Posts by Ellie Forbes
Slow Horses star Jack Lowden to reprise his role in The Fifth Step with Martin Freeman
Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is to reprise his role in The Fifth Step in a new West End production co-starring Martin Freeman. The Scottish star first appeared in the drama, written by David Ireland, at the Edinburgh international festival last year and drew acclaim for his performance as an alcoholic, Luka, who joins the…
Read MoreMegan Boyd: The life of the world’s most famous salmon fly-dresser
Nick Lindsay, Chairman of the Clyne Heritage Society, takes a look at the life of world famous salmon fly-dresser Megan Boyd, as plans for a new statue in her memory are unveiled. From humble beginnings in Brora, on the east coast of Sutherland, Megan Boyd became, arguably, the finest and most famous salmon fly-dresser…
Read MoreSuccession star Brian Cox returns to Scottish stage for first time in a decade: ‘It’s good to be back’
Succession star Brian Cox is returning to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade as he portrays economist Adam Smith in a new production about the 2008 financial crash. The Edinburgh International Festival has announced it will open this year with a new play Make It Happen, a co-production between National Theatre…
Read MoreLife With The Orkney Island Games: ‘Organising a huge event on a Scottish island presents logistical challenges’
We catch up with Kirsty Talbot, director of the Orkney Island Games, to find out about her life on Orkney, how life compares to Glasgow, and the experience from working at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games she’ll be taking into this year’s event. Moving from Glasgow to Orkney has been incredible for us, we…
Read MoreIn a nutshell, Chef Andrea Sendon Alonso: ‘The first time I tried to make Sourdough the birds didn’t even want to have a go at it’
Andrea Sendon Alonso was appointed new Restaurant Chef onboard Fingal Hotel in 2024 to lead its two AA Rosette restaurant in Edinburgh. Andrea is originally from Galicia in north-west Spain, which shares its fame with Scotland for the world’s finest quality seafood. What’s the closest thing you have to a signature dish: Over the…
Read MoreTotally Tina arrives in Scotland
Award-winning Tina Turner tribute, Totally Tina, is arriving in Scotland this month. Fourteen years have passed since Totally Tina first sprang to life in Liverpool, with singer Justine Riddoch picking up a Lifetime Achievement Award along the way. Supported by her super-talented band and dazzling dancing girls in sequins, feathers and diamonds, Justine is tipped…
Read MoreAlan Cumming reveals line up for Winter Words Festival – including Douglas Stuart and Andrew O’Hagan
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s new Artistic Director Alan Cumming has revealed his line up for the Winter Words Festival. Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, crime writer Val McDermid, Mayflies and Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan and broadcaster and journalist Kirsty Wark, will all be in conversation about their work with Alan Cumming. The Festival also includes…
Read MoreEdinburgh Zoo: We try out the £2,000 bespoke private tour
I have fond memories of Edinburgh Zoo. Many trips were enjoyed there as a child with my grandparents and growing up it quickly became the highlight of the summer holidays But admittedly it’s been a very long time since my last visit and as I arrive in the capital on a freezing cold day, wrapped…
Read MoreRoberta Hall-McCarron: Smoked duck and beetroot salad
For February’s food feature, Rosie Morton sat down with leading Edinburgh chef and winner of the fish dish in the 2021 series of The Great British Menu, Roberta Hall-McCarron. For Roberta, inspiration lies everywhere – the miracle of snowdrops pushing above ground; the cacophony of colour and sound in high summer; and the golden light…
Read MoreIsle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years
The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched. Once known as Tìr an Eòrna, which translates from Gaelic to the ‘Land of Barley’, Tiree was home to no less than fifty illicit distilleries before the 1800s. But unlike other islands, Tiree never re-established…
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