Posts by Kenny Smith
Bowhouse Market is ready to run this weekend
From Paisley to Perthshire, the Lothians to Dundee, this month’s Bowhouse Market Weekend offers the widest range of food and drink stalls so far this year as producers from across Scotland come together to celebrate spring. Taking place on his will be the first Market Weekend of the year that will be open to visitors…
Read MoreGlasgow Women’s Library announces fifth literary festival
Glasgow Women’s Library has announced its 2021 Open the Door programme, the literary festival that puts women to the fore. Inspired by Glasgow’s long history of bold, creative women, the theme this year is writers who are artists and artists who are writers, and GWL will be celebrating how they weave these two practices together.…
Read MoreLoch Lomond whisky group appoints fashion specialist
Independent distiller Loch Lomond Group is bringing Catherine Bonelli, an experienced fashion specialist, to the drinks world. She has been appointed as managing director of Global Travel Retail (GTR). Catherine is passionate and enthusiastic individual, well known in the travel retail industry, following roles at Italian fashion house Paul & Shark and Lacoste. Colin Matthews,…
Read MoreAt the Beginning of a New World in art exhibition
The Goldfinch Gallery in Comrie is delighted to present a new exhibition of works by Liz Kemp entitled: At the Beginning of a New World (Series). Liz Kemp’s recent collection of paintings in the Goldfinch Gallery, in Comrie, Perthshire, are collage-based works using applied images and overpainted in a range of mediums, including acrylics, inks,…
Read MoreHome of the year search heads to central Scotland
In the fifth episode of Scotland’s Home of the Year, the judges travel round Central Scotland in their search for homes with unique style, design and architecture. Interior designer Anna Campbell-Jones, architect Michael Angus and lifestyle blogger Kate Spiers explore an industrial new build in Fife, a house filled with fun in Dunblane and a…
Read MoreAye Write announces its full cast for digital book festival
The Aye Write book festival has announced its full programme of online events featuring 140 authors from Scotland and around the world, over two weekends this month. Taking place from 14 May to 16 May and 21 May to 23 May, Aye Write is Glasgow’s Book Festival and is produced by Glasgow Life, the charity…
Read MoreKilted Penny Farthing cyclist in training for #Challenge175
A kilted Perthshire cyclist is in training to complete 175 kilometres in one day on a Penny Farthing in support of a challenge led by Glenalmond College to raise funding for bursaries to attend the school. Glenalmond is gearing up to celebrate its 175th anniversary next year and is currently undertaking #Challenge175 to raise funds…
Read MoreThe name’s Heughan, Sam Heughan, in our new podcast
Scottish Field talks Bond, James Bond, with actor Sam Heughan in this week’s podcast. We present the final excerpt from Rosie Morton’s exclusive chat with the Outlander star, which is in our May 2021 edition which is still in shops and available to buy digitally online. Sam has been tipped to take over the dinner…
Read MoreSingleton’s 54-Year-Old 1966 vintage single malt Scotch whisky
Diageo has announced the second and final bottling in The Singleton’s Paragon of Time Collection, a 54-Year-Old 1966 vintage single malt Scotch whisky. This is the oldest single malt release from The Singleton of Dufftown and Diageo to date: an exploration of time in pursuit of true richness. This highly limited release from the Dufftown…
Read MoreHearts that vie for the hearts and soul of Scotland
In the last instalment of a weighty trilogy that attempts to give John Knox a Hilary Mantel-style makeover, we see the Protestant firebrand return to a Scotland that in 1559 was on the brink of civil war. Back in Edinburgh, Knox immediately does battle with Mary, Queen of Scots, who is seeking to claim the…
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