Posts by Kenny Smith
Oysters and jamon with wine for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the day for lovers – and what more could you want than free oysters? On Valentine’s Day, Friday 14 February, Le Di-Vin wine bar in Edinburgh is offering complimentary oysters and jamon. The head oyster shucker and the head carver Mr Jamon will work together serving from 6.30pm for all of their…
Read MoreConverted church with eight bedrooms
A beautiful, distinctive home at the heart of a quiet town is now on the property market. East Church House is a spectacular church conversion enjoying a wonderful position within the locally admired historic market town of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire. Having had previous success with an earlier project at Congregational Church in nearby Stonehouse,…
Read MoreThe Prince of Wales supports knitters in Ayrshire
Prince Charles has given his support to an art installation to provide blankets for homeless community. People throughout Scotland with a talent for knitting are being invited to contribute to an art installation set to be draped over an Ayrshire landmark before being taken apart to provide warm blankets for homeless people in Glasgow. As…
Read MoreRiding into the holidays on Shetland ponies
Gleneagles has welcomed its newest member to the herd in time for the February half term holidays. Hettie, an 11-year-old Shetland pony, has made herself at home at the Gleneagles’ stables and will be greeting guests with her best pony friends, Chelsea and Sue, in front of the hotel as part of the ‘Meet the…
Read MoreWine party to raise funds for Australian bushfire crisis
A Scots restaurant is playing host to a charity evening to raise funds for Australian bushfire crisis. On Sunday, 26 January, Wild Wine Fair (Jo Radford and India Parry-Williams) and Fk Spiders (Lucas Woods and Caitlin Baker) are hosting a wine, music and pizza party at The High Dive in Edinburgh, at Civerinos Italian street…
Read MoreOrkney Distilling take treble honours at awards
Orkney Distilling is celebrating after taking home an impressive three medals from this year’s World Gin Awards. The distillery’s signature spirit, Kirkjuvagr, won silver in the London Dry Gin category of the event for Scotland, with the company’s Aurora securing another silver in the Contemporary Style Gin class, again for Scotland. Orkney Distilling’s newest gin,…
Read MoreBrighter outlook for Scottish property market
Scotland’s property market can expect a house price boost of 2% due to increased buyer confidence and political stability, according to a leading property firm. Rob McGregor, associate director of property sales at Gilson Gray, believes conditions for buyers and sellers – in particular first time buyers – will be more positive in 2020 with…
Read MoreScots more inspired to recycle by money than Greta Thunberg
Despite being named TIME Person of the Year 2019 for her climate activism work, Greta Thunberg surprisingly only inspires 4% of Scots to be more sustainable, according to new research. The study, from leading savings site VoucherCodes.co.uk, finds that people are far less likely to cite the teen activist as their main inspiration for going…
Read MoreFind out about the lives of Scotland’s fishermen
The cameras return to Peterhead tonight to capture the lives of the people working at sea and on land to put fish on our plates. Focussed on the UK’s biggest fishing port, the second series of Fish Town provides a compelling insight into a community that relies on the success of the boats returning from…
Read MoreCelebrating Burns Night and Chinese New Year
2020 will mark the first time in a generation that Burns Night and Chinese New Year will fall on the same night – an alignment that won’t occur again for another 76 years. To mark this very special occasion, Hamilton & Inches’ team of skilled silversmiths have created an endearing charm in the form of…
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