Posts by Kenny Smith
2020 Peebles Outdoor Film Festival revealed
Female adventurers will take centre stage at the 2020 Peebles Outdoor Film Festival. Hand cycling Paralympic gold medallist Karen Darke, natural history presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, and World Record breaking cyclist Jenny Graham are among the headline names coming to the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles over the weekend of 24-26 January. Building on record audiences in 2019,…
Read MoreBrothers issue fitness challenge from the sea
Three Scottish brothers currently attempting to become the fastest trio to row the Atlantic Ocean have issued a challenge from the sea to January gym-goers. While Jamie (26), Ewan (27) and Lachlan MacLean (21), who make up the team BROAR, race towards the end of their epic 3,000 miles row from La Gomera in the…
Read MoreWeather words inspire new art exhibition
Weather-words inspired watercolours by Shetland artist Peter Davis and glass by Angie Packer are coming to the capital in a double exhibition. Between Earth and Sky features watercolours by Peter Davis and glass by Angie Packer, and will open on Thursday, January 9, 6-8pm at Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh. Peter Davis will also give an…
Read MoreScots brewer to open its first alcohol-free bar
Independent Scottish craft brewer BrewDog have announced a new take on craft beer and spirits – their first bar dedicated to alcohol-free. The BrewDog AF Bar will be the world’s first alcohol free beer bar and will offer 15 taps of draft alcohol-free craft beer. The bar will open in central London today, Monday, and…
Read MoreRestoration of beloved clock is now underway
The famous cantilever clock on the corner of Edinburgh’s Princes Street and Hope Street is to be lovingly restored. It comes as part of the project to create the Johnnie Walker Princes Street global visitor attraction in the heart of Scotland’s capital. The clock has been dormant over recent years after being allowed to fall…
Read MoreDark Suits and Sad Songs has humour and darkness
The third in the DCI Daley thriller series, Dark Suits and Sad Songs is simultaneously dark and funny. A senior civil servant has committed suicide and two local drug-dealers lie dead, so when strange lights start appearing in the sky over Kinloch it’s clear there are dark forces at work. Now the fate of the…
Read MoreThe life and times of Runrig’s Donnie Munro
Donnie Munro toured the world with his band Runrig but these days there is nowhere he’d rather be than home on Skye. I was born in Uig on the north-west side of Skye, just like everyone else on the island who happened to be born before 1966. That was when a maternity hospital was built…
Read MoreA boost for Atlantic salmon with Scottish project
A group that aims to support the Atlantic salmon industry has heard about the progress of a project in the north of Scotland. Atlantic Salmon Trust’s Salmon Club event welcomed Salmon Club members and other guests to the Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, for a lively evening of important discussions and updates. The Salmon Club brings together…
Read MoreA tasty healthy bagel to kick start the New Year
The New Year means that many of us will be looking to eat better and exercise more. Starting 2020 fresh, renowned Bross Bagels in Edinburgh have teamed up with Synergy Group Fitness, a multi award-winning gym, to create a New Year Synergy bagel which is available in all four Bross locations until 12 January, and…
Read MoreUnseen drawings from Scots colourist go on show
An exhibition of work by a Scots colourist, who Picasso wanted to meet, is now on show. La Vie Bohème – the Unseen Drawings Part II, is being hosted by the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh, showcasing the works of J. D. Fergusson. The young Picasso, visiting the studio of John Duncan Fergusson in 1907, desired…
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