Posts by Kenny Smith
Dundee gets ready to host the city’s first art fair
The inaugural Dundee Art Fair will take place in the city’s Caird Hall next month. Taking place between 24 and 26 May, it will be the first of its kind to come to the city. The fair, which is being organised by Gallery i, a Scottish art gallery based in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, is expected to…
Read MoreOutstanding venues for meetings, events and weddings
No matter where you go in Scotland, you will find outstanding places for meetings, weddings, events and conferences. If you’re looking for a venue for a function, Scotland is blessed with superb locations, great and small. Outstanding wedding venues can provide a backdrop and make memories that will last a lifetime, whether it’s for a…
Read MoreX Factor singer to perform at Glasgow charity event
Scottish singer and former X-Factor hopeful Nicholas McDonald has vowed to help those with spina bifida in honour of his aunt who sadly passed away from the condition. Spina bifida is a fault in the spinal column in which one or more vertebrae do not form properly, causing damage to the nervous system. It is…
Read MoreThe Scotsman who was a hero to Albert Einstein
When Albert Einstein, perhaps the most famous physicist of all time, published his special theory of relativity in 1905, he used the opening sentence to mention one of Scotland’s greatest scientific minds – James Clerk Maxwell. Later, when marking the centenary of Maxwell’s birth, Einstein wrote: ‘The theory of relativity owes its origins to Maxwell’s…
Read MoreMeet Scotland’s four-legged police force
Scotland’s mounted police work out of Stewarton in East Ayrshire and provide policing for high-profile events across Scotland. Mounted officers carry out public order patrols and are a presence at sporting events, demonstrations and processions as well as open ground searches for missing persons, where they can get into areas that vehicles would be unable…
Read MoreOf mice and men – the rodent that can cause havoc
The mouse’s bad habit of inviting itself into our homes has made it few friends among humans, but being hunted by us seems preferable to the owls, foxes and raptors waiting to pounce outside. They say you can tell a great deal about a person by the state of their car. We had been driving…
Read MoreThe iconic work of famed Scots artist Eric Auld
There are few artists whose works are instantly recognisable – iconic Aberdeen artist Eric Auld is one of them. As I scrolled through this gentleman’s exquisite collections of portraits, selfportraits, pen and inks, cityscapes and landscapes on my screen, a fellow colleague leaned over my shoulder in delight – ‘Is that an Eric Auld? My…
Read MoreStepping back in time in a historical murder novel
A brutal triple murder in a remote crofting community in 1869, when three people were slayed in Culduie, leads to the arrest of Roderick Macrae in His Bloody Project. With only the powers of his advocate standing between Macrae and the gallows, it falls to the country’s fi nest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover…
Read More18th century farmhouse given a modern twist
Kilmun Farmhouse is a charming four-bedroom detached house with far-reaching views over Loch Awe. Presented by Bell Ingram, Kilmun Farmhouse is located in Dalavich, Taynuilt, Argyll and Bute. Situated in an elevated position with far reaching views over Loch Awe, Kilmun is a charming four-bedroom detached house which blends 18th century heritage with a twist…
Read MoreTen of Scotland’s most reluctant peers
For many, the ultimate honour would be to have a title bestowed upon them. But they’re not for everyone. We highlight 10 Scots to have renounced titles or declined Earldoms, knighthoods or gongs. 1. To the manor born As Scotland’s senior nobleman, the titles bestowed on Angus Douglas-Hamilton (1938-2010), 15th Duke of Hamilton, included Keeper…
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