Posts by Kenny Smith
Theatre broadcast will be Absolutely Fabulous
Scottish theatre lovers unable to attend a London performance will be able to see a show live in cinemas. Oscar Wilde’s Lady Winderemere’s Fan is currently being staged at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, and will be broadcast on 20 March. The cast includes BAFTA Award-winning actor Jennifer Saunders as the Duchess of Berwick and BAFTA-nominated Kevin…
Read MoreMatilda musical will cast its spell in Edinburgh
The musical version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved Matilda is coming to Edinburgh – and tickets go on sale next week. The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that the UK and Ireland tour of Matilda The Musical will extend into 2019, including Edinburgh, accompanied by a specially devised education programme, Change My Story, for schools. Winner…
Read MoreLearn and play with activities at New Lanark
Families planning a day out over the Easter weekend can have a fun and educational time in New Lanark. From Friday, 30 March to Monday, 2 April, the Easter Bunny will be bouncing around this amazing UNESCO World Heritage Site. There will be fun activities for the whole family to enjoy, from Easter crafts and…
Read MoreThe curtain is rising across the Scottish capital
Adaptations of 80s musical movies, hits from the 50s and 60s and classical music are just some of the events happening in Edinburgh this week. The Play that Goes Wrong, until March 17, Festival Theatre. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can…
Read MoreCreate the perfect mood in your own home
It can be hard to know where to start when planning to design or decorate an area of your house. Trawling Pinterest is an option, but it’s not easy to share your ideas with your partner or other family members on a small screen. So why not do what the experts do and create a…
Read MoreA new dawn for an iconic Edinburgh building
Homebuyers have the chance to move into an iconic building. Donaldson’s is set amidst 18 acres of elegant grounds and is dominated by the central Playfair Building in Edinburgh: built in the 1840s and designed in the style of a Jacobean palace by world-famous Scottish architect William Henry Playfair. The Playfair at Donaldson’s is an…
Read MoreBladnoch marks bicentenary with £5000 bottling
Scotland’s most southern distillery has launched a special bicentennial release to celebrate both its rich history and its renaissance – at £5000 per bottle. Offering the perfect balance between provenance and progression, Bladnoch is enjoying an exciting revival in its 200th year, having been bought by Australian entrepreneur, David Prior in 2015. Changing fates and…
Read MoreNow it’s so easy to cook your perfect steak
A new guide to help cook the perfect Scotch Beef PGI steak has been released. Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a new guide to help consumers across the UK to select and cook their meat, just the way they like it. Steaks – Your Perfect Guide features useful information on the different cuts available…
Read MoreExhibition puts the female body at its centre
There’s still time to catch the an exhibition of work on the female body and its links to nature, currently showing in Edinburgh. Edinburgh-based Jannica Honey’s inaugural solo exhibition at the city’s Arusha Gallery runs until March 25, as the award-winning Swedish artist presents a new series of nearly 30 works (digital giclee prints), When…
Read MoreLook after the pennies and sort out the pounds
Whether it’s our stock market investments or our chaotic personal finances, we should all be getting to grips with our financial problems and putting us on a course for recovery. Bills have to be paid, credit card debts wrestled with and our spending horns drawn in to give our finances some semblance of recovery. But…
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