Posts Tagged ‘feature’
10 homeware trends for spring summer 2018
From pastel colours to floral flourishes and smart tech for the home, Toby Durant, home design advisor at John Lewis Edinburgh offers his rundown of the season’s top homeware trends. Perfect Pastels Set the scene for spring by embracing this season’s leading trend – pastels. Think warm, blushing pinks and fresh, minty greens. Pick pastels…
Read MoreA fantastic return with Calum Stewart’s new album
Calum Stewart inspires with Tales from the North, a superb new solo album that challenges the conception that Uilleann pipes are the preserve of Irish music. Despite the initial Irish sound in the opening Am Monadh Ruadh (Gaelic for the Cairngorm mountain range) make no mistake that Calum’s music is very much music steeped in…
Read MoreTickets are now on sale for two outstanding musicals
Two new spectacular star-studded shows to hit His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen for first time. Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) will welcome both the fashionable, Olivier Award-winning Kinky Boots and Cilla – The Musical to His Majesty’s Theatre for their inaugural runs on the stage, further adding to APA’s strong events calendar for the next two…
Read MoreScots Prisoner of War camp will be remembered
The history of a Scottish Prisoner of War camp is to feature in a talk. Led by Cumnock History Group and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Pennylands Camp 22 – Hidden Histories of Ayrshire exhibition tells the story of those who lived and worked in and around Pennylands Camp 22, a former WWII…
Read MoreMany happy returns – with a multi-million expansion plan at Glenmorangie
Glenmorangie is celebrating its 175th birthday with plans for a multi-million-pound expansion. The highland firm aim to add a second still house to its site, which they say will let them keep up with global demand for the whisky. Subject to planning approval, the new still house will feature two copper stills, which will work…
Read MoreThis 1730 manse could be the answer to your prayers
Foddery Lodge is a country manse built in 1730 and standing in its own grounds with three adjoining cottages. Located midway between Dingwall and the Victorian spa village of Strathpeffer in the heart of Mackenzie Country, this six-bedroom home is brought to the market by Strutt & Parker. Fodderty Lodge is a C listed building…
Read MoreA Shetland writer in the World War 1 trenches
Shetland Library is to host an afternoon talk about Jack Peterson. Jack’s poetry was used in last year’s Shetland Youth production, In the Still of the Night have We Wept, writes Cameron Avery. The talk and readings will be delivered by Dr Mark Smith of Shetland Museum and Archives as part of a joint project…
Read MoreApartment-style living facility celebrates its 21st birthday
Aberdeen’s Skene House Holburn is inviting guests to help mark its 21st anniversary celebration. Aberdeen’s original HotelSuites, where the benefits of apartment-style living and hotel services are combined, is inviting guests to help it celebrates its 21st anniversary this month. The much-loved accommodation near the city centre’s West End has been offering business and tourism…
Read MoreAyrshire’s Prisoner Of War camp will feature in new exhibition
A brand new exhibition will shine a spotlight on a former WWII Prisoner Of War camp. Pennylands Camp 22, also known as Camp 22, Temple Camp and Auchinleck Camp, was situated in the parish of Auchinleck in East Ayrshire, to the north-east of Dumfries House, and will be highlighted at the Baird Institute in Cumnock…
Read MoreWhisky blog: Cutting edge technology with Kilchoman Distillery
James Robertson is Scottish Field’s whisky blogger. Kilchoman Distillery have recently been in the news having announced that they were to double production to fulfil the increasing interest in their single malts. Now the distillery is in the news again, this time at the cutting edge of technology with labels. The distillery will work with…
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