Posts Tagged ‘East Lothian’
Winton celebrates with feast fit for a castle
Winton Castle, the business events and wedding venue in East Lothian, has just celebrated more than 500 years of history and changing back to being called Winton Castle. It only adopted the more modest name of Winton House in the 1960s, and ‘once a castle, always a castle’. Winton Castle was a stronghold of the…
Read MoreEdinburgh smokehouse is dedicated to reduce food waste
A specialist smokehouse restaurant has become the first in Edinburgh to embrace an eco-friendly initiative which offers fantastic bargains to hungry customers – while reducing food waste. Reekie’s Smokehouse, on Holyrood Road, is an independent, husband-and-wife run restaurant that uses classic American BBQ techniques to smoke top quality local meats with a Scottish twist. …
Read MoreYou can’t beat Beatitude
We’ve teamed up with East Lothian-based aromatherapy specialist Beatitude to offer these 100% natural aromatherapeutic candles as a free gift with every new subscription taken out at our 2017 shows. Launched in September 2016, the Comfort candle is made from eco soy wax with a lead-free wick and uses only the finest essential oils for an…
Read More£10 million investment plans to restore Musselburgh Links to its glory days
An ambitious £10million plan has been unveiled to breathe fresh life into a six-time Open Championship venue and the oldest continuously-played golf course in the world. The aim is to recapture the long-lost ‘heritage’ of Musselburgh Links, taking it back to its Victorian-era (circa 1896) set up, when its importance and significance to the game…
Read MoreThe Foxlake Outdoor Festival returns to Dunbar
After the huge success of last year’s event, the Foxlake Outdoor Festival, Dunbar, returns bigger and better this year not only with an exciting lineup of music and comedy performances for all the family but with the completely new Adrenaline Arena. For the very first time organisers look forward to welcoming an array of adrenaline…
Read MoreHenriette Stoehr to exhibit at The Open Eye Gallery from 10-27th March
The Open Eye Gallery wil hold their first ever textiles exhibition this March. Henriette Stoehr is an artist based in East Lothian making handmade scarves with felt and silk as her primary materials. Stoehr studied at Edinburgh College of Art and has developed her technique over years of working with silk and…
Read MoreTable talk with bespoke furniture maker, Mike Whittall of Ochre & Wood
Using Scottish wood and inspired by nature, Mike Whittall is creating furniture that stands out. A career tax consultant of some 25 years, he swapped his ledger for his lathe last year to establish bespoke furniture company, Ochre & Wood. What was the catalyst for setting up Ochre &…
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