The Good Books, Natalie Jayne Clark: ‘I raced through Lessons in Chemistry, it’s sobering the amount of discrimination women still face today’

Perthshire author Natalie Jayne Clark on the book she’s most looking forward to, her love of Iain Banks and why Lessons in Chemistry is the best novel she’s read this year.    The first book I remember reading: There were many beautiful picture books that I spent hours lost in, tracing all the details, like…

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Bernat Klein Studio saved after being bought at auction by Scottish heritage and design organisations

A coalition of leading Scottish heritage and design organisations have been successful in buying the Bernat Klein Studio at auction, saving the modernist masterpiece for the nation. Designed in 1972 by renowned modernist architect Peter Womersley, the Bernat Klein Studio is one of Scotland’s most important twentieth-century buildings. The late modernist studio in the Scottish…

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Bernat Klein Studio: Bid to save one of Scotland’s most important 20th century buildings

Designed in 1972 by renowned modernist architect Peter Womersley, the Bernat Klein Studio is one of Scotland’s most important twentieth-century buildings. The late modernist studio in the Scottish Borders was built for Serbian textile designer Bernat Klein, whose home High Sutherland was within walking distance of the building. Klein fabrics were used by many world…

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Archaeologists identify 250-year-old shipwreck in Orkney

Archaeologists have identified a 250-year-old shipwreck, which was discovered on the island of Sanday in Orkney. Evidence points to the wreck being the Earl of Chatham, a former Royal Navy vessel called HMS Hind which was renamed once it became a whaling ship. A sixth rate 24-gun frigate, HMS Hind saw many years of active…

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Scottish Highlands community secures funds to buy their local pub

A community in the Scottish Highlands is celebrating after securing the funds to buy their local pub whose original structure pre-dates 1746. The historic Glenuig Inn in Lochaber was built on the site of a building burned down by government soldiers hunting for Bonne Prince Charlie after the Jacobite uprising. It has become a traditional…

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In A Nutshell: Tomás Gormley, Cardinal

Tomás Gormley started his career working at some of Scotland’s most prestigious restaurants, including Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, 21212 and Le Roi Fou. During the first lockdown, he coordinated and managed food production for Scran Academy’s emergency response, facilitating and producing over 1000 meals per day for Edinburgh’s most at risk and vulnerable. Cardinal, his first…

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World’s oldest single malt Scotch whisky to be released this year

Whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail is set to release the world’s oldest single malt Scotch whisky this year – an 85-Years-Old from Glenlivet Distillery.   In February 1940, in a quiet corner of the north-east of Scotland, George Urquhart and his father, John, laid down spirit from Glenlivet Distillery in a Gordon & MacPhail American…

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