Posts by Kenny Smith
Bacon rolls in Perthshire change lives in Africa
Strathallan School’s Kenya Project celebrates ten years – and £100,000 raised this year. The project, which has been running since the 2009/10 academic year, raises funds, awareness, and volunteering with sister projects in Nairobi and Kenya’s Rift Valley. The pupil-led initiative has brought about pop-up tuck shops and the Kenya Café at school events, patriotic…
Read MoreKT Tunstall to stage four gigs in early 2020
Scots music star KT Tunstall is set to return to her roots this January with a string of one-off charity gigs around Scotland in celebration of the countdown to Lidl’s 100th store. The week-long ‘Lidl Live’ tour will see the Suddenly-I-See-singer perform to thousands of fans in towns and cities around Scotland, taking in Aberdeen,…
Read MoreA modernised home full of traditional charm
A family home which has been upgraded to a high standard throughout is for sale. Cabana, presented to the market by Galbraith, is perfectly set up for modern day living whilst retaining much traditional character and charm. On the ground floor the main reception room is centred on a log burning stove and is on…
Read MoreRum is shear heaven for the Manx Shearwater
Creating a cacophony of noise terrifying enough to strike fear into the hearts of the Vikings, the Manx shearwater feels right at home on the wilderness island of Rum. From Mallaig, the distinctive forms of the Small Isles and the crooked-toothed ridge of the Skye Cuillin beckoned seductively through veils of low cloud. Rum’s Norse-sounding…
Read MoreCold snap captured in stunning photographs
Photographing Scotland in the winter offers up many challenges, but it’s Nadir Khan’s favourite time to head for home and the hills. Years spent away from the rugged beauty of Scotland have done little to diminish Nadir’s passion for his home country. It’s a passion that is expressed through his other love, photography. Khan trained…
Read MoreA cracking yarn with the woolly revolution
When the craze of yarn bombing – where guerilla knitting hits the streets – came to Selkirk, no-one was prepared for the remarkable results… Yarn bombing is a craze taking the world by storm, with covert knitters taking their guerilla art onto the streets as they stitch cozies for everything from post boxes and street…
Read MoreThe life and loves of the Bake Off’s Prue Leith
A long career as a restaurateur, caterer, television presenter, journalist and cookery writer has provided Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith plenty of material for her novels. She tells Scottish Field of her life in kitchens, as a writer, and her favourite place to eat in Scotland. I grew up in Johannesburg in a…
Read MoreA modernised home in a small steading
An attractive modernised home, which forms part of a small exclusive steading development, is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, 1 Mains of Camno Steading is a cleverly converted former steading carried out by Strathmore Heritage Homes, which maximises both natural light and the impressive views, particularly to the north and the west. The main…
Read MoreThe perfect book for the Scottish film buff
The evolution of Scottish film culture resides in industrial, creative and critical changes since the 1970s. Reconsidering well-known films, such as The Last King of Scotland, as well as uncovering the overlooked, this refreshingly readable, if surprisingly expensive, book explores the diversity of Scottish culture portrayed in film. An essential for any student of British…
Read MoreSomething to crow about with the falconers
Hunting their quarry on horseback, the Northumberland Crow Falconers are ensuring a time-old tradition of hawking is kept alive in the borderlands. Mounted on a bay mare, dressed in the traditional dark green livery worn by hawk hunters of the late 1700s and carrying a falcon on his arm, Dr Nick Fox calls his party…
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