Posts by Kenny Smith
Celtic Connections gets underway next week
Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections music festival kicks off next week. Featuring over 2,000 musicians in 300 events across 18 days, Celtic Connections is bound to brighten up the dark, wet January nights with its unique offer of cross-genre and cross-border collaborations, alongside talks, workshops, film screenings, theatre productions, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free events and late-night sessions.…
Read MoreMeet the Scottie Dog – a hot dog infused with haggis
An award-winning artisan craft smoked hot dog maker has created a limited-edition haggis infused hot dog for Burns’ Night 2020. The Scottie Dog, from Dumfries & Galloway-based Brigston & Co, is available for purchase from 15 January until mid-February – the perfect ingredient to spice up Burns Suppers this year, with quality and provenance credentials…
Read MoreTry this hazelnut praline chocolate tart recipe
Today, we present a delicious dessert recipe from Jim Cowie, from the Captain’s Galley seafood restaurant in Scrabster. Jim and his wife, Mary, converted the former Scrabster ice house and salmon bothy – which date back to the 1840s – and opened the Captain’s Galley in 2002. Jim served his apprenticeship as a slaughterman before…
Read MoreAn attractive villa in a quiet woodland area
A spacious villa with landscaped gardens in a quiet woodland development is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, 10 Ramsay Wood is a well appointed two storey villa sitting in its own landscaped grounds within a quiet woodland residential area in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. The spacious accommodation lends itself to family life…
Read MoreBlair Athol releases a distillery exclusive whisky
Blair Athol distillery has released a limited-edition single malt Scotch whisky, exclusively available to purchase at the Highland Perthshire distillery. This is a distinctive release with the unique Blair Athol distillery character, alongside a gentle spice through maturation in a mixture of refill, rejuvenated and American Oak ex-bourbon casks. Neil Murphy, the senior site manager…
Read MoreGod of Carnage coming to the stage in Glasgow
Downtown Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern and Olivier Award-nominated Nigel Lindsay are to star in Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage at Theatre Royal, Glasgow this month. Theatre Royal Bath Productions are thrilled to bring the 10th anniversary production to the city from Monday 27 January until Saturday 1 February as part of a UK tour. Joining McGovern…
Read MoreEqui’s launch luxury ice cream for Veganuary
Scottish luxury ice-cream maker, Equi’s, has unveiled a strawberry vegan ice cream, which is now on sale in 25 independent retailers across Glasgow for Veganuary. Scooping up their vegan game and responding to consumer demand for high-quality dairy-free ice cream, the artisan ice-cream maker developed their Strictly Strawberry flavour after experimenting last year. Made in…
Read MoreContemporary art auction takes place next weekend
McTear’s in Glasgow is set to hold its first Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of the year next weekend. Taking place on Sunday, 19 January, at 1pm, it will feature a varied auction of over 200 pictures including a fine example of John Byrne’s early work, along with pieces by Avril Paton, John Bellany, Peter Howson,…
Read MoreAs fit as a fiddle as walk inspires a Highland Symphony
Stepping out and walking miles of Scotland’s drove roads provided the inspiration for a soundtrack that captures the spirit of one of the last natural wildernesses in the UK. Scots fiddle supremo Paul Anderson revealed a new string to his bow when he penned a classical symphony that encapsulates the majesty of the landscape of…
Read MoreHistoric Fife golf clubs looking ahead in 2020
A group of historic Fife golf clubs is looking forward to a new decade after celebrating a remarkable year in which some of its best-ever figures were recorded. Links with History, which features a selection of the finest courses in Scotland, confirmed it had seen some of its best year-on-year booking figures during 2019 with…
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