident Bowhouse makers for the covered food market, alongside a collection of artisan craft stalls from…
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