Posts by Kenny Smith
Craft brewery wins national Raise The Bar event
Edinburgh brewers Vault City have been named the only Scottish winners of We Are Beer’s annual Raise The Bar competition. Now in its second year, Raise The Bar aims to shine a light on the best of up-and-coming talent of the craft beer scene, unearthing creativity and innovation of young breweries. The We Are Beer…
Read MoreMatilda stage show will thrill and delight
Maggots -it’s an excellent word at the best of times, always proving the onset to a skin crawling cringe. But when uttered by the formidable, fascist, ex-Olympic hammer throwing Headmistress Miss Truchbull, played by Elliot Harper it is just the most wonderful insult imaginable. The Royal Shakespeare Company have brought the organised chaos that is…
Read MoreThey think this will go well with ice or a mixer
Blind taste testing is always a lot of fun. At Scottish Field, we enjoy the good things in life – fine fare, delicious drink, and the odd surprise. That’s what we have created 60 Second Dram Each week, whisky experts James Robertson and Blair Bowman put their knowledge and skill to the test with our…
Read MoreA Great Pyramid stone can be found in Edinburgh
The secrets of ancient Egypt are on show at National Museums Scotland. One of the highlights is the only casing stone from the Great Pyramid of Giza to be displayed anywhere outside Egypt is one of the artefacts, on public view for the first time since it came to Scotland in 1872. Ancient Egypt Rediscovered…
Read MoreShining a light on Glasgow’s colourful past
Scotland’s second city deserves a book devoted to its colourful past and Alan Taylor demonstrates that there is much more to the ‘no mean city’ than meets the eye in Glasgow – The Autobiography. He strides across centuries and delves into numerous sources for these incisive anecdotes from natives such as Liz Lochead and Tartan…
Read MoreA helping hand with human side of engineering
David Gow’s invention of a bionic hand has dramatically improved the lives of thousands of patients. The Livingston man tells Scottish Field about the human side of engineering. What inspired you to work with artificial hands? I remember watching an episode of the television series Tomorrow’s World in which children in Sweden had been fitted…
Read MoreHarris Highland Dream is a truly unique property
A truly unique highland hideaway with views to take your breath away is currently available on the property market. Harris Highland Dream is completely off-grid, set on the shores of Loch Shin in Sutherland with land extending to 168 acres of hill and native woodland. The four-bedroom home has been built sympathetically to its surroundings,…
Read MoreFacing his fear has made Jules a free solo climber
Jules Lines’s calm head and careful planning has made him Britain’s most accomplished free solo climber. We were about 300 feet above the Pass of Ballater and Jules Lines was posing for photographs, standing nonchalantly on the edge of a sheer cliff like a mountain goat. Lines is one of the UK’s best free climbers,…
Read MoreWhen Scotland’s beavers made their return
I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would be able to walk less than a mile from my home in the Tay valley and see fresh signs of beaver activity on the river bank. A couple of fleeting glimpses of a broad brown beaver head disappearing beneath the Tay’s inky depths has been…
Read MoreAttractive home with views of the Cairngorms
Tigh na H’Ath – a handsome Edwardian house in the Cairngorm National Park with a difference – has been brought to the property market. Presented by Galbraith, on the southern boundary of the property are the outer walls of beautifully crafted limekilns, above which lie the gardens of the house. Built in the 1920s the…
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