Posts by Kenny Smith
Enjoy Wimbledon with this tasty gin cocktail
Anyone for tennis? Or, perhaps, anyone for a tennis-inspired cocktail? Courtesy of our friends at Oro Gin, we present Gin and Deuce, an ideal drink to sip as you watch the latest matches from SW19.
Read MoreShakespeare for a midsummer night’s entertainment
Shakespeare comes to Fyvie Castle this month – and the audience will find the course of true love never did run smooth. The Three Inch Fools will visit the National Trust for Scotland’s Fyvie Castle with an outdoor performance of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Three Inch Fools will perform their unique adaptation of a…
Read MoreA taste of Spain married up with delicious beers
An award-winning Glasgow restaurant is to host a Gastronmic Galician beer pairing night. The Spanish Butcher, Glasgow’s award-winning restaurant located in Merchant City, is set to host the event next Wednesday, 18 July. Curated by the Spanish Butcher’s head chef Dion Scott in partnership with Estrella Galicia, the evening, named Little Galicia, will celebrate the…
Read MoreFantastic plastic Seven Wonders of the World
Visitors to Glasgow Cathedral will be able to explore the Seven Wonders of the World in miniature. From this weekend, free Lego exhibition Brick Wonders goes on display at the historic site from Saturday 14 July – Sunday 23 September. The Brick Wonders exhibition, created by acclaimed Lego artist Warren Elsmore and his team of…
Read MoreA beautiful new development in the Lothians
A new community is being unveiled in sought-after North Berwick by multi-award-winning homebuilder Dandara, offering the very best of life in the Lothians in beautiful family homes built to the highest specification. Renowned for setting the standard for new build homes, Dandara’s first major development in Edinburgh and the Lothians is Barley Brae, at Tantallon…
Read MoreTake a look at the video of this home with a difference
Over the last year, Scottish Field has presented many unique homes by rivers – but none of them have actually been located on the water. Clyde Property present to the market Gerda of Glasgow, a two bedroom Dutch barge. This is a unique and peaceful home with bags of character, moored at Speirs Wharf, Glasgow,…
Read MoreNominations now sought for Scottish Rural Awards
Nominations for the 2019 Scottish Rural Awards are now open, with businesses across Scotland’s countryside encouraged to get involved. The ultimate benchmark of success in Scotland’s countryside, the Scottish Rural Awards are now in their fifth year and are partnered by Scottish Field and the Scottish Countryside Alliance. A set of 13 categories are open…
Read MoreDebut novel is set in the Scottish Highlands
A moving debut novel about a boy coping with the loss of his mother in the Highlands is being released next week. The Boy and the Eagle is the moving debut novel by Charles Williams. It tells how a teenage boy copes – and fails to cope – with the death of his mother from…
Read MoreJenny Watt Colbeck finds peace in coastal paintings
Aberdeenshire artist Jenny Watt Colbeck’s latest paintings ask us to disconnect from modern life and escape into the blue. The bold colours, the fine details and the abstract imagery in her collection of boat paintings invite a moment of reflection. An artist and an art tutor living and working in Kincardineshire, Jenny divides her time…
Read MoreNew homes in safe hands with award-winning manager
A Scottish housing development has scooped a UK Health and Safety award for Best Site. Mactaggart & Mickel Homes site manager Garry Henderson has received a national award at the prestigious NHBC Health and Safety Awards in Birmingham. Garry took home the award for Best Site in the multi-storey category for Milverton Grange, a development…
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