Posts by Kenny Smith
Game Pie with Mustard Mash for British Pie Week
The British Game Alliance is helping to mark British Pie Week, with this delicious recipe. Today, we present Game Pie with Mustard Mash. You can’t beat a steaming hot game pie with lashings of ale-rich gravy. It’s simpler than you might think to cook your own; this recipe uses readymade pastry and pre-prepared confit mallard…
Read MoreBig names for this year’s Doune The Rabbit Hole festival
US hip-hop instigators Public Enemy (Radio) while award-winning, Mercury Music Prize nominated, award-winning performance poet, rapper, novelist and playwright Kate Tempest are coming to the Doune the Rabbit Hole festival. This is the only chance for festival fans to see both headliners in Scotland this summer. The headline acts join iconic Glasgow indie band Belle…
Read MoreNew jewellery collection on show in Gallery
The Scottish Gallery is presenting a new collection of jewellery exploring the relationship of colour, balance and form. Running until 28 March, it is showcasing the work of Elizabeth Jane Campbell. Working with vitreous enamel in simple oxidised silver settings, she creates beautiful jewellery featuring a playful colour palette. Elizabeth Jane Campbell said: ‘My recent…
Read MoreKaren Dunbar starring in Oscar Wilde classic
Scottish comedy star Karen Dunbar is playing Lady Brecknell in Perth Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Karen, from Ayr, is best known for roles in Scottish TV classics including Chewin’ the Fat, River City and Rab C Nesbitt, and had a successful run in Calendar Girls last year. Getting into character as…
Read MoreSupport for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance
Knockhill Racing Circuit has shifted into top gear as it races ahead with its fundraising support for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). The Fife circuit centre, which attracts around 175,000 visitors each year, has already surpassed its fundraising target through its online point-of-sale optional donation scheme. And now its set for another bumper season of…
Read MoreWriter Val McDermid shares her favourite locations
To mark World Book Day, bestselling Scots author Val McDermid is taking readers to her favourite locations from her books in a new video. Last year, the number one seller released a book, My Scotland, which takes readers to the landscapes she has known all her life, and the places where her stories and characters…
Read MoreA superb introduction to tasting whisky
For amateurs like me who are desperate to learn more about the water of life, Tasting Course is a must-read. Ludlow’s whisky knowledge is clearly extensive, but by peppering his book with humour, helpful infographics and jargon-busting explanations, even I could follow the 20 at-home tastings, feeling I’d picked up a tip or two. The…
Read MoreScots cooking show heading to Biggar
Presenter Clare Grogan heads to Biggar in Lanarkshire this week where resident chef Gary Maclean and contender cook Jamie Scott have the pick of ingredients from local shop Brownlie’s. The chefs’ main courses go down a storm with local judges but it’s too close to call a winner so presenter Clare has to step up…
Read MoreHandsome period farmhouse in a rural setting
A handsome period farmhouse in a private rural setting, offering plenty of equestrian potential, is now for sale. Overton Farmhouse is located in a private situation, around 1.5 miles from the village of Kirkliston, amidst the West Lothian countryside. The farmhouse presides over approximately 13 acres of picturesque paddock grazing and is accompanied by a…
Read MoreCelebrating the Forth Rail Bridge’s 130th birthday
One hundred and thirty years ago today, the Forth Rail Bridge was officially opened to rail traffic. To mark the occasion, pupils from Echline School in South Queensferry put the finishing touches to a Lego model of the bridge at the Queensferry Visitor Centre with the rail bridge in the background. The total cost for…
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