Posts by Kenny Smith
A converted country home offers a quiet locale
An outstanding country property with excellent accessibility is now on the property market. Converted in 2002, Swallows’ Rest is a most substantial and unique family home, quietly positioned in a delightful semi-rural setting, a short distance to the north of Inverkeithing. Presented by Galbraith, Swallows’ Rest is an attractive and most substantial family home offering…
Read MoreBoozy Brunch Board launches in Scots pub
Edinburgh’s Cold Town House has launched its Boozy Brunch just in time for New Year’s Day with unusual twists on some brunch classics. For £25, guests will be able to enjoy four drinks of their choice and tuck into a grazing board filled with delicious brunch treats. Guests can kick off their 2020 in style…
Read MoreBringing seaweed into every day cooking
Most of us have eaten food containing seaweed, but few of us will have actually cooked with it, something that BBC Masterchef finalist Fiona Bird is looking to change. Living in the Hebrides, Bird sources the finest natural produce for all of her recipes. The book combines Bird’s foraging skills with her imaginative recipes to…
Read MoreNew vision for Scotland’s deer and environment
An alternative vision for Scotland’s iconic deer has been launched by grassroots wildlife managers aimed at balancing new opportunities with resilient environments. The document, produced by men and women who have ‘culled around a million deer in the last decade’, outlines ambitions for greater domestic consumption of low carbon venison. It also offers practical tips…
Read MoreRecord number of Hogmanay weddings set for Gretna
Tomorrow, 31 December 2019, will see the highest number of civil marriages conducted in venues across the Gretna and Gretna Green area on Hogmanay. There are 59 weddings in total being held, which is the highest number recorded since Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Registration Office opened in Central Avenue in September 1991. Analysis of marriage…
Read MoreWave of excitement for Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Visitors and locals across Scotland are invited to ‘dip their toes’ into Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 2020 with a range of early-year activity across January and February celebrating the forthcoming themed year. Kick-starting the celebrations, Stirling’s Hogmanay (31 Dec) will bring in the New Year in style with two spectacular events on the…
Read MoreA visit to a New Zealand whisky distillery
Just like the whisky ageing patiently in the barrels at Cardrona Distillery I waited patiently for my turn to visit, writes Ash Parmar, a whisky blogger from New Zealand. Life just kept getting in the way but desire was strong to go visit the most ‘desirable, excellent and high-quality distillery’ in New Zealand. Then the…
Read MoreA pagan icon is found in dramatic novel
The deeply unpopular Reverend Burnett gets hold of a pagan icon that has been unearthed in his village, in Silma Hill. When the person who discovered the icon is found dead, the local villagers, fuelled by their hatred of the minister, blame his daughter and accuse her of witchcraft. To save his daughter he’ll have…
Read MoreBarney Thomson – the barber a cut above the rest
Scots-born author Douglas Lindsay had written seven novels about Barney Thomson before Hollywood took note and propelled his character onto the big screen in a major motion picture starring Emma Thompson, Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone. The Legend of Barney Thomson tells the story of a socially inept barber whose life, through a series of…
Read MoreThe Best of 2019 comes to Six by Nico
It’s time to recap the best dishes featured by Nico Simeone as we reach the end of his busiest year yet, with the ‘Best of 2019’ at Six by Nico in Glasgow and Edinburgh. In his latest offering Chef Nico Simeone is inviting the public to vote on the six dishes they enjoyed most in…
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