Posts by Kenny Smith
Top guests from the festival on new TV show
The best of this year’s Edinburgh Festivals will be celebrated as STV’s popular entertainment show returns. What’s on Scotland at the Festival will comprise five special episodes airing from Friday, 26 July, at 8pm. Presenter Emma Cameron and entertainment reporter Laura Boyd will take a trip to Edinburgh’s festival venues including the Gilded Balloon, Pleasance…
Read MoreMystery killer whale pod seen off the west coast
The identity of a group of nine killer whales off Scotland’s west coast remains a mystery – despite extensive research and a flurry of sightings of killer whales in the Hebrides over recent weeks. They were encountered during the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust’s annual marine research expeditions last year, and the Trust now hopes…
Read MoreSurf has a new turf as hotel revamps restaurant
A hotel in the capital has given its restaurant a major revamp. Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh has introduces its new Surf & Turf restaurant. Macdonald Rusacks head chef Glenn Roach launched the Surf & Turf restaurant concept to the St Andrews hotel in May this year and due to the popularity of the menu,…
Read MoreHelp wanted to clean up Scotland’s beautiful beaches
The Marine Conservation Society is urging volunteers to clean up the beaches in Scotland from 20 – 23 September. The UK’s leading marine charity is bringing back the Great British Beach Clean for its 26th year running. The Marine Conservation Society is a charity dedicated to protecting the seas, shores and wildlife. It campaigns for…
Read MoreFlora’s ready to get Romantic at the Fringe
Following being runner-up at Get Up Stand Up and Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year finalist, Flora Anderson brings her debut full Fringe show, Romantic, to Edinburgh. Borne from her love of the Romantic Poets the show sees ridiculously self-aware, middle-class dreamer Flora doing a show about trying and failing to be creative in…
Read MoreTickets now available for the Enchanted Forest
Tickets for The Enchanted Forest 2019 are now on sale, for a starry spectacle this autumn. Perthshire’s multi-award-winning sound and light show is now selling tickets to the general public, with the box office releasing over 80,000. Now in its 18th year, the 2019 event, entitled Cosmos, is inspired by the vastness and natural beauty…
Read MoreScotland’s natural beauty inspires new art event
Natural Scotland is the inspiration for Below The Blanket, a major outdoor art event at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, which gets underway tomorrow (Wednesday). Leading artists from across the UK have created work in the wilds of Scotland’s vast Flow Country, the world’s largest single expanse of blanket bog and a crucial part…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… West Lothian
Located just outside of Edinburgh, West Lothian is a fascinating place to visit. With a host of historical sites, as well newer attractions, there’s so much to see and do. But how many of these facts did you know? Until 1921 West Lothian was called Linlithgow-shire. West Lothian’s largest town, Livingston, is named after 12th…
Read MoreFantastic former farmhouse is a hidden gem
A hidden gem of the Kintyre peninsula is now on the property market. Presented for sale by Robb Residential, Achnafad Farm, (Achnafad – which means Long Meadow) is a delightful former farmhouse with attached stone steadings, the buildings are arranged to form a pretty courtyard. The house stands in lovely parkland type garden grounds which…
Read MoreCharlie the Highland Cow models his brand new kilt
Charlie the Highland Cow is marking Coos-day Tuesday – in style! Charlie was joined by a baby coo from Tordarroch Fold to model the tartan of Scotland’s newest lifestyle brand, Loch Ness Collection. Available exclusively at An Talla, a new retail destination at Dochgarroch Lock near Inverness, Loch Ness Collection is the latest venture from…
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