Posts by Kenny Smith
Athletes are coming to Orkney for international games
International athletes will be heading to Orkney after it was revealed they had successfully bid for the 2023 Island Games. The news was revealed at the International Games Association (IIGA) in Gibraltar at the weekend. The last time Scotland hosted the event was in 2005 when it was held in Shetland. Twenty-four member islands take…
Read MoreWalking festival will return this autumn for another outing
The popular Scottish Borders Walking Festival is returning later this year for its 24th outing. Hawick is hosting this year’s week-long event, with a total of 26 walks being held in and around the Teviotdale town from Sunday 2 to Saturday 8 September, with eight already sold out. However, a number of interesting walks focussing…
Read MoreHaving six jobs on a remote Scots island saved Sarah’s life
A Scottish woman in her 20s will tell the country how moving to a remote island saved her. The Island That Saved My Life will be broadcast on BBC One next Monday, 16 July, revealing how, at the age of 23 and suffering from depression and shyness Sarah Moore moved from her family home near…
Read MoreA degree of success for master blender Rachel Barrie
The University of Edinburgh has honoured its first female whisky blender with an honorary doctorate. As a master blender, Rachel Barrie creates some of the world’s finest single malts for BenRiach, Glenglassaugh and The GlenDronach distilleries. Rachel, raised in Aberdeenshire and one of only a handful of women in the ‘top job’ in the whisky…
Read MoreKeep your garden looking at its best this July
It’s mid-summer and the garden is now at its most colourful. The frantic rush of exuberant growth has passed and garden plants are showing off their glorious foliage textures and flower displays, filling borders and patio containers with colour and fragrance. Here, Louise Golden, resident plant expert at Dobbies Garden Centre, gives her top tips…
Read MoreKnow the tax score if you’re selling from a historic home
HMRC is revising advice notice regarding VAT and the acquisition and disposal of assets of historic houses. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has updated its guidance on VAT and assets of historic houses, replacing that previously issued in 2002. The guidance reconfirms that assets sold from a house used as a private residence are not…
Read MoreScotland’s pop music scene in new TV series
A new TV series looking at the history of Scottish pop music is set to air next week. Rip It Up: The Story of Scottish Pop, will get underway on BBC Two Scotland next Tuesday, July 17, at 9pm. From the 1950s to the present day, the three-part series delves deep into Scottish music’s back…
Read MoreWallace Street residents’ free trip to dungeon
If you live in a Wallace Street, anywhere in Scotland, then you can look forward to a free day out. To celebrate the launch of the Edinburgh Dungeon’s summer show Braveheart’s Revenge, the tourist attraction has invited Wallace Street residents and their families from across the nation to a free pass to enjoy the show.…
Read MoreExperience the joy of six bedrooms
Six bedrooms and four reception rooms can be found in Arden House, which offers spacious and well-appointed accommodation. Presented by Galbraith, Arden House near Elgin sits in a magnificent elevated position with delightful views to the south over open countryside, and is a very impressive family home. Completed in 2014, the house was designed and…
Read MoreFour Scots dishes appear on new UK food map
Four of Scotland’s famed dishes have been featured within Premier Inn’s ultimate food tour of the UK. The tour has been compiled by Premier Inn in order to encourage the nation to sample the delicious tastes and flavours across the UK, placing the spotlight on 16 of the most famous and, in some cases, most…
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