Vauxhall is Scotland’s biggest selling 19-plate car

Vauxhall was the largest-selling manufacturer in Scotland in the crucial 19-plate month of March. That’s according to figures released by the Scottish Motor Trade Association. Vauxhall sold 4,484 cars in Scotland last month, accounting for 12.5 per cent of the market. Corsa was Scotland’s best-selling car with sales of 1,690. Stephen Norman, Vauxhall’s group managing…

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Special release from The Macallan Archival Series

The Macallan Archival Series is turning back the clock as it celebrates the period when it was taken to a wider audience for the first time. Folio 4 remembers the legendary advertising campaigns of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s that brought The Macallan to the public’s attention outside of Scotland. It features an advertisement including…

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Celebrate a taste of Chile with some paired wines

GQ-nominated Breakthrough Restaurant of the Year 2019, 83 Hanover Street, is hosting its first Chilean empanadas masterclass and dinner next week. 83 Hanover Street, in Edinburgh, has been impressing diners with its Chilean inspired Scottish cuisine since it opened last year, and is hosting its first Chilean empanadas masterclass and dinner on Tuesday 16 April…

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No matter your age, Power of Attorney makes sense

With longer life expectancy and growing rates of dementia, more people are becoming aware of the need to make a Power of Attorney (PoA). This which enables you to formally choose one or more individuals to look after your finances and your welfare if you become unable to make decisions about these matters for yourself.…

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Fine jewels auction is a real gem of a Sotheby’s sale

A unique chance to purchase some fine jewels from the most famous makes in the world is taking place. Sotheby’s is holding an auction in London on 5 June, entitled Fine Jewels. This will present the perfect opportunity to acquire exceptional jewels from some of the most sought-after makers. From 1930s Cartier, through to contemporary…

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Phone box materialises for gin pop up

Hendrick’s Gin is hosting a pop up sensorial phone box portal in Edinburgh today and tomorrow. To celebrate the launch of the their first ever limited edition gin variant, Midsummer Solstice, Hendrick’s can be found at Castle Street in Edinburgh, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March, from noon-7pm. The floral phone box disruption will…

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Digging deep into Scotland’s Mesolithic past

An archaeological excavation took place in Aberdeenshire over the weekend. The Marr area committee agreed to award £1990 in November 2018 in grant funding to Mesolithic Deeside to carry out the excavation at a site in Aboyne from Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24. Prehistoric flints were discovered in farmland at Heughhead by the…

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Bring spring into your home with houseplants

Now that spring is on its way, we’ll be starting to think of plants in our homes and gardens. It won’t be long before the grass is needing its first cut of the year, and we’ll be thinking of what our borders, flowerbeds and hanging baskets will need in 2019. But it’s just as important…

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A real treasure trove of holy hideaways

Dixe Wills’ latest quirky travel guide chronicles 60 of Britain’s smallest churches. One chapel halfway down a remote Pembrokeshire cliff is so tiny that the congregation has to sit outside for the annual service. Scottish gems include the frescoed apse in Hoselaw Chapel, Croick Church in Ardgay with its moving messages scratched on the windows…

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Meet the Maker at an art gallery this Saturday

The Open Eye Gallery is inviting the public to Meet the Maker on Saturday. Taking place on 23 March at 11am, Anna Younie, an Orkney based ceramicist and recipient of the Craft Scotland Graduate Award in 2018., will be speaking about her latest body of work The Brodgar Collection. Working with black stoneware clay and…

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