Posts by Kenny Smith
Scottish Opera will take production to the nation
Scottish Opera is to tour 17 venues across the country this autumn. This September, the hugely popular Opera Highlights tour kicks off with four singers and a pianist journeying to 17 venues the length and breadth of Scotland, from Wick in the north to Dumfries in the south, as well as the Inner and Outer…
Read MoreWoolly thinking led Flora into a career in fashion
Having become hooked on knitting at a young age, Flora Collingwood-Norris has turned her passion into a business. Based in the textile and knitwear heartland of the Scottish Borders, Flora learned how to hand-knit aged six years old, before beginning crochet soon after. She followed her interest into higher education, studying Design for Textiles at…
Read MoreFhior offers a delicious idiosyncratic menu
It’s safe to say that the departure of Scott Smith from Norn the day after picking up its gong for ‘Best Restaurant’ at the Edinburgh Restaurant Awards was something of a shock. In his short time at the helm of the much-lauded and multi-award-winning Norn, he established the Leith restaurant as one of the must-try…
Read MoreThe secrets of global crime with McMafia writer
The writer of hit BBC series McMafia is coming to Edinburgh to lift the lid on global organised crime and its corrupt political networks. Based on his best-selling book, McMafia, and the BBC TV drama it inspired, author and award-winning journalist Misha Glenny takes his audience on a tour through the dark depths of world…
Read MoreSix new beers kick off the first North Sea Bridges project
A new annual collaboration project building on the ancient trading links between Scotland and Scandinavia has resulted in six new beers. The beer world is an exciting place to be, with more brewers, more styles and more choice than ever before. The global explosion of beer festivals has helped forge brewing links around the world, and…
Read MoreSpanish cooperage team give distillery the thumbs up
A Scotch whisky disillery has received a visit from an interested group from Spain. Spanish cooperage Toneleria J.L. Rodriguez visited InchDairnie Distillery in Fife to inspect the quality of their Andalusian wine casks that were recently imported to the distillery from southern Spain. InchDairnie are already working with the coopers, the team from Spain came…
Read MoreCharity day boost for gamekeepers’ charity
Over £5000 has been raised for the Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust after a charity event. Competitors and spectators turned out in force at the inaugural Lammermuirs Clay Shoot recently at the Tollishill Estate in the Scottish Borders. Shooting enthusiasts joined forces to raise funds for the trust as gamekeepers from the Lammermuirs Moorland Group put them…
Read MoreYoungsters at the heart of this year’s Blas Festival
More than 1000 people are to take part in a Highland music festival celebrating Scotland’s young musicians. The programme for this year’s Blas Festival has been launched and revealed an outstanding line up of musicians from Scotland and further afield as well as some exciting opportunities for budding young musicians and composers. Blas, which means…
Read MoreNorth Coast 500 plays host to charity cycle
A cycle team of veterans has set off on a journey around the North Coast 500 to raise money for Help For Heroes. The group of up to 29 cyclists and their support teams, which departed from Wick on Saturday morning, 28 July, will complete the 516-mile-long route on Friday, 4 August, at the Mey…
Read MoreGranite City preparing to hold its eighth art fair
Lovers of Scottish landscapes and the wonders of our natural habitat will be spoiled for choice next month. The eighth Aberdeen Art Fair, which again takes place at the Granite City’s iconic Beach Ballroom, will have a diverse range of works, in very contrasting styles, on show throughout the weekend. Athens born Maria Michopoulou, owner…
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