Posts by Kenny Smith
All the right Elements to celebrate jewellery and silver
Hamilton & Inches is hosting a pop-up event for Scotland’s Elements’ festival. Elements is Scotland’s only selling fair of contemporary jewellery and silver. It brings together some of the UK’s finest emerging and established jewellers and silversmiths for a blended festival of online and in-person pop-up selling and exhibition events. Organised by the Scottish Goldsmiths…
Read MoreOutlander’s Sam Heughan would love to be the next 007
Scots star Sam Heughan has admitted that he would love to step into Daniel Craig’s now vacant shoes as James Bond. No Time To Die is Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007, meaning that a new Bond is needed to drive the legendary Aston Martin DB5, drink vodka Martinis, as well as saving the…
Read MoreA tasty beef short rib that’s worth the wait
Andy Waugh, forager and chef-owner of Sixes and Mac & Wild restaurants, this week shares some tasty recipes with Scottish Field. A lot of work goes into this dish but it’s well worth it! You don’t have to use seaweed for this recipe, but it is available all year round and it stands up to…
Read MorePam Carter’s On Reflection shows at the Strathearn Gallery
Pam Carter, one of Scotland’s most iconic and loved landscape painters has just opened a new solo exhibition, On Reflection, at the Strathearn Gallery in Crieff. With a painting career spanning over five decades, Pam has built up a worldwide following for her work, making her one of Scotland’s best-known and collected contemporary landscape artists…
Read MoreHome is where the heart is – and is full of emotion
John Mackay’s latest novel, Home, is the definition of the phrase ‘home is where the heart is.’ It centres around one family over a century, beginning with a simple man called Faroe who built a house on a Hebridean island for his family. Faroe and his wife had seven children, who grew up and had…
Read MoreMark Bonnar and Scots travels in this week’s podcast
Scottish Field’s podcast this week chats with Guilt and Shetland star Mark Bonnar. Mark, who’s starred in some of the biggest shows on TV, including Line of Duty, Casualty and Doctor Who, returns to our screens next week for the second season of Guilt, as well as the imminent sixth run of Shetland. He also…
Read MoreExtraordinary whiskies at the first One of One Auction
Earlier this summer, The Distillers’ Charity and Sotheby’s announced a six-year partnership to host three biennial auctions of ultra-rare and unique Scotch whiskies and experiences under the name The Distillers One of One. The first Distillers One of One auction – comprising one-off, never-to-be-repeated lots specially created and donated by companies from across the Scotch…
Read MoreBen Fogle returns to Scotland’s Castaway islands
Award winning broadcaster Ben Fogle returns to Scotland for a new TV series which starts this week on BBC Scotland and BBC One. In Scotland’s Sacred Islands the adventurer embarks on a personal pilgrimage, travelling across some of Scotland’s islands, meeting the people whose spirituality connects them deeply to where they live. Over four episodes,…
Read MoreNico Simeone to open new charitable restaurant
The team behind the famed Six by Nico family of restaurants have confirmed a November opening for their new charitable restaurant in Glasgow. Beat 6, which will make its home on Whitehill Street, Dennistoun will see a delicious combination of unique food and social good. Profits from the restaurant will go directly towards the Beatson…
Read MoreNew Balvenie can be bought by Clink* and collect
The newest addition to The Balvenie’s acclaimed Stories range, The Balvenie Week of Peat 17 Year Old, is now available exclusively on Clink*. This is a new online spirit shopping site created by independent family-owned distiller, William Grant & Sons. Following the rapid rise in online shopping, William Grant & Sons created Clink* to give…
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