Posts by Kenny Smith
Climate campaign launches ‘Let’s do Net Zero’
A major campaign to encourage people across Scotland to come together to tackle the climate emergency has been launched ahead of COP26 in Glasgow later this year. The Let’s do Net Zero campaign highlights the benefits a net zero society will bring for our economy, health and environment. It also aims to raise greater awareness…
Read MoreWigtown Poetry Prize competition winners revealed
The 2021 winners of the Wigtown Poetry Prize, Scotland’s annual international awards for poems in the nation’s three indigenous languages, have been revealed. A mark of its success is that entry numbers continue to rise. After topping 1,000 last year they are up again by around 14% with a total of 1135. Entries have come…
Read MoreGlen Grant Distillery reveals 60-year-old whisky
The Glen Grant Distillery has announced an exclusive, limited edition 60 year old single malt Scotch whisky. It is released in celebration of the storied six-decades long career of the Glen Grant’s own Dennis Malcolm, known as one of Scotland’s longest serving distillers. Born at the Glen Grant distillery in 1946, few in the worldwide…
Read MoreShortlist for the 5th Asian Restaurant Awards
The fifth Asian Restaurant Awards in association with Just Eat will return to Scotland later this month 2021. The awards recognise outstanding culinary excellence, and sumptuous creativity from all those who are continuing to respond to the pandemic and run successful businesses in the hospitality industry. The winners will be announced at a glittering award…
Read MoreDiscover the stunning islands of adventure
Treasured Islands’ blurb says that there are 6,000 islands around the coast of the British Isles, and that only 194 of them are inhabited – all of which it claims are covered here. That turns out not to be the case – wee Cumbrae in the Firth of Forth, home to one of only two…
Read MoreFinding romance in Edinburgh’s Botanic Gardens
Dedicated ‘to the lovers who vowed to wed in secret during lockdown’, Sara Sheridan hints at the intense romance of this piece of historical fiction from the off – and it lives up to expectation. Enlightenment Edinburgh is in the throes of tumultuous change, and newly widowed Elizabeth finds solace in the city’s Botanic Gardens.…
Read MorePlane crash victims died before flight in crime novel
Denzil Meyrick’s Tartan Noir becomes more credible with each release, and he has really hit his stride with this one. Each character contributes a unique perspective, with the development of DCI Daley and his rather complex sidekick DS Scott particularly well one. This time, an aircraft crash-lands at Machrie Airport, but both of the plane’s…
Read MoreTamdhu marks new Cigar Malt with a unique humidor
Tamdhu has announced the global release of its Cigar Malt No. 01 – a special limited edition new whisky bottling to celebrate an age-old pairing. To mark its launch, the distillery has created a completely bespoke luxury cigar humidor, inspired and infused by the Tamdhu whisky itself. The Cigar Malt was hand-picked from a small…
Read MoreNew Lanark launches celebratory conference
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to speak at a three-day conference in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Owen. New Lanark Trust has launched the event, to mark the birth of the world-renowned social reformer whose remarkable story is brought to life at New Lanark World Heritage Site. New Lanark…
Read MoreVolunteer search to help clean Scottish beaches
The Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean will be running in Scotland later this month. Volunteers taking part will help the charity to gather data which will contribute to a global database as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Two events are scheduled for next weekend, on September 17 at Roseisle beach, Moray,…
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