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Blademaker using laughing gas canisters and beach litter to make top quality eco friendly knives

As a former professional chef, Tim Westley knows how important having the right knife is. So it's not surprising his hand-forged knives – created from...
Lot 85. Joan Eardley (1921-1963), Sun on the Sea, Catterline. Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000.

The 10 most important Scottish artists you should know about

Ahead of Bonhams Scottish Art auction on 15 May in Edinburgh, Specialist and Head of Sale, May Matthews, introduces ten of the most important Scottish...
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Review: The Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh

It was Coco Chanel who said ‘luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it’s not luxury.’ And I think it’s fair to say the purveyors of grandeur...
Amanda Hayler has always loved art.

Amanda Hayler: ‘Art became a form of escapism from the real world after my cancer diagnosis’

Art has always been a part of Amanda Hayler’s life. She remembers loving to draw from a very young age, from cats and castles to...
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The Good Books, Marion Todd: ‘Wuthering Heights is entirely miserable, I just didn’t care what happened to the characters’

Marion Todd on being inspired to write crime fiction by Kate Atkinson, why she always recommends Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and her best three books...
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The Good Books, Jenni Daiches: ‘Books have been my companions from earliest memory’

Jenni Daiches on books being her eariest companions, listening to audio books during a period of near blindness, and why she loves Elizabeth Strout and...