Posts by Kenny Smith
A beautiful B&B business goes on the market
An attractive property with seven holiday cottages is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, Killean Farmhouse in Inverary is a delightful traditional seven bedroom farmhouse enjoys a superb, elevated position with far reaching views across open countryside. The B listed farmhouse, parts of which are said to date from the late 1700s, is surrounded by…
Read MoreIrn Bru and Tennent’s Lager missed by expats
Tea, chocolate and Marmite have topped a list of food and drinks expats couldn’t live without. Also among the most-loved food and beverage items are crumpets, Heinz salad cream and Irn Bru. Other items missed by those overseas include bacon, mustard and Twiglets. The British dessert staple custard also made the top 30, along with…
Read MoreMaking the expensive drams available to all
Cheaper By The Dram recently released its first two bottles of whisky to the public, splitting over £1300 of fine and rare whisky into 41 individual drams. Whisky drinkers can buy them online and they will then be delivered to their door. Cheaper By The Dram splits fine and rare bottles of whisky into individual…
Read MoreScottish Field needs a property and arts sales executive
Do you love the arts and know your property? And would you like to work for Scottish Field? We are currently recruiting! We have an opening in our advertising sales team in Edinburgh and if you are a motivated self-starter with a talent for persuasion then we’d like to hear from you. Working with the…
Read MoreScots-Italian family set to put Picinisco on the map
A Scottish-Italian family is getting set to make Picinisco, Val di Comino, one of the top new travel destinations for food and wine lovers in 2020 after reviving the historic region between Rome and Naples. Originally from Cockenzie in East Lothian, Cesidio, Selina, Sofia and Giovanni Di Ciacca have gone back to their roots to…
Read MoreScotland’s chocolate features in new guidebook
When asked about Britain’s chocolate output, you would be forgiven if you immediately thought of chocolate bars wrapped in iconic purple packaging, the compulsory Christmas selection boxes, or the legendary chocolate orange. However, Andrew Baker’s ‘A Chocolate Lover’s Guide to Britain’ reveals that the British chocolate industry is so much more than these much-loved, mass…
Read MoreDiscover how the Scottish Field tweed was created
When renowned Edinburgh tailors Walker Slater asked two shooting enthusiasts – Scottish Field editor Richard Bath and renowned comedian Fred MacAulay – to help design a shooting suit, a period of research, panic, chaos and tweediness ensued. Fred MacAulay was perplexed. ‘What do you mean “what’s my favourite colour?”,’ he laughed. ‘When you’re my age…
Read MoreThe final Game of Thrones whisky is revealed
The final piece of the exclusive Game of Thrones Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky Collection is ready to be released. Diageo and HBO have announced Six Kingdoms – Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 15 Years. Inspired by the finale of HBO’s iconic series, the ninth and final bottling in the Game of Thrones Limited…
Read MoreA property that’s tailor made as a family home
A late Victorian double-fronted five bedroom detached granite property is now on the property market. Presented by Savills, Glencairn was built during 1901 at the behest of James Moir, tailor to the Earls of Aberdeen at Haddo, who made his fortune in the Glencairn gold mines in South Africa, from where the house derives its…
Read MoreBeware the financial dangers of the festive season
The festive season can be a particularly bad time for young people getting into debt. After all, there’s peer pressure fuelling spending on nights out, party clothes, taxis, and all the other associated expenses of the season. It’s when the lure of high APR credit cards and pay day loans to cover such a period…
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