Posts Tagged ‘leith’
Looking to Lothian for Scotland’s Home of the Year
Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers look to Lothian to find the next contender for Scotland’s Home of the Year. They start with Castle Glimpse, a corner tenement flat in Leith with views of Edinburgh Castle. Built in 1815, the property has been home to Matt since 2019. What was once a dilapidated and…
Read MoreHolyrood Distillery: A ‘rude’ reawakening in the courtyard
Holyrood Distillery has created a ‘sipping gin’ that’s ideal for its reopened courtyard, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. IN A world with more and more gin, it’s becoming harder and harder to find anything that stands out from the crowd. Yet Holyrood Distillery may have just cracked it. The Edinburgh whisky maker set out to create…
Read MorePutting the clocks forward with National Trust for Scotland
Just as the clocks are set to go forward this weekend (Sunday 28 March), 19 historic long case timepieces have gone back in time. The long case timepieces, sometimes called grandfather clocks, in the National Trust for Scotland’s north east collection are being brought back to full working order after months of meticulous conservation work.…
Read MoreRay Harryhausen exhibition reopens National Galleries of Scotland
The phased reopening of the National Galleries of Scotland will begin next month. And it will start with the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) and its exhibition Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema. Measures to ensure the health and safety of visitors and employees will be in place, including one-way routes around each…
Read MoreAn impressive upper town house in the capital
A spectacular upper townhouse recently refurbished to a high standard has been brought to the property market. Presented by Knight Frank, the house on Manor Place in Edinburgh’s West End, is accessed via a main door entrance at ground level. The entrance hall sets the tone, both in terms of the scale and the quality…
Read MoreStreet Soccer nets £600 from East Coast Cured
LEITH charcuterie producer East Coast Cured has rasied £600 for Street Soccer by auctioning its final ten hampers. The company has seen a surge in orders during the past year. Before the pandemic restrictions were imposed, 70% of its sales were to restaurants, with the remaining 30% going straight to consumers. Now, consumers sales account…
Read MoreHospitality launches ‘Taste Edinburgh’ campaign
CHEFS have launched a campaign to encourage customers to buy gift vouchers for their favourite Edinburgh restaurants, bars, and hotels this Christmas. The launch of the “Taste Edinburgh” scheme was attended by Michelin-starred cooks Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart. Other restaurateurs taking part in the campaign include: James Thomson from Prestonfield House Hotel and The…
Read MoreScotland stars in The Crown series four
SERIES four of The Crown begins streaming on Netflix on Sunday, with locations throughout Scotland starring once more in the television show. Estates including Ardverikie, Dunbeath and Rothiemurchus were used to film scenes for the series, which charts Queen Elizabeth’s life from the 1970s to the 1990s. Oscar-winner Olivia Coleman plays The Queen, having taken…
Read MoreScotland’s first ‘vertical distillery’ takes shape
CONSTRUCTION has begun at Scotland’s first “vertical distillery”. Foundations have been laid for the £12 million Port of Leith distillery. The site sits next door to the Ocean Terminal shopping centre and the Royal Yacht Britannia. The 40-metre tall tower will include a double-height whisky bar at its summit. The project is the brainchild of…
Read MoreLeith market’s Oktoberfest starts today
THE first of three Oktoberfest weekends gets underway today at Pitt Street Market in Leith “Pittöberfest” features Barney’s Beer, Bellfield, Campervan, Edinburgh Beer Factory, New Barns, and Pilot. Barnacles & Bones and Ròst are among the street food vendors taking part in the festival. Barney’s Beer boss Andrew Barnett said: “While the cancellation of beer…
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