Posts Tagged ‘The Crown’
Blind tastings crown an 18-year-old Highland malt
Deanston 18 Year Old has triumphed in The Whisky Exchange’s annual tasting, taking the top spot in the only official blind whisky judging undertaken by members of the public. Deanston, a Highland distillery housed in an old cotton mill on the banks of the River Teith, claimed the crown in the 8th annual Whisky of…
Read MoreEco play Who Are You? ready to receive its premiere
An environmentally-themed play is set to take to the stage – and online – in the capital this month. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, in association with Naked Productions, are staging the Sound Stage premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s (Our Country’s Good) new environmentally themed play Who Are You?. Sound Stage is…
Read MoreA woodland home with stunning views over a loch
A house with a stunning waterfront setting, with woodland and foreshore overlooking Loch Etive, has been brought to the market. Presented by Knight Frank, the Ferry House is a bungalow understood to have been constructed in the 1970s situated on a private peninsula overlooking Loch Etive, near Oban. It is approached via a single track…
Read More12 Wines of Christmas: South Africa
In the latest instalment in his “12 Wines of Christmas” series, Peter Ranscombe looks at KWV’s top wines from South Africa. QUANTITY and quality don’t necessarily have to sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. As we saw with Paul Mas’ operations in the south of France, it’s possible to produce quality wines in large…
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 MorePrestigious honour for Aberdeen’s new event complex
The Event Complex Aberdeen has been given a prestigious accolade at a national awards event which recognises excellence in commercial and public property. The complex, which is largest investment in an events venue in Britain and provides world class facilities, was awarded Development of the Year (Commercial) at the seventh annual Scottish Property Awards. Aberdeen City…
Read MoreJohnnie Walker ‘crown jewels’ displayed for first time
Treasured historical artefacts from the roots of the world’s number one Scotch whisky, Johnnie Walker, are to go on public display for the first time in Kilmarnock – the town where the story began 200 years ago. It was in Kilmarnock in 1820 that young John Walker set out in business with the opening of…
Read MoreCourt case covers the missing Margaret Fleming
A real-life mystery disappearance, a suspected secret guarded for 16 years and a murder trial in search of answers comes to our TV screens this week. Two-part documentary Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming starts this week, having had unprecedented access to the investigation and subsequent trial of co-accused Edward Cairney and Avril Jones.…
Read MoreScotland’s top Christmas chocolates
Scotland’s favourite Christmas chocolates has been revealed. iProspect ran the research, that has resulted in the ultimate ‘tiered’ guide to chocolate box chocolates for the whole of the UK. In a bid to uncover the best Christmas chocolate box on the they we counted, sorted and weighed almost 1,300 chocolates (12.9kgs) from the UK’s most…
Read MoreA gripping adventure in 19th century Scotland
The Crown Agent is an intriguing murder mystery set against the dramatic backdrop of eerie harbours, grand stately homes and a Scottish landscape which almost acts as a character in its own right. Dr Mungo Lyon, a surgeon in 1829 Edinburgh, is shunned professionally after the horrifying scandal of Burke & Hare is revealed. The…
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