Posts by Grant Dickie
Milldust and Dreaming Bread: Inside the magical world of Scottish folk tales
Scotland is a nation rich in history, folk tales and folk magic. Author Scott Richardson-Read spent many years collecting and investigating these tales and traditions, compiling his thoughts and findings into the wonderful Milldust and Dreaming Bread. From the moment you open the book you are presented with pages rife with folk belief, witches,…
Read MoreHotel Review: The Hoxton, Edinburgh
Grant Dickie paid a visit to The Hoxton, a new face in the Edinburgh hotel scene, to see just what was on offer. Turn up Grosvenor Street by Haymarket train station and you’ll find The Hoxton Edinburgh on the site of the former Edinburgh Grosvenor hotel. Perfectly placed away from the hustle and bustle…
Read MoreImmersive Beyond Van Gogh experience arrives in Aberdeen
The talents behind Beyond Van Gogh take the immersive experience to Aberdeen’s P&J Live and invite you to get lost in the artist’s work as it blossoms and melds before your eyes. Grant Dickie went to see the wonders for himself. Van Gogh has always been an artist I admire, so the idea of seeing…
Read MoreThe Tippling House, Aberdeen: 4 great cocktails to try
The Tippling House in Aberdeen launches its new cocktail menu. A project two years in the making, The Tippling House’s new cocktail menu is a labour of love. Owner, Adrian Gomes, and the bartenders responsible for the new offering took the time to perfect flavour combinations until they found just the selection of cocktails they…
Read MoreReview: Amuse, Aberdeen
Aberdeen’s Amuse by Kevin Dalgleish has updated its menu with new summer offerings and Grant Dickie went along to sample what is on offer. Nestled below the row of granite that is Queen’s Terrace you’ll find one of Aberdeen’s two Michelin-starred restaurants, Amuse by Kevin Dalgleish, and it has just launched a new summer offering. …
Read MoreReview: O’Malley’s Irish Bar & Kitchen, Aberdeen
A new Irish Bar joins Aberdeen’s hospitality scene and Grant Dickie heads along to see just what O’Malley’s Irish Bar & Kitchen has to offer punters. Taking a wander down Aberdeen’s Crown Street after stepping off of Union Street, you’ll no doubt see the grand granite structure before you that once was a Post…
Read MoreAberdeen Cocktail Week: The cocktails we loved from the event
As Aberdeen Cocktail Week’s first appearance for 2025 draws to a close, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to highlight some of the delicious and innovative cocktails that we tried during the event. We couldn’t try them all, but of those that we did here are six venues and their stand out concoctions……
Read MoreTop 5 cocktails to try at this year’s Aberdeen Cocktail Week
Cocktail lovers rejoice! Aberdeen Cocktail Week is making an early return to the Granite City with its spring event, the first of two planned for 2025. From Wednesday 14 to Sunday 25 May, festivalgoers can enjoy around 70 innovative creations from top venues celebrating the city’s bartending and hospitality scene. With the addition of four…
Read MoreThe Good Books, Eliza Chan: ‘Fantasy can mean so much more than what’s on the surface’
Eliza Chan on the best book she has read this year, why she could never finish Ulysses and her writing inspirations. The first book I remember reading: Probably not the first books I read, but I remember getting a set of children’s classics for Christmas when I was in primary school and they were…
Read MoreA day at Aberdeen’s crime writing festival Granite Noir
Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s literary festival, has wrapped up after another successful year bringing crime and creativity to the Granite City. Grant Dickie spent a day at the Music Hall events to find out just what was on offer. Literature at Lunchtime with C.J. Cooke I have been a fan of C.J. Cooke’s writing for…
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