Posts by Kenny Smith
You can’t beat tasty piece of chicken on a stick
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than having food on a stick – especially if it’s as tasty as these chicken lollipops. Our recipe of the day comes courtesy of Tuk Tuk, which has restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh. One of their signature must-have dishes, Tuk Tuk Indian’s Chicken Lollipops are known for their unique lollipop shape…
Read MoreGo with the snow this Sunday for World Snow Day
It’s World Snow Day on Sunday (20 January) with over 469 events in 45 countries around the world – and Scotland won’t miss out! The events include those in Europe, North and South America and Asia, encouraging more children to celebrate the fun of snow-sports like skiing and snowboarding. With the 8th World Snow Day organised…
Read MoreHuge boost to bring tourism to the Clyde Coast
The Scottish Government has announced a £300k funding boost for tourism in Ayrshire, Firth of Clyde and Clyde Islands. The investment comes as part of its commitment to promoting this region of Scotland as a visitor destination. Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism & External Affairs, made the announcement earlier today as part of…
Read MoreRomantic opera given a new Scots translation
Professional soloists and an orchestra join Paisley Opera’s full community chorus in their first ever full opera: a new production of Puccini’s romantic masterpiece, La Bohème. And to make it unique, it will feature a new, specially commissioned ‘Paisley’ translation. There will be four performances running from Friday 1 to Sunday 9 February 2019 in…
Read MoreTrue OriGINS Festival to bring Scottish gin home
A new festival celebrating Scottish craft gin and showcasing 80 different gins from across the country is to be held nationwide this year. With UK gin sales doubling in the last five years and Brits spending around £516 million on bottles of ‘mother’s ruin’ – the popularity of gin shows no sign of slowing. It…
Read MoreAn equestrian property with extensive outbuildings
Balhaldie Farm is an equestrian property with extensive outbuildings which is now for sale. Presented for sale by Galbraith, Balhaldie Farm comprises of a modern three bedroomed dwelling house with garden grounds, equestrian facilities including stable block, outdoor arena woodlands, paddocks and former agricultural outbuildings extending in all to 8.4 Ha (20.7 acres). The house…
Read MoreA journey through life in a collection of poetry
Alexander McCall Smith takes readers on a journey through the Scottish landscape in A Gathering: A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems. In choosing the Scottish poems which mean the most to him, there poems are helpfully split up into chapters such as ‘love & marriage’ and ‘war, conflict & loss’ allowing the reader to dip…
Read MoreVintage day of antiques comes to our screens
The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow’s visit to the National Trust for Scotland’s Crathes Castle is to air this weekend. Filmed on a perfect summer’s day last July, the first of two programmes made at Crathes will be shown on BBC One at 7pm on Sunday, 20 January. The sun shone on the historic Aberdeenshire setting as presenter Fiona…
Read MoreThree must-do Scots activities in bucket list top 20
British bucket list aspirations include three activities in Scotland, a study has found. The survey of 2000 adults commissioned by Sykes Holiday Cottages, revealed just how unexplored the UK really is, as Brits are more likely to have visited France, Spain and Italy than England’s home counties. According to the stats more than six in…
Read MoreThe Scottish island that people want to photograph
A Scottish island has been named in the top 10 ‘must-photograph’ travel destinations of 2019. Research of more than 1.3 million social media posts found the Asian city of Colombo in Sri Lanka is the location travellers most want to take a picture of, followed by Yokohama in Japan and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in…
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