Posts by Kenny Smith
Former water mill is a beautiful home conversion
An outstanding former water mill, converted to create a beautiful, unique home in an idyllic rural setting, is now on the property market. Cults Mill, on the River Eden in Fife, first appearing on a map dated 1580, functioned as a flax, meal and saw mill before being re-built and remodelled by the current owner…
Read MoreFringe: Circus dance is a clever art form unto itself
My Land showcases the art form known as ‘cirque danse’, and that it most certainly is and more. Under the precision mind of artistic director Bence Vagi and a thumping re-mix of Hungarian folk music the story of an earth goddess sowing land for reincarnation is wonderfully told. Every asset is beautifully used, the performers…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… Callander
Central Scotland has a fascinating history, with many places and people having shaped it into the area we know today. Here we present ten facts about Callander, Aberfoyle and Port of Menteith in Stirlingshire. In the 1770s, Callander became Scotland’s first planned rural town. Early visitors to the town included poets William Wordsworth and Sir…
Read MoreGamekeepers being spied on in their own homes
Today, the Glorious Twelfth, makes the start of the grouse shooting season – but there is a dark side to the industry for the people who work in it. Scottish grouse shooting estates fear any introduction of a licensing system will expose them further to false claims by campaigners vying to have them closed down.…
Read MoreFringe: The moving story of a human rights lawyer
Before the End is a quirky show, telling the story of Michel Graindorge, a Belgian human rights lawyer. The story is not just about him but his relationship with his daughter, the performer of the show, Catherine Graindorge. She links her life with him using a mixture of video, violin playing and narrative. The show…
Read MoreAward-winning deli launches Italian afternoon tea
Eusebi Deli in Glasgow’s West End has announced a one-off afternoon tea with a unique Italian twist on Friday 16 August to mark Afternoon Tea Week 2019. In celebration of Afternoon Tea Week 2019, which runs from the 12-18 August, the Eusebi team will be serving up a variety of both sweet and savoury delicacies…
Read MoreFringe: No place to Hyde in a great one man show
Michael Tonkin-Jones is a busy performer – in this one man show,Hyde and Seek, he demonstrates considerable skill, playing all the characters, he sings, is a puppet master and dances too. The play is based on Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and narrated by Albert, the stage door manager of a theatre who is…
Read MoreThe Scottish island where everyone smuggled whisky
Such was the scale of illicit whisky distilling in Arran during the late 18th and 19th centuries, it is suggested that every one of the island’s inhabitants was involved in smuggling the golden tipple at some point in their life. Yet, while Islay and the Highlands are associated with some of the best whiskies in…
Read MoreTen fantastic places to visit in… the Cairngorms
The Cairngorms may not be in the heart of central Scotland, but they are worth beating a path to. The area is rich in history, from royalty to railways, with so much to see and do. Here’s 10 things we recommend. BALMORAL CASTLE Balmoral was built for Queen Victoria in 1855 as a private holiday…
Read MoreThe pies have it for Galloway Country Fair
Thousands of visitors are set to descend on the picturesque grounds of Drumlanrig Castle next weekend for Galloway Country Fair. And to whet their appetites; a world champion baker from Dumfries has prepared an exclusive Galloway Scotch Pie for revellers. Kerr Little from The Little Bakery, Dumfries, visited the Estate recently to serve up a…
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