Scots brewer will be taking St Andrew’s Day celebrations to London

A Scottish boutique brewer is taking St Andrew’s Day to London. Harviestoun, founded in 1983 in Clackmannanshire, are best known for their unique range of cask ales, craft lagers and filtered bottled beers included Bitter & Twisted, Wild Hop IPA and Ola Dubh – Gaelic for ‘black oil’. This St Andrew’s Day, Harviestoun Brewery will…

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Red Hot Chilli Pipers to headline Stirling light switch on

Stirling is ready to bring some festive glitz to the city as it gets ready for its winter festival. This year’s event is bigger and better than ever before, bringing festive sparkle to residents and increasing visitors to Stirling throughout November and December. Working in collaboration with partners throughout the city, the campaign will showcase…

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Sparks will fly with Alloa event tickets now on sale

Tickets for this year’s bonfire night fireworks displace in Alloa have now gone on sale. The 2017 celebration in Clackmannanshire is looking to be the loudest yet, with thousands of visitors expected to attend the event, which is being held in the West End Park. Organised each year by Alloa Round Table, family event Sparks…

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The light fantastic in Glasgow

People looking to get their hands on tickets for Glasgow’s Christmas lights switch-on have been logging on today. The ballot for the briefs opened at 10am today (Monday, October 2), and applications will be accepted until 11.59pm on Sunday 15 October. This year, George Square will have even more new lights and will again be…

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Ladies Love Lunch raises £61,507 for Maggie’s

The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa recently held its 7th ‘Ladies Love Lunch’ event, raising £61,507 for Maggie’s Edinburgh. The event, hosted by Grant Stott, welcomed 460 ladies who enjoyed a drinks reception, entertainment by Edinburgh music duo Bleaker, a delicious three-course lunch created by Executive Chef Craig Hart, luxury mini-treatments by One Spa and a…

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Award-winning Dundee architects to design multi-million pound leisure complex

An award-winning Dundee architects’ studio is designing a multi-million pound leisure complex overlooking a Perthshire loch. After a focused effort, the Andrew Black Design team managed to successfully navigate their way through strict planning policy within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to gain planning permission for the development. They will be working with…

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Winton Castle invites visitors to its family open day

Winton Castle, formerly Winton House, is opening its gardens and doors for its Family Open Day on Sunday 9th April (12-4.30 pm), when it will be raising funds for Marie Curie and Scotland’s Gardens charities. Visitors will see Winton’s famous wild daffodils, the 17th century walled garden and the sheltered terraces leading down to Sir David’s Loch.  The Open…

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At home in Glasgow

Scotland’s Ideal Home Show celebrates a major milestone and you can join in on the festivities by indulging in their new food and drink festival. Returning to Glasgow bigger and better than ever for their 70th anniversary on 26 – 29 May 2017, Scotland’s leading homes event has now added The Eat & Drink festival…

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Stand Up for St Columba’s Hospice

A host of comedians and entertainers will take to the stage for a glamorous evening of live comedy and entertainment, dinner and dancing at Prestonfield House in aid of St Columba’s Hospice. The event, on Friday 24 March, will raise money for Edinburgh’s only independent hospice. This year’s entertainment will be led by chatterbox comedian Des…

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A boat trip around the Firth of Forth

By Conan D’Agostino Having somehow wriggled off the hook of routine, we looked at each other, our smiles flickering between nervousness of the alien and excitement for the novel and our hands clasped tighter than usual as we waited. There were other people present, as there always are, everywhere, but they appeared as if mannequins –…

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