Posts by Ellie Forbes
Palace of Holyroodhouse’s dramatic past revealed in first official history ever published
‘If these walls could talk’ might be the most fitting idiom when thinking about The Palace of Holyroodhouse. It’s journey from 12th-century abbey to official Scottish residence of His Majesty The King is peppered with royalty, glamour and even murder. Mary, Queen of Scots spent just six years at the Palace in the 1560s, but…
Read MoreReview: Elements, Bearsden
Fine dining is evolving. Gone are the days of starchy formality and rigid etiquette. Stuffy dining rooms and menus you can’t decipher are making way for a more relaxed atmosphere. Most of us want to go somewhere that centres around the food and a comfortable dining experience, rather than the prestige of listing arcane herbs…
Read MoreScottish star Ewan McGregor raises £135k for charity after auctioning off 150 bottles of whisky
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has raised £135,000 for charity after auctioning 150 bottles of whisky from his own personal cask at Lochranza Distillery. Some 543 bidders from 28 countries placed over 7,000 bids on Ewan’s Cut with bottle number one achieving a hammer price of £4,350, setting a new record for the highest price ever…
Read MoreRadar picks up signs of disturbance in Loch Ness sparking new speculation over Nessie
Radar technology has picked up signs of a disturbance in the depth of Loch Ness, sparking speculation among Nessie enthusiasts. Deepscan cruise, which employs advanced radar technology to explore the depths of Loch Ness daily, recently recorded a sizeable reading that suggests there was a disturbance on the loch bed. The radar system, specifically designed…
Read MoreScottish rural life honoured at Helping It Happen Awards
Soft fruit co-operative Angus Growers were among 11 Scottish businesses honoured at this year’s Helping It Happen Awards. The awards, organised by Scottish Land & Estates, recognise contributions to Scotland’s rural life. Angus Growers, which comprises 16 soft fruit producers, mainly from Angus, Perthshire and Fife, received the coveted Innovation in Farming Award, for their…
Read MoreScotland Through A Lens: Into the wild with Rosanna Forbes
From the hares in rural Perthshire to the kingfishers around Edinburgh’s waterways, Rosanna Forbes has ranged far and wide to capture Scotland’s enchanting wildlife. I fell into photography about 12 years ago as I became enchanted by all the wildlife around me at home in Perthshire. I became more and more fascinated by the…
Read MoreProducer’s Corner: Matthew Mallia, Hobz Bakery
There is an artisan bakery boom happing in Edinburgh. These days it’s not uncommon to see queues out the doors of many bakeries made popular through social media. But for Maltese baker Matthew Mallia, who owns Hobz, becoming viral has never been the aim. Named after the Maltese word for bread, Hobz specialises in baking…
Read MoreHistoric document recognising Kirkcudbright farmer’s heroic efforts returned to RNLI lifeboat crew
A historic document recognising a 19th century Kirkcudbright farmer’s heroic efforts has been returned to the town – nearly 160 years after the disaster. Kirkcudbright RNLI recently received a parcel containing a vellum presented to Andrew Lusk in 1865 after he and five of his servants attempted to rescue the crew of the schooner Havelock the…
Read MoreWorks by the ‘father of modern Scottish photography’ Joseph McKenzie go on display
Often referred to as the ‘father’ of modern Scottish photography, Joseph McKenzie is considered by many as one of the greatest post war photographers to have emerged from outside of America. Over the years Joseph produced some of the largest and most regarded studies of the changing face of Dundee (Dundee – City in Transition)…
Read MoreBookshop themed bar with cocktails named after famous authors to open in Glasgow
A Jack Kerouac? A Dorothy Parker or an Ernest Hemingway? They might be some of the world’s most famous authors, but now you can sip a cocktail named after them at a new literary themed bar in Glasgow, surrounded by 8,000 books. The Last Bookstore will open later this month at the site of the…
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